Gil Felix: América Abubaka II Acoustic

Описание: Gil Felix from Salvador de Bahía blends Brazilian pop and Afrobeat into América Abubaka II, released on the EP with the same name in Juni 2025.

América Abubaka II carries a warm pan-African message and tributes the African heritage of the Bahían Reconcavo culture and even all human cultures. Here Gil Felix tells the story about Aboubakari II, the prince of Mail who sailed West from Africa and never came back. Recent research suggest that he founded settlements in América long before the arrival of the Europeans.

Here Gil Felix performs an acoustic version on the streets of Salvador de Bahía

Video: camera Flavio, edition: Annika Blomberg

Letras:
América conhecida pela África antes que Cristóvão Colombo
Trouxesse escravo africano
O rei do império do Mali
Já cruzava esse Oceano bis
Tem pirâmide na América
Tem ciência e tem escrita
Os Almecas conhecia e trabalha com ouro
A grande riqueza do Mali
Que era seu grande tesouro
A história de Abubaka
Agora eu vou te contar
Filho de Sudiata keita
Que fundou o império do Mali
E foi. Pai do kanga musa sim
Cabeça africana de pedra
No México foi encontrada
E um povo chamado Almeca
Que de origem aos astecas
E África influenciou
América conhecida pela África antes que Cristóvão Colombo
Trouxesse escravo africano
O rei do império do mali
Já cruzava esse oceano

English:
America was known by Africa before Christopher Columbus
Brought African slaves
The king of the Mali Empire
Had already crossed this ocean (repeat)
There are pyramids in America
There is science and writing
The Olmecs knew and worked with gold
The great wealth of Mali
Which was its greatest treasure
The story of Abubakari
Now I will tell you
Son of Sundiata Keita
Who founded the Mali Empire
And was the father of Kankan Musa, yes
African stone headsWere found in Mexico
And a people called the Olmecs
Gave rise to the Aztecs
And Africa influencedAmerica, known by Africa before Christopher Columbus
Brought African slaves
The king of the Mali Empire
Had already crossed this ocean