NIGERIAN AFRO-BEAT LEGEND, FEMI KUTI TO PERFORM AT AFCON2019 OPENING CEREMONY
Joseph Omoniyi
Four time Grammy award nominee, Femi Kuti has been announced as one of the performing artistes at the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations 2019, in Egypt.
This was made known by the Organising Committee via the official twitter handle of CAF.
The Nigerian Afro-beat legend will be performing alongside two other great African musicians, Hakim from the host country, Egypt and Dobet Gnahore from Ivory Coast.
The three international musicians will sing “Metgamaeen” (We Are Together) produced by Synergy together on stage in Cairo, Egypt.
The 2019 AFCON is set to kick off with the new expanded 24 teams on Friday in Egypt, it will be preceded with a colourful opening ceremony.
The Afrobeat singer will perform in English, while Hakim and Gnahore perform in Arabic and French respectively.
Femi had previously performed at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa at the Soccer City Stadium on June 11, 2010 in Johannesburg.
The 2019 AFCON is set to kick off with the new expanded 24 teams on Friday in Egypt, it will be preceded with a colourful opening ceremony.
Host, Egypt will play Zimbabwe in the opening match while the Super Eagles will take on debutants Burundi in their opening fixture on Saturday.
The 2019 AFCON will hold from June 21 to July 19.
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