- Sanibonani love and hip-hop which means greetings,
love and hip-hop. This is Nomcebo Zikode
all the way from here in South Africa.
I want to congratulate you for taking your ancestry test.
This means you now know your roots
(clapping and cheering)
- But I gotta tell you a little bit about Nomcebo.
So she's South African and the song, Jerusalema became
one of those big rallying crowds throughout the pandemic.
A TikTok song, its viral, everybody knows this record.
But what's crazy is a lot of people around the
world don't even know what she's saying
but they feel the vibes of it.
I went and looked up the lyrics, it literally means save me,
This place is not my own. This kingdom is not mine.
So honestly it relates to what you guys are
going through being here in America as Africans.
So let's check out Jerusalema.
(Music plays)
- Y'all know this song right?
- Oh
- And it's one of those feel good records though.
- I love this song.
(Music continues to play)
- I am Yandy from Harlem by way of Cameroon.
(screaming)
- I told you it was you!
- Come on honey! Sister You better go off!
- This is amazing.
- This is Regal.
- You see the earrings??!!
- The big ones!
- Can you see what I'm saying?
- I'm so excited to do more research
and tell my babies that those are our people
and brag that I know where I'm from.
- I feel like I'm going to discover
so much more about myself
(screaming)
- Oh my god!
- That's fire!
- You look like a chief, a warrior.
- Even still looks like he's lyrically inclined.
Like he look like he about to spin something real quick.
Like he just got finished.
- Thank You. Nah, I love it, man.
It's just a powerful experience.
Like you gotta know where you come from, bro.
(Music continues)
- Aww!
- Oh yes Chevonne!
- Let's talk about the smize you got going on.
Look at the eyes.
- Yeah for the smize!
- My ancestors love to teach and now
that's my responsibility to teach my young.
This is who you are. I am woman. And watch me roar!
- Yeah!!
- Now that I know where I'm from, I feel free.
- Ahhh I told you! I told you! Yes!
- Come on supermodel!
- This is one of the most beautiful women right there.
- Oh my God. Your crown on, the roses in the crown,
the gold, the regalness.
- There's costumes in Trinidad for carnival that
are just like it, so this is so crazy.
I don't know for some reason I feel like
it's gonna make me stronger. Like you can't break me.
- Alright! Ahhh
- Let's get it, Mona!
- Let's see if she got the shoulder, she got the shoulder!
- I want to say you are welcome in this beautiful Africa.
This is our own. You are welcome at any time!
- Dometi. We appreciate you so much.
This was an amazing journey and all that you brought
to this experience was what we needed.
Cuz we had a lot of questions.
Yeah.
- And I still have more questions!
- We do! We need to just take a trip to Africa!
- That's what we need to do.
- We going? Yes!
- I'm with it
- Can I get a group hug? Group hug?
- Yeah
- On the count of 3 say Africa! One, two, three
- AFRICA!
(outro music)