Katonda Alinawe

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Katonda Alinawe

Thumbnail of the song's music video
Alternative name(s) Kenya Dance
Language Luganda
Artist(s) David SonJC
Genre Gospel
Year 2011
Status Solved
Original poster Filthy Frank (DizastaMusic)
Search duration 2013 - 2023
File:KatondaAlinawe.mp3

Katonda Alinawe (formerly known as "Kenya Dance") is a solved lostwave created by the Ugandan gospel singer David SonJC.

Background[edit | edit source]

On January 14th, 2013, YouTube user DizastaMusic (aka Filthy Frank) posted a video titled "HOW TO PICK UP WOMEN IN 30 DIFFERENT CULTURES", and at one point in the video, he can be seen dancing to a 3-second snippet on an unknown African song.[1] When his fans asked what this song was, Filthy Frank replied in an annotation with "Don't know the song name, stop asking!"[2]

On December 21st, 2015, a video titled "NEW African Cristiano Ronaldo - AMAZING Long Shot HD" was posted by the channel TM2.[3] At the end of the video, the same excerpt from Filthy Frank's video is heard; when asked where he found the song, TM2 claimed that he bought it on the deep web for ten pounds.[4]

On December 18th, 2020, YouTube user "Whang" uploaded a video covering various lostwave songs, including the Kenya Dance mystery, helping the search become popular.[5]

Discovery[edit | edit source]

On December 3rd, 2023, Youtube user nbduckman uploaded a video titled "The Search for the Filthy Frank Kenya Song" which explained the history of the search up to that point and offered a $300 bounty for the person who found the song.[6]

That same day, Discord user damn peggy watched the video and searched YouTube for "east ugandan gospel before:2013", and almost immediately discovered the song, which was revealed to be Katonda Alinawe by Ugandan gospel singer David SonJC.[7] nbduckman released another video that day announcing that the song was found and awarded the $300 bounty to damn peggy.[8]

Lyrics (Lugandan and English)[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]