"Africa"

"Africa" was performed by the rock band Toto in 1982. In my opinion one of their best songs and I can't believe that this song was almost left off their album because they felt it was too different and not good enough. It became an extremely popular song.

When I hear this song it makes me think of Sun City in Johannesburg , Sun City is a beautiful Holiday Resort with lots of Casino's, Golf , Luxury Hotels, Entertainment, Delicious Restaurants. As this was a 2 hour drive from where I lived it was the nearest I could go to, to get to the beach, of course it was a superficial beach but a beach nonetheless. I went a couple of times with my family when I was a child. Brings back some great memories. Africa is also so sentimental for me as it takes me back to all those memories of my childhood . There was and for me will never be anything more special than a South African Sunset, a Braais on a sunday afternoon, A South African late afternoon thunderstorm. Even though I have immigrated I will always be proudly South African and my memories will live on forever in this song .