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The Way Back Home

from No Holding Back by Joanna Majoko

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“The Way Back Home” – one of the EP’s most technically-challenging pieces – was written in the middle of winter, when Majoko was musing on her childhood in Zimbabwe, and on ever-changing ideas of what constitutes ‘home.’ As the song progresses, there are shifts in time-feel and also in language: though most of the song is sung in English, Majoko switches to Shona, the first language she remembers hearing and speaking during her childhood in Zimbabwe.

lyrics

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I hear sounds of Africa calling
Leading the way back to my first home

I hear sounds of Africa calling
Leading the way back to my first home (Oh-we-yo)

I hear sounds of Africa calling (Sha-sha)
Leading the way back to my first home (Kumba)

I hear sounds of Africa calling (Sha-sha)
Leading the way back to home (Nditorei Kumba)

Hu-ndu-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hun-day-ah-oo-du
Deya-hu-du-du-du-day-oh

Hu-ndu-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hun-day-ah-oo-du
Deya-hu-du-du-du-day-oh

Hu-ndu-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hun-day-ah-oo-du
Deya-hu-du-du-du-day-oh

Oh, Africa (Ah...Africa, Africa)
Oh, Africa, I hear you (Ah...)
Calling out to me (Kwe Africa kudana)

Lead the way back home
Show me the way to go

Lead the way back home
Show me the way to go

Lead the way back home
Show me the way to go

Lead the way back home
Show me the way to go

Ah...
Kwe Africa
I hear you

Hu-ndu-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hun-day-ah-oo-du
Deya-hu-du-du-du-day-oh

Hu-ndu-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hu-n-da-day
Hun-day-ah-oo-du
Deya-hu-du-du-du-day-oh

Oh, Africa (Ah... Africa, Africa)
Oh, Africa, I hear you (Ah...)
Calling out to me (Oh)

Ndichifamba ndzira kudzokera kumusha kwangu
Ndichitungamirira munzira yekudzokera kumusha

Ndichifamba ndzira kudzokera kumusha kwangu
Ndichitungamirira munzira yekudzokera kumusha

Ndichifamba ndzira kudzokera kumusha kwangu (Way-ah-woah)
Ndichitungamirira munzira yekudzokera kumusha (Way-ah-woah...)

Ndichifamba ndzira kudzokera kumusha kwangu (Way-ah-woah...)
Ndichitungamirira munzira yekudzokera kumusha (Way-ah-woah...)

Ndichifamba ndzira kudzokera kumusha kwangu (Way-ah-woah...)
Ndichitungamirira munzira yekudzokera kumusha (Way-ah-woah...)

Ndichifamba ndzira kudzokera kumusha kwangu (Way-ah-woah...)
Ndichitungamirira munzira yekudzokera kumusha (Way-ah-woah...)

Ndichitungamirira (Way-oh)
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credits

from No Holding Back, track released March 26, 2021
All songs composed by Joanna Majoko
Recorded by Nick Tateishi
Produced by Nick Tateishi
Vocal production by Dakarai Morris-James
Mixed by John ‘Beetle’ Bailey
Mastered by Harry Hess

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Band Personnel:

Joanna Majoko: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Nick Tateishi: Guitar
Dakarai Morris-James: Backing Vocals
Ewen Farncombe: Keyboards
Justin Gray: Bass
Kairon Hayes: Drums

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Joanna Majoko Toronto, Ontario

Joanna Majoko has established a reputation for herself as one of Canada’s most exciting young singers, and is a regular performer with some of the country’s top musicians. This year Majoko releases her debut EP, No Holding Back, an astonishing, powerful statement on her personal history, the fruitful collaborative relationships of her musical present, and her vision for the future to come. ... more

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