Suriname folk-lore

h) Zambi.³

3 The name of the Congo-Loango Great God; it is significant that the song in this category was sung by men of the Saramacca sib called Loango.

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E - - ye o - e - Mi kɔ̨ - ɔ̨ Zam-bi - o - e

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Wų - u Ma mi kɔ̨ Zam - bi te na mu' So - ko So-ko

 

Mi kɔ̨ - ɔ̨ Zam-bi Gą Zam-bi Mi kɔ̨ Zam-bia Mam-b' A-wa-ni

 

Mi kɔ̨ Zam-bi A - mu - si kǫ wa - ye mi kɔ̨ - ɔ̨ Zam-bi Zam-

 

bi - ye o - e - Mi kɔ̨-ɔ̨' Zam - bi ti - de - o - we - o -

 

ke o - we Ma mi kɔ̨ a Zam - bi tę na mu' So-ko So-ko