African Alphabet



"African Alphabet" is a Sesame Street song performed by Kermit the Frog and a group of Anything Muppets voiced by the South African a capella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Ladysmith Black Mambazo later performed the song with Paul Simon, this time appearing as themselves on-screen.

Rather than simply recounting the letters of the alphabet, the song tells a short story in which each word begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet.

A clip from Kermit's version opens the documentary The World According to Sesame Street. A clip from this version also appears in the timeline sequence in The Street We Live On.

Releases

 * Audio (Kermit's version)
 * Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration (1991)
 * Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
 * Sesame Street Best (1997)
 * Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003)
 * Video (Kermit's version)
 * Shalom Sesame: Show 10: Passover (1990)
 * The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
 * Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009)
 * Online
 * Sesamestreet.org Kermit's version: