Draft:Omo (Emilyland single)

"Omo" (Yoruba for "children") is a song by Emilyland featuring speeches by Ayodele Olofintuade and Alan Watts and vocals by Oumou Sangaré

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Emilyland (consisting of Robert Wells and Mamadou Coulibaly) released "Record", a dubstep song featuring British-Italian YouTuber Enzo Mucci, and then into more dubstep with the French-language song "Le Trouble" (English: "The Trouble") featuring Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne.

Then,they discovered Afro house with the song "Omo" featuring Nigerian feminist Ayodele Olofintuade, English writer Alan Watts and Malian Wassoulou singer Oumou Sangare with other versions including the bilingual English and Yoruba song featuring only Olofintuade, the English version (titled "Children") featuring only Watts, and the Bambara version (titled "Denmissen" or "Denmissenw") featuring only Sangaré.





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