Month: February 2009

Makeba sings famous swahili song Malaika

Lyrics and English translation of “Malaika”:

Malaika, nakupenda Malaika
Malaika, nakupenda Malaika
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio
Nashindwa na mali sina we
Ningekuoa Malaika
Nashindwa na mali sina we
Ningekuoa Malaika

Pesa zasumbua roho yangu
Pesa zasumbua roho yangu
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio
Ningekuoa Malaika
Nashindwa na mali sina we
Ningekuoa Malaika

Kidege hukuwaza kidege
Kidege hukuwaza kidege
Nami nifanyeje, kijana mwenzio
Nashindwa na mali sina we
Ningekuoa Malaika
Nashindwa na mali sina we
Ningekuoa Malaika

Angel, I love you my angel
Angel, I love you my angel
What can I do, my love
I don’t have any money
I would have married you my angel
I don’t have any money
I would have married you my angel

Money is troubling my heart
Money is troubling my heart
What can I do, my love
I can’t take care of you
I would have married you my angel
I don’t have any money
I would have married you my angel

Little bird, I dream about you little bird
Little bird, I dream about you little bird
What can I do, my angel
I don’t have any money
I would have married you my angel
I don’t have any money
I would have married you my angel

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by Brian Montopoli

Barack Obama today signed the first bill of his presidency, a piece of legislation known as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act that makes it easier for workers to sue after discovering what they believe to be pay discrimination.
Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. worker, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, on the ‘Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.’ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
In signing the bill, Mr. Obama said that it sends the message “that there are no second class citizens in our workplaces, and that it’s not just unfair and illegal — but bad for business — to pay someone less because of their gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion or disability.”
The legislation is named after Ledbetter, 70, who worked at Goodyear Tire & Rubber in Alabama for nearly 20 years before discovering that she was being paid less than men who were doing the same job. She became the face of workplace discrimination during Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign, speaking at the Democratic National Convention and appearing in commercials for the then-Illinois senator.

The legislation, which Congress passed on Tuesday, effectively overturns a two-year-old, 5-4 Supreme Court decision that found that Ledbetter did not have grounds to sue because she did not discover the alleged pay discrimination within six months of it first taking place.
The bill signed by Mr. Obama today changes the rules so that Ledbetter and workers like her can sue within six months of discovering the alleged pay discrimination, regardless of when it began.
The Bush White House and Senate Republicans had previously blocked efforts to bring forth such legislation, which they suggested could encourage lawsuits.
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