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Africa’s-biggest-music-stars ONE.org has launched one of the continent’s largest musical collaborations titled which saw the release of a song titled, ‘Cocoa na Chocolate’. This was launched in support of a new campaign to boost investments in Africa in the area of agriculture. Nineteen top recording artistes from across Africa included D’Banj and Femi Kuti from Nigeria, Fally Ipupa from DR Congo, Tiken Jah Fakoly from Cote d’Ivoire, Juliani from Kenya and Judith Sephuma from South Africa came to help rebrand agriculture by telling the African youth that their future lies literally beneath their feet and in their hands. Concerning the song, D’banj said, “As African musicians, agriculture is the single most important cause we could champion together and I am proud to say we are doing it with one voice. Through this song, we are calling on youths to go online and join ONE.org, to get more involved in agriculture, and to ask our governments to step up and improve agricultural investments, so that the youths can have a better chance of succeeding in it. The song was co-produced by Cobhams Asuquo and DeeVee of DB Records while Godfather Productions directed the video. The song and music video were recorded and shot over three days in Johannesburg, South Africa.  

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This article was first published on 14th April 2014

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