History Main / AfricanChant

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' parody of ''TheLionKing'' has this:

* LionelRichie gives us ''All Night Long.''

* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Doug Walker]] has... things to say about this trope:

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* Sally Cruikshank produced a series of animated inserts for ''SesameStreet'' involving counting up to a certain number, with the highest being 19 and the lowest being 13 (according to Muppet Wiki, there is no animation for 20).

* Christopher Tin's "Baba Yetu" from ''Civilization 5'' is a choral setting of the Lord's Prayer in Swahili. Performed by the Soweto Gospel Choir, no less.

* The Christian song ''Siyahamba'', often translated in English as "We are Marching because We Love the Lord".
** Not quite. It's "We are marching in the light of God".

* The Adventure Field's Mystic Ruins in ''SonicAdventure''.

* The 'Baba Yetu' opening-sequence from ''{{Civilization}} 4''. It's actually just a Swahili rendition of the classic 'Our Father' prayer - but in Swahili, it comes across as some sort of tribal chant.

* ''{{District 9}}'' has this in a few scenes.

* '' Lebo M''. That is all.

When this is done correctly, it can emphasise the mood of the scene very well. When done poorly, however, it can come out as extremely annoying and filled with UnfortunateImplications.

* The TropeNamer is from the U.S. version of ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', which had a game called African Chant. It involved Wayne Brady singing to an audience member in the style of an African Chant, but the real comedy comes from the three other comedians singing and dancing in the background.

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* ''{{District 9}}'' has this in a few scenes.
* ''{{Avatar}}'' is notorious of this in the scenes with the Navi tribes.
* In the film ''{{Zulu}}'', the Zulu warriors sing a praise song lauding the British defenders as {{Worthy Opponent}}s before beginning their final assault.
* ''[[RoadTo Road to Zanzibar]]'' has a bit of chanting titled "African Etude".

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* The ''{{Animaniacs}}'' parody of ''TheLionKing'' has this:

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* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Doug Walker]] has... things to say about this trope:
[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/29706-dougs-top-10-movies-he-hates-but-everyones-else-loves Fast-forward to 32:30]]
[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/30502-dougs-top-10-worst-cliches Fast forward to #5]]

-->-- "Timon", making up the possible lyrics for ''TheLionKing'' opening, ''The Lion King 1½''

* The famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc opening sunrise]] in ''TheLionKing'' is possibly the TropeMaker for more modern examples. It does sound better than most other examples listed, being an actual Zulu phrase.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRUcijyTvRs Courtship]]" and its DarkReprise, "Breakout/It Comes With a Pool", from ''{{Dinosaur}}''.

* Zecora the zebra from ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', speaks and chants african-esque sounds which freaks all the ponies of Ponyville out and they assume she's evil. WordOfGod is that they wanted her to be speaking authentic Swahili in ''Bridle Gossip'', but they didn't have the time or resources. Instead, they got the voice actor to make up some African-sounding gibberish. [[http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/9/91/Swahili.png Lauren Faust said that she likes to imagine Zecora is speaking Zebra in lieu of Swahili.]]

--->Ooooohhhhhh... (Lalalalalabababa)
--->Ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh...
--->Ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh...
--->(more instruments are added)
--->Aaaahhh! Hakh shisa!
--->Aaaahhh! Hakh shisa!
--->Hai yo...
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Shiu shiu aiya bahle! (Aiya bahle)
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Shiu kehto!
--->Shiu kehto!
--->Hululu...
--->Sulesi aiyobi subesa
--->Sulesi aiyobi subesa!
--->Sulesi aiyo aiyo!
--->Sulesi aiyo aiyo!
--->Sulesi aiyo aiyosa!
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Oooooohhh aiya bahle!
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Aiya bahle!
--->Oooooohhh aiya bahle!
--->Oooooooooooohhhh...

* In MacroZone forest levels of ''SeriousSam II'' and some of the jungle levels, a fight music has these stock sounds.