Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems are songs and tunes adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the Africa Cup of Nations, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.
Africa Cup of Nations | Host Country | Title | Language | Performer(s) | Writer(s) & Producer(s) | Audios & Videos | Live Performance |
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2013 | South Africa | "Sela Sela (Dance Together)" [1] | Zahara Universe Wes Mardico | Rod On Jr. | Music Video | ||
2015 | Equatorial Guinea | Hola Hola | Toofan, Molare, Singuila, Fally Ipupa, Eddy Kenzo, Mani Bella, Arielle T, Cano | ||||
2017 | Gabon | L'Afrique au Gabon | Patience Dabany, Serge Beynaud, J. Martins | ||||
2019 | Egypt | "Together" [2] | Hakim Femi Kuti Dobet Gnahoré | Music Video | |||
2021 | Cameroon | "We stand for Africa" | Music Video | ||||
2023 | Ivory Coast | "Akwaba" | Magic System Yemi Alade Mohamed Ramadan | Magic System Yemi Alade Mohamed Ramadan Farghly Blax Produced by Dany Synthé | Music Video |
Africa Cup of Nations | Host Country | Music | Notes |
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2013 | South Africa | ||
2015 | Equatorial Guinea | ||
2017 | Gabon | ||
2019 | Egypt | ||
2021 | Cameroon |
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