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The song 'Africa' by Toto is actually about a boy "trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV or remembers in the past". This explains the apparently inaccurate line about Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti.

After the band Weezer covered the song "Africa" by Toto, Toto covered the song "Hash Pipe" by Weezer as a response

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1. Academy Award winning composer John Williams (Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones) is the father of Toto ("Africa") frontman Joseph Williams.

2. Toto - Africa is about "A white boy that is trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV"

3. Joseph Williams contributed the "singing voice" for adult Simba in The Lion King. Joseph was the lead singer for the band Toto, who wrote a hit song called "Africa."

4. Toto -- the band who made "Africa" and "Rosanna", was the band that played the music for Michael Jackson's THRILLER (!)

5. There is a solar powered sound installation in Namib desert that plays non-stop "Africa" by Toto

6. After Weezer covered TOTO's song Africa, TOTO remade Weezer's song Hash Pipe

7. The drum solo from In The Air Tonight fits perfectly in Toto - Africa

8. In January 2019, a sound installation was set up in an undisclosed location in the Namib Desert to play the song Africa by Toto on a constant loop.The installation is powered by solar batteries, allowing the song to be played indefinitely.

9. Someone set up solar-powered speakers in a desert of Africa in order to play Africa by Toto forever

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Someone set up a solar powered mp3/speaker system in the middle of the Namibian desert, to play Africa by Toto for the rest of eternity.

An artist set up a solar-powered mp3 player in the Namib Desert to play Africa by Toto till the end of times. - source

The verses and the chorus of Toto's 'Africa' were actually sung by two different people - source

The lead singer of 80’s rock band Toto, Joseph Williams, is the son of John Williams, composer of Star Wars. Here’s ‘Africa’ to celebrate. - source

The singer from Toto (Africa, Rosanna, Hold the line...) is the son of legendary film composer John Williams (Star Wars, ET, Jurassic Park, Jaws...).

A German artist built a solar powered mp3 player in an undisclosed location of the Nambian Desert to play Africa by Toto for the rest of time

There is an art installation in the Namib desert that will play Toto's Africa "for all eternity".

Toto's (band most popular for their song 'Africa') lead singer Joseph Williams is the son of John Williams (famous for various movie soundtracks such as 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', and 'Jaws')

Someone wrote the lyrics to Toto's Africa in the style of Earnest Hemmingway