Scatterlings Of Africa

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Scatterlings Of Africa by Johnny Clegg & Juluka

About Scatterlings Of Africa

Scatterlings of Africa was written by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. Johnny Clegg explained the meaning of song at a concert: " When we wrote this song, the oldest human bones in the world had just been discovered at Olduvai Gorge, in Africa. So this is a song about how everyone can claim to be African … if they want to, that is." Phelamanga is a mythical place-name invented by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. Loosely translated from the Zulu language it means the place where the lies end. .

Scatterlings Of Africa Lyrics

Copper sun sinking low
Scatterlings and fugitives
Hooded eyes and weary brows
Seek refuge in the night

They are the scatterlings of Africa
Each uprooted one
On the road to Phelamanga
Where the world began

I love the scatterlings of Africa
Each and every one
In their hearts a burning hunger
Beneath the copper sun

Ancient bones from Olduvai
Echoes of the very first cry
"Who made me here and why
Beneath the copper sun?"

African idea
African idea
Make the future clear
Make the future clear

And we are the scatterlings of Africa
Both you and I
We are on the road to Phelamanga
Beneath a copper sky
And we are the scatterlings of Africa
On a journey to the stars
Far below, we leave forever
Dreams of what we were

We are the scatterlings of Africa
We are the scatterlings of Africa
We are the scatterlings of Africa
We are the scatterlings of Africa

Scatterlings of Africa

From the album: The Best Of Juluka