{"id":738321,"date":"2022-01-06T22:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/samini-features-in-afcon2021-official-theme-song\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T22:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:49:03","slug":"samini-features-in-afcon2021-official-theme-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/samini-features-in-afcon2021-official-theme-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Samini features in AFCON2021 Official Theme Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Mobile Link ads middle --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artiste, Samini has been featured in the official Theme Song for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due to be held in Cameroon in January 2022.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The \u201cMy Own\u201d hitmaker joined a host of other prominent and promising musicians on the continent to create the track which will serve as the tournament\u2019s official theme song.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCollectif Africa Smile\u201d composed the song \u201cAfrican Smile.\u201d Three songs were submitted prior to its release, with \u201cAfricanSmile\u201d receiving 86.32 votes, edging out singer Grace Bethel\u2019s by 1.61 votes. Gorge Samba and Taty Eyoung\u2019s collaboration came in third place with 78 votes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salatiel, Timi Dakolo, Assia, Hakim, Jaylann, Rayen Youssef, Tukkiman, Imilo Iechanceux, and Mylmo are among the other African singers featured in the 5-minute song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, the official mascot for Africa\u2019s biggest showpiece has been dubbed \u2018Mola,\u2019 which refers to a friend or relative in Cameroon. The 2022 AFCON will begin on Sunday, January 9, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the Video Of AFCON2021 Official Theme Song Below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar-container\">\n<div><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"MWrAA2jUq_c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AFCON 2021 - Official Theme Song: WE STAND FOR AFRICA\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MWrAA2jUq_c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar\" style=\"color: #ffffff;background-color: #020056;\">\n<p>Subscribe to watch new videos<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t<noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscribe_embed?usegapi=1&amp;channelid=UCuTpUIi5oeSPjEkMUH9o5Og&amp;layout=default&amp;theme=default&amp;count=default&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghpage.com%2F\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artiste, Samini has been featured in the official Theme Song for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due to be held in Cameroon in January 2022. The \u201cMy Own\u201d hitmaker joined a host of other prominent and promising musicians on the continent to create the track which will serve as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":738322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}