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Paffendorf is a German electronic dance music project. The group consists of Ramon Zenker , also producer of Fragma , Gottfried Engels and Nicolas Valli. The project is represented by the Cologne DJ Christian Schmitz, active on Tiger Records.
"Africa" is a song by American rock band Toto, the tenth and final track on their fourth studio album Toto IV (1982). It was the second single from the album released in Europe in June 1982 and the third in the United States in October 1982 through Columbia Records .
The anthem was written as a poem titled "Proud to be African" by Ethiopian poet Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin.Kenyan choral composer Arthur Mudogo Kemoli composed the anthem's music in Dakar, Senegal in 1986 [1] and it was selected as the anthem of the AU's predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), as part of a contest.
Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems are songs and tunes adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the Africa Cup of Nations, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.
South African teacher/ activist/singer Jpre contributes a revamp of his historical song, "Ke Nako" to the album. Originally recorded and adopted by Mr. Nelson Mandela as his election campaign "theme" song, the 2010 edition features International Superstar Wyclef Jean, 5 Time Grammy Nominee Jazmine Sullivan, and introduces new sensation B. Howard.
The song was the official anthem for the African National Congress during the apartheid era and was a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. [7] For decades during the apartheid regime it was considered by many to be the unofficial national anthem of South Africa, representing the suffering of the oppressed masses.
South Africa, where the song comes from, uses only some of the words, Zambia uses only the tune and other countries have now abandoned its use. [2] "Mungu ibariki Afrika" was inspired by the African National Congress's (ANC) use of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("God Bless Africa") as its party song after its use at Ohlange High School. The ANC ...
Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote" is a Swahili-language patriotic song about Tanzania in East Africa. [1] The song's history and authorship is uncertain, but stretches back to the colonial days, when then it was sung as thus " Tanganyika, Tanganyika nakupenda kwa moyo wote ."