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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Salif Keïta
Vocals
Annonier Angéline
Background Vocals
Bessy Gordon
Background Vocals
Cheick Tidiane Seck
Keyboards
Dielly Moussa Kouyaté
Rhythm Guitar
Djanka Diabaté
Background Vocals
Eddy Emilien
Keyboards
Glaucus Xavier
Saxophone
Guillermo Fellove
Trumpet
Jean-Louis Damant
Trombone
Mokhtar Samba
Drums
Mora Birbeck
Background Vocals
N'doumbe Djengue
Bass
Nayanka Bell
Background Vocals
Ousmane Kouyaté
Guitar
Ron Meza
Trumpet
Souleymane Doumbia
Percussion
Sydney Thiam
Percussion
Wally Badarou
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Salif Keïta
Songwriter
Cheick Tidiane Seck
Arranger
Eddy Emilien
Arranger
Glaucus Xavier
Brass Arranger
Mokhtar Samba
Arranger
N'doumbe Djengue
Arranger
Ousmane Kouyaté
Arranger
Souleymane Doumbia
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Wally Badarou
Producer
Jake Brian Tench
Mixing Engineer
Noel Harris
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Kevin Jacobs
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Cédric Champalou
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jean-Baptiste Millet
Assistant Recording Engineer
timour cardenas
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Africa ooh oh, Africa oh ma gnon gon yé ban
Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa hé
Africa ooh oh, Africa oh ma gnon gon yé ban
Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa hé
Ça fait rêver, ça fait vibrer
Ça fait danser, ooh Africa
Ça fait rêver, ça fait vibrer
Ça fait danser, ooh Africa
Paris oula bara djagna visa té sôrô na
Bakè wala né Gné wala Mali lé la
La Guinée, le Gabon, Sénégal, le Bénin
Yaoundé, oh quels beaux pays
Oh Africa oh, i yé oh i yé oh é
(Apébé, apébé, apébé Africa hé)
Oh Africa oh, i yé oh i yé oh é
(Apébé, apébé, apébé Africa hé)
C'est sans façon, bosser beaucoup
Manger beaucoup, ooh Africa
C'est ça son fort, manger beaucoup
Danser beaucoup, ooh Africa
Amériki oula bara djagna visa té sôrô na
Bakè wala yé Gné wala Mandéla lé fè
Joanesbourg, Le Ghana, Zimbabwe, Botswana
Ethiopie, oh quels beaux pays
Oh Africa oh, i yé oh i yé oh é
(Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa hé)
Oh Africa oh, i yé oh i yé oh é
(Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa hé)
Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa hé
Y a attiéké, y a dolé
Y a foutou, y a foufou
Y a alloco, oh quels bons manger
Y a titi, y a yassa
Y a mafè, et fakoye
Y a coco, oh quels bons manger
Gon djigui ba sigui len kaba lamaga la, ni bèè na kôrô ma ko
(Akopé, akoté, akopé Africa hé)
Kôrô djala bougou lén sôgôma bèlin na, a bèè na kôrô ma ko
(Akpé ké, akpé ké, akpé ké Africa hé)
Sènin kèla fissa ni daba kourou ma, aA bèè na kôrô ma ko
(Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa hé)
Africa! Africa!
Africa hé, Africa hé, Africa hé!
Oh Africa oh, i yé oh i yé oh é
(Africa Africa, Africa, Africa hé)
Africa! Africa!
Africa hé, Africa hé, Africa yé!
Oh Africa oh, i yé oh ooo oo ooo
(Africa Africa, Africa, Africa hé)
Written by: Salif Keita