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MalaikaMalaika, which is Swahili for 'angel', was composed by Fadhili Williams in 1960, and was originally recorded by The Jambo Boys, was later re-recorded at Equator Sound Studios (see Equator Records) and promoted to eventually becoming an internationally acclaimed song. The song went on to popularised by international artists such as Helmut Lottie, Miriam Makeba and Boney M. Fadhili was born to Halima Wughanga and Ramadhan Mwamburi on November 11, 1938, in Mombasa. His father, who died when Fadhili was only seven, was a traditional musician. Like three of his siblings Ali Harrison Mwataku, Esther John and Mumba Charo Fadhili became a musician. He started singing while in primary school back in Taita. He went on to Government African School, in Pumwani in Nairobi. He then dropped out of Shimo la Tewa Secondary School, where he had joined Form Three, to pursue a music career. It was while at Pumwani, he said in an interview, that he fell in love with a beautiful girl, "an angel," to whom he composed and recorded Malaika (Angel) to console her when she was given away to an older man who could pay dowry.
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