2010 FIFA Official World Cup Kickoff Concert
Today – as beautiful singer Shakira arrived in South Africa – and as I listened to her WAKA WAKA for the 2010 Fifa Official World Cup Kickoff Concert – the fever grabbed me too!
Africa always does it!
Just watch the movie on its original site – CLICK THE PICTURE – and see an explosion of Joy and Rhythm by anyone, old or young!!! Feel it… see it on their faces, in their eyes, smiles, flying hair… their spontaneous yet flowing movements where Heaven and Nature fuse and nothing exists but music and dance!
WAKA WAKA … this is my Africa!
And what a generous and indicative gesture to have a non-South African sing the official opening song when all heavens will break lose in Johannesburg and Cape Town on Friday, 11th June 2010, at 4 pm!
Don’t count on me being anywhere else but… right there! Right where all the little flags are heading in one big wave right now – feel it! It’s HERE!
WAKA WAKA!
No matter who you are – rich or poor, white or green or black or gold, fat or thin, educated or not – once South Africans start singing and dancing time stands still… it becomes pure Energy in Unision, Joy, Speed and total Abandon…
I’ve lived it so many times… be it as a child on the farm, be it at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as the new President of South Africa, be it at Cape Town Jazz Festivals or just simply underground, where music and rhythm crept through thick smoke and night and day fused into one – MAGIC!
2010 FIFA Official World Cup Kickoff Concert
Hugh Masekela
While this is the 2010 FIFA Official World Cup Kickoff Concert, there are many other brilliant performers, one of which I remember from his simply goosebump-raising performance at the Jazz Festival a few years back: Hugh Masekela!
I can’t wait to get THAT music under my skin again… the Soccer World Cup may be the trigger – but THIS is the true soul of AFRICA!
Miriam Makeba - Mama Africa
Remembering Miriam Makeba – Mama Africa
I wish Miriam Makeba could be here with us – she surely is in thoughts… and she too would have danced THE dance!
May everyone visiting South Africa for this first ever big event in Africa and experiencing the unique Vibe of the Rainbow Nation for the first time open up their heart and capture some magic memories. . .
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