Video Richard Bona - Eyala

Richard Bona - Eyala
©Jimmy Nelson photography
Composers - Richard Bona / Pascal Danaé
Album - "Scenes From My Life", recorded on November 1998 --January 1999
Released date - July 20, 1999 by
Label - Columbia Jazz.
Sound recording administered by SME
Personnel includes: Richard Bona (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, bass, kalimba, percussion); David Eaton (conductor); Aaron Heick (alto saxophone); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Colette Michaan (flute); Mara Milkis, Belinda Whitney Barratt (violin); Kenneth Burward-Hoy (viola); Virgina Burward-Hoy (cello); Jean-Michel Pilc, Edsel Gomez (piano); Etienne Stadwijk (keyboards); Frederique Favarel (acoustic & electric guitars); Jeffrey Levine (acoustic bass); Mokthar Samba, Jeremy Gaddie, Omar Hakim, Stephan Vera, Ari Hoenig (drums); Luisito Quintero (percussion); Alune Fa

___ About this song Richard Bona said: "My mother always told me that if you talk to people you can find a solution to any problem. Each time people fight it's because they did not talk. Eyala is a plea for communication. Men aren't always great communicators; that's why there are wars, guns rather than words."

___ "Jazz bassist Richard Bona was born and raised in the West African nation of Cameroon, going on to session dates with Joe Zawinul, Regina Carter and Bob James as well as a two-year stint as musical director for the great Harry Belafonte. He made his debut as a headliner in 1999, with "Scenes from My Life", and two years later "Reverence" came out. In 2003, Bona made his Verve debut with Munia: The Tale, which explored the territories of rock and jazz while keeping his West African influences, and 2005's Toto Bona Lokua was a joint effort with Lokua Kanza (from the Congo) and Gerald Toto (from Martinique). In 2006, Tiki, featuring guest artists like John Legend and Djavan, was released."

___ Jimmy Nelson, a British photojournalist and photographer, was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1967. He spent his childhood in Africa, Asia and South America. In 1985 and started to trek the length of Tibet, on foot. After his return Nelson started to work as a professional photojournalist.
“In 2009 Nelson started to work on his biggest project to-date, Before they Pass Away. He travelled for 3 years and photographed more than 35 indigenous tribes around the world in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the South Pacific, using a 50-year-old 4x5in camera. He said that the project was "inspired by Edward Sheriff Curtis and his great photographs of Native Americans". The tribes that Nelson photographed include the Huli and Kalam tribes of New Guinea, the Tsaatan of Mongolia and the Mursi people of the Omo River valley in southern Ethiopia.”

"Na titi pon ni sonja
Ni ma bole bino ma mbenda
Eyala

ngo ye nde ya ndolo
Nde je pe so e bodi e

Be no peso wala
Se o jana bila
Ba wa nde ba si langue to mbale
to bana basu mo ba titi njoma bosinga
E mende no be na ba tese babo mbon

Yala Ohh yala ohh
yala ohh yala ohh

Lambo te mo la nde bila mao
Di toukwe mo di be nde ndolo
Nde be no peso o wala
Se o djana djana bila
Ba wa

nde ba si langwe to mbale
To bana basu mo ba titi njoma bosinga
E mende no be na ba tese babo mbon

Yala ohh yala ohh
Yala ohh yala ohh"

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