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In answer to your question. From the band's website:

In late 1997, the band toured South Africa for the first time, eventually joining a South African choir and drum team to perform “Africa” in Johannesburg.

In 1998, Lukather and Paich put the finishing touches on TOTO XX, including the fabled “Africa” track from Johannesburg, and it was released in May, after which it rapidly climbed the European and Japanese charts.

one of the best 80's songs out there!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back in 1982!!

Thanks for the info silvercord. Still seems funny that they hadn't been until this song was almost 15 years old.

I heard this song back in Africa. I thought it was a bit pompous.

"crackers" They don't look like Saltines. And when did farhad get the 250 diamond? I've been away too much I guess.

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There is something special about this song, for people who were conscious when it first came out.

It also helps to realize that it isn't about Africa.

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"At the beginning of the '80s I watched a late night documentary on TV about all the terrible death and suffering of the people in Africa. It both moved and appalled me and the pictures just wouldn't leave my head. I tried to imagine how I'd feel about if I was there and what I'd do." -David Paich

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