{"id":3018,"date":"2013-02-28T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2013-03-05T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T09:14:02","slug":"figli-di-annibale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/figli-di-annibale\/","title":{"rendered":"Figli di Annibale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Figli di Annibale<\/strong> (Hannibal\u2019s Children) is the name of a song by the Neapolitan group Amalmegretta<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, whose music is a mix of reggae, dub, Neapolitan songs and Arabic chants.<\/p>\n

The song\u2019s lyrics shouldn’t be viewed as factual, or as a history lesson, but rather as an allusion to Italy\u2019s multi ethnic origins, which I\u2019ll discuss in a future blog. Many of Amalmegretta\u2019s songs are sung in the Napoletano dialect. In this song however, they use standard Italian which I\u2019ve translated into English for you. Click on the photo below of singer Raiz<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to listen to Figli di Annibale<\/strong> by Amalmegretta<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Raiz\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Africa Africa Africa …… ecc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annibale Annibale grande generale nero,
\nAnnibale Annibale grande generale nero,
\ncon una schiera di elefanti attraversasti le Alpi e ne uscisti tutto intero
\na quei tempi gli europei non riuscivano a passarle neanche a piedi
\nma tu Annibale Annibale grande generale nero
\ntu le passasti con un mare di elefanti
\nlo sapete quanto sono grandi e grossi e lenti gli elefanti?
\nlo sapete quanto sono grandi e grossi e lenti gli elefanti?
\neppure Annibale gli fece attraversare le Alpi
\ncon novantamila uomini africani
\nAnnibale sconfisse i Romani
\nrest\u00f2 in Italia da padrone per quindici o vent’anni
\necco perch\u00e9 molti italiani hanno la pelle scura
\necco perch\u00e9 molti italiani hanno i capelli scuri
\necco perch\u00e9 molti italiani hanno gli occhi scuri
\necco perch\u00e9 molti italiani hanno la pelle scura
\nun po’ del sangue di Annibale \u00e8 rimasto a tutti quanti nelle vene
\nun po’ del sangue di Annibale \u00e8 rimasto a tutti quanti nelle vene
\nnessuno pu\u00f2 dirmi stai dicendo una menzogna
\nno nessuno pu\u00f2 dirmi stai dicendo una menzogna
\nse conosci la tua storia sai da dove viene
\nil colore del sangue che ti scorre nelle vene
\nse conosci la tua storia sai da dove viene
\nil colore del sangue che ti scorre nelle vene<\/strong><\/p>\n

Durante la guerra pochi afroamericani
\nriempirono l’Europa di bambini neri
\ncosa credete potessero mai fare in venti anni di dominio militare
\nun’armata di africani in Italia meridionale
\nun’armata di africani in Italia meridionale
\necco perch\u00e9 … ecco perch\u00e9 … ecco perch\u00e9 … ecco perch\u00e9
\nnoi siamo figli di Annibale
\nnoi siamo tutti quanti figli di Annibale
\ncapelli neri
\nfigli di Annibale
\nla pelle scura
\nfigli di Annibale
\ncon gli occhi neri
\nfigli di Annibale
\nmeridionali
\nfigli di Annibale
\nsangue mediterraneo
\nfigli di Annibale
\nsangue mediterraneo
\nfigli di Annibale<\/strong><\/p>\n

figli di Annibale
\nsangue di Africa …<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"elefantiAnnibale1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Africa Africa Africa …… etc.<\/p>\n

Hannibal Hannibal great black general
\nHannibal Hannibal great black general
\nwith a rank of elephants you crossed the Alps and came out of them intact
\nin those days the Europeans couldn’t even cross them by foot
\nbut Hannibal Hannibal great black general
\nyou passed through them with a tide of elephants
\ndo you know how big and slow elephants are?
\ndo you know how big and slow elephants are?
\nand yet Hannibal made them cross the Alps
\nwith ninety thousand African men
\nHannibal defeated the Romans
\nhe was Italy’s master for fifteen or twenty years
\nthat’s why lots of Italians have dark skin
\nthat’s why lots of Italians have dark hair
\nthat’s why lots of Italians have dark eyes
\nthat’s why lots of Italians have dark skin
\na bit of Hannibal’s blood has remained in everyone’s veins
\na bit of Hannibal’s blood has remained in everyone’s veins
\nno one can tell me that I’m telling a lie
\nno, no one can tell me that I’m telling a lie
\nif you know your history you know where it comes from
\nthe colour of the blood that runs in your veins
\nif you know your history you know where it comes from
\nthe colour of the blood that runs in your veins<\/p>\n

During the war a few afro-Americans
\nfilled Europe with black children
\nwhat do you think that they could do in twenty years of military domination
\nan army of African in southern Italy
\nan army of African in southern Italy
\nthat’s why … that’s why … that’s why … that’s why
\nwe are Hannibal’s children
\nwe’re all Hannibal’s children
\nblack hair
\nHannibal’s children
\ndark skin
\nHannibal’s children
\nwith dark eyes
\nHannibal’s children
\nfrom the south
\nHannibal’s children
\nMediterranean blood
\nHannibal’s children
\nMediterranean blood
\nHannibal’s children<\/p>\n

Hannibal’s children
\nAfrican blood …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Figli di Annibale (Hannibal\u2019s Children) is the name of a song by the Neapolitan group Amalmegretta, whose music is a mix of reggae, dub, Neapolitan songs and Arabic chants. The song\u2019s lyrics shouldn’t be viewed as factual, or as a history lesson, but rather as an allusion to Italy\u2019s multi ethnic origins, which I\u2019ll discuss…<\/p>\n

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