Organisers of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have announced that Nigeria’s Afro-beat maestro, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, would perform at the opening ceremony of the competition.
Femi Kuti, a four-time Grammy award nominee, would be joined by two other musicians, Hakim from Egypt and Dobet Gnahore, from Cote d’Ivoire.
The 2019 AFCON is set to kick off with the new expanded 24 teams, on Friday, in Egypt, and would be heralded with a colourful opening ceremony.
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.
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The Afrobeat singer will perform in English, while Hakim and Gnahore perform in Arabic and French respectively.
The three international musicians would sing “Metgamaeen” (We Are Together) produced by Synergy together on stage in Cairo, Egypt.
Femi had previously performed at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa at the Soccer City Stadium on June 11, 2010 in Johannesburg.
Host, Egypt would play Zimbabwe in the opening match while the Super Eagles would take on debutant Burundi in their opening fixture, on Saturday.
The 2019 AFCON would hold from June 21 to July 19. (NAN)
