Children Are World Future                 The inspiration to the song Your Song Child and to the Your Song Child Project is born out of my own motherhood - the announcement of upcoming grandmotherhood and having been deeply touched by the story about the African tribe - a traditional passed on in griot tradition I chose to 'adopt' and rewrite for this project * maybe more to the point It Chose Me - along with my heartfelt concern about the children. It is my grandson Benneth pictured in these pages In the hopes of planting seeds to keeping in mind the beauty, uniqueness, love & light in the heart of every child born into this world no matter where - and caring for them accordingly. It is my sincere wish that we shall remember to sing the song of the children - together - and it is in the hopes of providing a universal tool for genuine love, respect and understanding   The Your Song Child CD is a 'united nations' roots production to which the following warmhearted people sponsored their lovely voices Jane Maluka - vocals, acoustic guitars, music lyrics arrangements, translations, storytelling, recordings, production Benneth Reimer - baby voice, universal story Berit Reimer - Jane's daugther - bass, backing vocals, storytelling German Kaleta (leon ligan-majek) - Yoruba translation, storytelling, co-production of crossover world fusion version of the song Your Song Child Benon Lipowski - recording Yoruba version, Polish storytelling translation recording Janis Haves -  storytelling English Geoff Haves - recording English Version  Ingrid Korning -  Swedish translation, storytelling  Serge-David Zoueme - French translation, storytelling Herbert Euloge Tauyé Houngnibo - Fongbe translation, storytelling Ashish Sankrityayan - Hindi translation, storytelling Ingrid van de Kamp - storytelling Dutch Leon van de Kamp - Dutch translation, recording Vlad Shusterman - Hebrew translation, storytelling, recording Jalal Geilani - Arabic translation, storytelling Sara Smith - recording Arabic version DeeJay C4 - C4 Jane Maluka Mix background rhythms to YSCP-Story English version w. Jane Maluka José Carlos II - Portuguese and Spanish translations and storytelling Ramy Sayead Aziziah "Riding The Silence" - Silver Line Destiny - Instrumental Hiroko Ara - Japanese translation & storytelling Toru Ogiyanagi - Japanese recording Lemi Ghariokwu - CD Cover Art & Design - storytelling Pidgin English AM Kakoyi aka Mad Ice - performance translation production Your Song Child-Swahili version Mikko Hentunen - guitar Your Song Child-Swahili version Benjamin Nyman - bass engineering recording Your Song Child-Swahili version Etleva Hima-Buli - Albanian translation & storytelling Eldri Buli - Albanian translation & recording Nupachino - Thai translation, storytelling, recording Odafin & Tosho Ghariokwu - intro Pidgin Engl story w Ghariokwu LEMI Odafin Ghariokwu - model to CD Cover Art by Ghariokwu LEMI I'm deeply grateful, honoured and give thanks from the bottom of my heart to All You lovely people who have supported the project to this stage, with your unconditional love and belief in project and philosophy. Your support has added wind beneath my wings, your encouragement the strength to proceed ... YOUR VOICES are making a difference...without you...this vision and dream would never be able to bear fruit... THANK YOU! info music and pictures   Philosophy by means of music & words - music considered a key and door opener to people's attention - offering to children, parents and human communities the opportunity of heightened awareness as to individual identity, growth and intersocial concern. Universally as a means to overall respectful interaction as global world citizens in multiethnic societies - an inspiration to basic heart centered education from point of pregnancy & birth - music as message transmitting language without limitations as to age gender nationality - an invitation to the building of loving accepting and respectful communities