Aie a Mwana
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"Aie a Mwana" is the first single released by English girl group Bananarama based on an obscure 1975 disco song by Belgian band Black Blood, supposedly sung in Swahili.
In fact, the original song was not Swahili at all. Originally it was called "Aieaoa", and was featured on the pseudo-Japanese dance album Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki which had been released in 1971 by the French writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger Belgian group Black Blood recorded the version with Swahili lyrics and a more African vibe, called "A.I.E. (A Mwana)", heard by Bananarama.
After Bananarama's success in the UK, Vangarde and Kluger, who by then had found international success with the Gibson Brothers and then Ottawan, also recorded versions of the same song with both Ottawan ("A.I.E. Is My Song", with English lyrics, 1982) and La Compagnie Créole ("A.I.E A Moun'la", 1987).
