"Waka Waka - This is time for Africa" performed by Shakira has been chosen an official theme song for the soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa. I listened to the song on YouTube and I can't say I liked it, because I'm not a fan of this type of music, but I overall I don't think it was very bad.
Song triggered off some protest. Local musician are offended that some Colombian singer is performing this song, instead of an African artist. I think that the are partly right, because they are hosting the World Cup and would like to present their original culture.
I couldn't find any information confirming that "waka waka" means something bad in one of African languages. But if this is true, it is obviously an inappropriate title for the song.
Source: City PressSong triggered off some protest. Local musician are offended that some Colombian singer is performing this song, instead of an African artist. I think that the are partly right, because they are hosting the World Cup and would like to present their original culture.
I couldn't find any information confirming that "waka waka" means something bad in one of African languages. But if this is true, it is obviously an inappropriate title for the song.
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