Waka Waka

I recently got into an argument with some ignorant person about the origin of Shakira's Waka Waka(Time for Africa) song. I told him I read about it on Wikipedia the day before and it is originally Cameroonian and he was going on about it being Ghanaian because there is a 'jama' song that sounds familiar and also saying some lies about it having some wise sayings for Ghanaian women... Mtcheeeew...So I decided to put the two up. Thank God for the internet!

"Tsamina" or "Zangaléwa" is a 1986 hit song, originally sung by a makossa group from Cameroon called Golden Sounds
who were beloved throughout the continent for their silly dances and
costumes. The song was such a hit for Golden Sounds that they
eventually changed their name to Zangaléwa, too.The song pays tribute
to African skirmishers (a.k.a tirailleurs)
during WW2. Most of the band members were in the Cameroonian Army
themselves and used make up, fake belly and fake butt for comic relief.

The lyrics, which are in a Cameroonian language called Fang, read like this:
Tsa mina mina eh ehWaka waka eh ehTsa mina mina zangalewaAna wam ah ahZambo eh ehZambo eh ehTsa mina mina zangalewaWana wa ah ah.

"Waka Waka" was written by Shakira and John Hill and co-produced by John Hill. The track, samples the chorus of the 1986 Cameroonian hit song "Zangaléwa", by Cameroonian band Golden Sounds, features Afro-Colombian instrumentation, Soca beat and South African guitars. The song was also based on Waka Waka by the Surinam...-Dutch group Trafassi. The song consists of rhythmical African sounds, and represents the vitality and energy of the host continent.
Indian music composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant also collaborated
with South African singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina to record the
anthem for FIFA World Cup 2010.