Talk:Afric Simone

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Birthyear and more biographical data
Come on, guys. Who told you his birthyear was 1956 and not 1945? There is no way he is 18 or 19 in those Hafanana videos from back in the day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.186.208.42 (talk) 05:55, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

True! In reality his birth was on 10 october 1939: this is a very good source: http://www.glp.at/artist/afric-simone. If you look at his hit Ramaya from 1975, it's very obvious that he was not 19 at that time.

Also, he was a star in South America with Barracuda before he became a star in Western Europe mid-seventies. He celebrated his 75th birthday on a cruise ship in 2014.

I suspect that his French manager Eddie Barclay changed his age and data of birth to fit his new image as a happy clownish guy - kind of a racist branding. But Afric played it very well, being so talented and having a lot of experience in all musical styles. His time as a star in South America - i expect - was erased from his bio to fit his new age of birth. He couldn't possibly have risen from his humble youth in mozambique, risen to local fame there, become a star in south america, gone to london and europe before age 19. In reality he was already 36 when he scored the hit ramaya! You can see the lines in his face in the video's from 1975. So he is now actually 82.

There's certainly some racism in the way his act was shaped; in the Dutch Toppop video of Ramaya one of the Dutch deejays (Krijn Torringa) actually imitates a monkey. Very embarassing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJ1HWMc5sk.

The song Hafanana actually is about all people being equal, black and white, rich or poor, suggesting that after death everyone will be the same - so take it easy, don't think you're better: hafanana. He explains this in this recent interview and says he is still happy to perform if he is asked; corona put things to a standstill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI46elIVSN4. It is written that his vitality at this old age might be the result of him having a treatment by a shaman in Yakutsk in the 90's when he was performing there...he should live healthy and vital until his 100th. its all in here: http://www.glp.at/artist/afric-simone

Another source for more details about his early youth, but he is kind of lying about his year of birth: https://www.indico-lam.com/en/2021/08/09/afric-simone-from-xipamanine-to-the-world/

the real order of events must have been: rising to local stardom in mozambique. being discoverd by a south african manager, who helped him to produce the first singles. one of these eventually became a big hit in south america, so he went there. and after that they went to london to make the jump to europe. he recorded his european hits in berlin and got a passport in germany and settled there in the end. he still lives in berlin with his third wife.

Alexisderoode (talk) 22:18, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

His native language is not Swahili. Its Guitonga from Inhambane. Also is not Swahili ,it's KiSwahili. KiSwahili is from the north part of Mozambique and Henriques was born in the South.
His native language is not Swahili. Its Guitonga from Inhambane. Also is not Swahili ,it's KiSwahili. KiSwahili is from the north part of Mozambique and Henriques was born in the South. Beside Guitonga he can speak xiRonga. 197.249.51.4 (talk) 07:53, 24 June 2022 (UTC)