List of Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems

Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems are songs and tunes adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the Africa Cup of Nations, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.

Official songs and anthems

Africa Cup of Nations	Host Country	Title	Performer(s)	Writer(s) & Producer(s)	Audios & Videos
2013	South Africa	"Sela Sela (Dance Together)"^[1]	Zahara Universe Wes Mardico	Rod On Jr.	Music Video
2015	Equatorial Guinea	Hola Hola	Toofan, Molare, Singuila, Fally Ipupa, Eddy Kenzo, Mani Bella, Arielle T, Cano
2017	Gabon	L'Afrique au Gabon	Patience Dabany, Serge Beynaud, J. Martins
2019	Egypt	"Together" ^[2]	Hakim Femi Kuti Dobet Gnahoré		Music Video
2021	Cameroon	"We stand for Africa"			Music Video
2023	Ivory Coast	"Akwaba"	Magic System Yemi Alade Mohamed Ramadan	Magic System Yemi Alade Mohamed Ramadan Farghly Blax Produced by Dany Synthé	Music Video

Entrance music

Africa Cup of Nations	Host Country	Music	Notes
2013	South Africa
2015	Equatorial Guinea
2017	Gabon
2019	Egypt
2021	Cameroon

References

^ Zahra Universe Song “Sela Sela (Dance Together)” Selected as Anthem for Africa Football Cup of Nations, South Africa 2013
^ LISTEN: Official AFCON Song Released Featuring Hakim, Kuti & Gnahoré

[1] Zahra Universe Song “Sela Sela (Dance Together)” Selected as Anthem for Africa Football Cup of Nations, South Africa 2013

[2] LISTEN: Official AFCON Song Released Featuring Hakim, Kuti & Gnahoré

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Official songs and anthems

Entrance music

See also

References