{"id":161828,"date":"2020-07-18T14:58:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/african-artists-stand-together-in-new-african-anthem-during-covid\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T23:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:21:07","slug":"african-artists-stand-together-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/stories\/african-artists-stand-together-song\/","title":{"rendered":"African artists &#8216;Stand Together&#8217; in new African anthem during COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ONE Campaign and 10 major African artists have come together to release a music track calling for the world to join in solidarity to fight COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and MTV Base, &ldquo;Stand Together&rdquo; is a solidarity anthem featuring some of Africa&rsquo;s biggest music stars: 2Baba, Ahmed Soultan, Ben Pol, Teni, Yemi Alade, Amanda Black, Stanley Enow, Gigi La Mayne, Prodigio and Betty G.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been produced by Nigerian producer Cobhams Asuquo and the artists, named &ldquo;African Artists Unite&rdquo; represent multiple parts of the continent, including Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Cameroon, Angola, Ethiopia, and Morocco.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These songs don&rsquo;t always come around, so it&rsquo;s always a breath of fresh air when you get to listen to songs like this,&rdquo; said Yemi Alade.<\/p>\n<p>The song launched during the Nelson Mandela Annual lecture 2020 and featured remarks from UN Secretary-General Ant&oacute;nio Guterres around the theme of tackling inequality during COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a necessary move for us as artists to join together and to do more of these activities to serve the community,&rdquo; said Ben Pol, Tanzanian artist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our job is &hellip; to inspire people and to sort of comfort them, and make them see it&rsquo;s us. 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