80’s rock band Toto’s  “Africa“–a staple of Apartheid radio–is a bad piece of music which you can’t help humming to when it comes on. And more recently it’s been revived as R&B/dancehall or as “acapella jazz choir.”  In that context, check out humorist and short story writer Steve Almond‘s take on the song.

HT Texas in Africa.

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