African Alphabet

Written by	Joe Raposo
Date	1987
Publisher	Jonico Music, Inc.

"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. (EKA: Episode 2404) Ladysmith Black Mambazo later performed the song with Paul Simon, this time appearing as themselves on-screen. (EKA: Episode 2480) A worm parody of the group, "Wormsmith Black Mambazo," sang the song in a 1996 episode.

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.

Live action version

Releases

Audio

• 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

• Shalom Sesame: Passover (1990)
• The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998)
• The World According to Sesame Street (2006, excerpt)
• Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009)
• ABCs with Elmo (2010)

Special

• The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990, clip)
• The Street We Live On (2004, brief clip during timeline sequence only)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org Kermit's version: Template:SSvideo
• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel Kermit's version: (YouTube) Wormsmith version: (YouTube)

See also

• Kermit's Sesame Street Songs