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Artist blesses Toto's Africa with new art piece

Jan 15, 2019

Toto's Africa is now playing on a non-stop loop.. in Africa! 

A Namibian artist built a sculpture that has 6 speakers, hooked up to an MP3 player that contains the hit song, and placed it at an undisclosed location in the Namib desert. 

It's powered by solar batteries. 

Image: You can hear the drums echoing tonight with this multmedia art piece

27-year-old Max Siedentopf told the BBC he made the art piece as a tribute to the song, which was first released in 1982. 

Africa became even more popular recently after becoming an internet meme.

In fact, in 2017 it was the most-streamed song on YouTube with 440 million views.

Click here for more pics and a video of the art piece on Siedentropf's website.

You can also click here to check out his Instagram.