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Africa (Toto song) " 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 was written by band members David Paich and Jeff ...
The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album. " 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.
The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa", lit. '"Lord Bless Africa"') and the Afrikaans song that was used as the South African national anthem during the apartheid era, "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (English ...
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" is a song by American singer Shaboozey. The song was released April 12, 2024, as the fourth single from his album Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States and has reached the top ten of the charts in Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands ...
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika. " Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika " ( Xhosa pronunciation: [ŋkʼɔsi sikʼɛlɛl‿iafrikʼa], lit. 'Lord Bless Africa') is a Christian hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg . The song became a pan-African liberation song and versions of it were ...
Let us all unite and celebrate together. The victories won for our liberation. Let us dedicate ourselves to rise together. To defend our liberty and unity. Chorus: O Sons and Daughters of Africa. Flesh of the Sun and Flesh of the Sky. Let us make Africa the Tree of Life. II.
South African song. "Dubul' ibhunu" (Xhosa:[dəbʊliːbuːnuː]), translated as shoot the Boer,[1]as kill the Boer[2]or as kill the farmer,[3][4]is a controversial anti-apartheid South African song. It is sung in Xhosaor Zulu. The song originates in the struggle against apartheidwhen it was first sung to protest the Afrikaner-dominated ...
The song's origins are uncertain; however, its nearest known relative is the English folk song "The Twelve Apostles." [2] Both songs are listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as #133. Parallel features in the two songs' cumulative structure and lyrics (cumulating to 12 loosely biblical references) make this connection apparent.