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"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 song became the first single since the Beatles' "Let It Be" to enter Billboard ' s Top 5 within two weeks of release. [34] Outside the U.S., the single reached number one in Australia, France, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The song peaked at number 2 in two countries: Germany and Austria. [38 ...
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"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring the South African band Freshlyground. Co-written by Shakira and John Hill , it was released on 7 May 2010 by Epic Records as the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup , which was held in South Africa.
Song of Africa is a 1951 black and white film made in South Africa. It was directed by Emil Nofal, an Afrikaner. [1] The film is about a man who returns to his village with a gramaphone and musical instruments to start a Zulu Jazz band. [2] Daniel Makiza and the Black Broadway Boys perform. [1]
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.
The name of the hymn is, as far as can be determined, completely arbitrary, and reflects a practice of Billings's day to give names specifically to the tunes of songs. Billings also wrote an "Asia" and an "America"; more often, he adopted the names of (arbitrarily chosen) New England towns to label his tunes.
One of their new songs was "African Jazz Mokili Mobimba" (meaning "African Jazz all over the world"), written by guitarist Mwamba "Déchaud" Mongala [2] in the Congolese rumba style. [3] It was released later that year. [4] It was a pastiche of two Latin American songs. [5] The lyrics caution against excessive travel abroad. [6]