Beautiful songs in French and English lyrics

Here are a few franglais songs I put together to share with you guys. They are songs in French and English lyrics in them.

Calogero - Un Jour Au Mauvais Endroit (In memory of Kevin and Sofiane)

Here is a beautiful sad song that send shivers down my spine. "Un Jour Au Mauvais Endroit" is a song by Calogero in memory of Kevin Noubissi and Sofiane Tadburt. Très bel hommage !

Francois Hollande's New Cabinet

French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, presented the resignation of his 5-month-old governement to the president on Monday.

Renaud vs Coeur De Pirate : Mistral Gagnant

Mistral Gagnant is a song by French Singer, Renaud. It was amongst the 11 songs on his 7th album which was released in 1985 and share same name.

The singer wrote the song for his young daughter Lolita Séchan and never intended it for public hearing. In this beautiful song, he sang about his childhood and about how time fades away, just as the laughters of his daughter when she was a child.

You in French & Yoruba

The French and Yoruba language share in common the power hieracrchy, a formal and informal way of speaking to others. French uses tu or vous and Yoruba uses iwo/ire or eyin as a form of you.

The English language does not differentiate between singular, plural, formal,or informal and “you” is used with everyone without considering the social staus of the person with whom they are speaking to.

Milky Chance - Stolen Dance

Here's one of those songs I enjoy when it comes up on radio when I am at work. It's the kinda song that soothes my soul. Makes me forget that I am in France and far from home.

It's been two years and France is still not like home to me... sometimes I feel like I am on holidays and would soon be returning to Nigeria, to Lagos, to Lekki Phase 1 where I can open my door, lock myself

The Promenade des Anglais in Nice

Here is a picture of the view of the Baie des Anges taken on the 16th of August at the Promenade des

Le Dieu qui calme...

Quelques fois, Il calme l'orage qui m'entoure,
D'autres fois, Il me calme au milieu d'un orage !

N'ayez pas peur d'être différent !

Femi-Fani Kayode - Who Shot Down Flight MH17 ?

Here's another intelligent piece by FFK. Some thought provoking questions here...

N'ayez pas peur d'être différent !

Etcetera : Nigerian pastors need to be born again

Here is another great article from Etcetera, singer turned writer. The end of the article cracked me up... but the truth in this write-up makes me sad... How gullible can Nigerians be ??? It's time to wake up and smell

‘Tu’ or ‘Vous’ Made Easy

Etcetera : The national anthem is very bland and uninspiring

I like this guy, Etcetera. And I enjoy his articles, just as much as I enjoy FFk's too. I guess I enjoy more FFK's... anyways, reand and enjoy, you might not agree to all his opinions just like I, but he does often make

European rights court upholds French full veil ban

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday, that France’s law banning women from wearing face-covering veils in public is not discriminatory.

The court’s decision follows a case brought by a 24-year-old French woman of Pakistani origin, who argued

Lama sabachthani Eli ?

A sick heart
A crushed spirit
A silent God

Shattered dreams
Deferred hope
Unanswered prayers

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ?

Bonjour or bonsoir ???

When does one say bonjour or bonsoir? We know bonjour means good morning and bonsoir means good evening but in the absence of good afternoon... when does bonsoir take over from bonjour?

France begs its citizens to lighten up with tourists

Here is an article I would love to share with you. I found it on the website of France 24 English.

Actress Leila Hatami’s Cannes kiss sparks outrage in Iran

Iranian actress Leila Hatami outraged authorities in her home country on Sunday after a photograph emerged of her kissing the director of the Cannes Film Festival, Gilles Jacob, on the cheek. Although a common

Give Me Oduduwa Or Let Me Die By Femi Fani-Kayode

Here is a beautiful and an emotional piece by  former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode. One I would love to read over and over again. I do not admire the writer but his writtings and his style... I do not agree with all his views but I admire the way he described Nigeria in the past.