AFCON 2019: Femi Kuti, Others To Perform At Opening Ceremony

Nigeria’s legendary Afro-beat singer, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti is set to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

This was announced by the Organising Committee of the competition.

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The committee announced that Kuti will be joined by two other musicians, Hakim from Egypt and Dobet Gnahore from Ivory Coast in the event which holds from June 21 to July 19.

In a post on CAF’s official Twitter handle, the continental football body confirmed that Femi would perform the official song for this year’s AFCON alongside Hakim and Gnahore. He will perform in English, while Hakim and Gnahore performs in Arabic and French respectively.

The three international musicians will sing, “Metgamaeen” (We Are Together) produced by Synergy, together on stage in Cairo, Egypt.

Kuti is a four-time Grammy award nominee in 2003, 2010, 2012 and 2013.

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