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Africa

song written and composed by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, originally recorded by Toto in 1981 and released in 1982
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q383842
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Summary

Africa is a musical work/composition[1]. Africa ranks in the top 0.66% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,091 views/month, #127 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: David Paich[3], Jeff Porcaro[4]
  • Genre: pop music[5]
  • Performer: Toto[6]
  • Part of: Toto IV[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Publication date: 1982[9]
  • Lyricist: David Paich[10], Jeff Porcaro[11]
  • Main subject: Africa[12]
  • Title: Africa[13]
  • Different from: Africa[14]
  • Form of creative work: song[15]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): electronic, hip hop, pop, pop rap, pop rock, r&b, swing[17]

  • Community tags: electronic, hip hop, meme, pop, pop rap, pop rock, r&b, swing[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c2ad63c7-0bbd-3e03-9d13-6c9b882d07a4[19]

Why It Matters

Africa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Africa is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Africa. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/africa-q383842
MLA “Africa.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/africa-q383842.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_africa-q383842_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Africa}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/africa-q383842}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22h ago · Printstream · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59053|batch #59053]]: remove non-Tp P7902 (DtBio)"
  2. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → —
    Gnd id → 118692912X
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hy', 'id', 'it', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58947|batch #58947]]: Import P7902 (DtBio)"
  3. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Toto
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0700044423, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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