Umoja

Umoja is the Swahili word for "unity". It may also refer to:

  • MV Umoja, a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa
  • Umoja, a name given to one of the 60 class locomotives of the East African Railways
  • Operation Umoja Wetu, the name for the 2009 Eastern Congo offensive
  • Umoja, Nairobi, a suburb in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya
  • Umoja, Kenya, an all-female village founded on the principles of women's rights.
  • Umoja Village, a former shanty town in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida
  • Umoja (StarCraft), a Terran colony in the StarCraft science-fiction series.
  • Umoja (album), released in 2006 by Dutch pop band Bløf
  • Umoja Party, a now-defunct political party active in Washington, D.C., from 1994 to 2000
  • Umoja, is a clothing company registered as a Limited liability company in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Umoja (ERP), an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that includes software designed to facilitate and streamline information between all business functions within the United Nations Secretariat.
  • Umoja (album)

    Umoja is the seventh album from the Dutch band BLØF, released on March 3, 2006. It was produced with help of many foreign artists. It had already been sold 50.000 times before it was released, and was the number one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after the release date. The title of the album is Swahili for 'be one'.

    A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

    Tracklist

    Personnel

    BLØF

  • Paskal Jakobsen – vocals, guitar, mandolin
  • Bas Kennis – keyboards, accordion, vocals
  • Peter Slager – bass guitar
  • Norman Bonink – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Additional musicians

    Binnenstebuiten (Yele)

  • Harry Kimani - vocals
  • George Odero Achieng - orutu
  • Ongeri "Magao" Magati - percussion
  • Charles Obuya "Charlotti" Owino - percussion
  • Wicyllffe Chagala "Kaboge" Idah - percussion
  • Urvin Magarita - percussion
  • Lyrics translated by Harry Kimani

    Mens

  • Omar Faruk Tekbilek - zurna, bağlama, percussion
  • Aanzoek Zonder Ringen

  • Kodo
    • Tsubasa Hori - oke gun
    • Eiichi Saito - oke daiko
    • Yoshie Sunahata - oke daiko
    • Tomohiro Mitome - chu daiko
    • Kazuki Imagai - chu daiko
    • Mitsuru Ishizuka - hirado
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