Hmm, if what a white boy sees on TV was the basis for the song Africa, then the lyrics to that song would be entirely different.
The sudden and tragic of passing of John Hughes has a sparked a renewed interest in his films and the decade that he immortalized – the 1980s.
Black people came into their own in the 1980s, thanks to MTV, The Cosby Show and most importantly Michael Jackson.
Althoughthey were completely absolved from the casting decisions of Hughes’films, the 1980s were the foundation for the coming Black dominance ofpopular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Eddie Murphy and the films hestarred in opened up a new era for Black comedians and Black athleteswere worshipped as never before, with his Airness, Michael Jordan, assuming the throne of white adulation. However, the 1980s gave birth to a befuddling song – a Number One Billboard hit – that still garners airplay today and continues to gain in popularity: Toto’s Africa.
It is hard to imagine what was going through the bands collective minds when they sat down to pen Africa,as the band Toto is comprised of a bunch of white people. What giveswhite people the right to sing about Africa, as Black people have beentrying to force white people from their ancestral homeland for decades?More importantly, what in the world is the song about?: