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Suuba (Mandinka)

Suuba, Suuba, Suuba, Suuba, Suuba…
Mbe sey la suu, Mandi Jatta Mansaya.
Timbuktu, Gao, Mandi Mansaya,
Londi lukariwo, eh Karantaba bi je.
Mansa Kamanjang Camara, Sanmadi Bobo,
Surusirimankang, eh Maadi Muhari.
Mansa Tiraamang, Tiraamang Trawally,
Fakoly, Fakoly, Fakoly Dumbuya.

Al mansaya fariwo mansaya,
Al mansaya ta fariwo mansaya.

Sukulundi Sundiata Keita mansa le,
Mansaring pareta, kata kele Kirina.
Sukulundi Sundiata Keita mansa le,
Mansaring pareta, kata kele Kirina.

Kurunga Fuga Mandi forty-four articles,
Niyen Sooso, nko UNESCO nyinikaa.

Afric mansa fololu ngali tentu,
For the stand, for the fight, liberation—
Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie Etopi,
Thomas Sankara, Nelson Mandela.

Kelo mang bete—hey, kelo bulaa,
Africa moy sunu continan.
Maral lalu tilin baliya mang nyi,
Africa moy sunu continan.

Suuba (English)

Big Home, Big Home, Big Home, Big Home, Big Home…
I am going home to the Lion King of Mandi.
A center of great scientific knowledge,
Mansa Kamanjang Camara, Sanmadi Bobo,
Surusirimankang, eh Maadi Muhari.
Mansa Tiraamang, Tiraamang Trawally,
Fakoly, Fakoly, Fakoly Dumbuya. (Leaders of Mandi)


All of you became kings, all of you became kings.

Where is the son of Sukulundi, Sundiata Keita,
The young prince, is ready to go and fight in Kirina.
Where is the son of Sukulundi, Sundiata Keita,
The young prince, is ready to go and fight in Kirina.

Kurunga Fuga Mandi, forty-four articles—
If you doubt me, ask UNESCO.

Thanks to the Africans before us,
For their stand, for their fight, for liberation—
Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia,
Thomas Sankara, Nelson Mandela.

War is not good—stop the war.
Africa is our continent.
Leaders, injustice is not good.
Africa is our continent.

Suuba

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