I think to write this song with max and shellback they're from Sweden and so we wrote this song kind of like a football game and so it's going to be a great time and we also want to do a great national anthem for it, and we also have it at Roanoke, and we will write about it at the studio near Radford! What does the African word waka mean? Actual meaning of Waka is pidgin language meaning of "walk while workin" but the English translation of Waka Waka says "Do it" as in perform a task. Who sings Waka Waka? exists and is an alternate of . "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" was sung by Shakira along with South Africa's own zsOg.