Today is Africa Day. It’s one where the people of Africa commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)- now known as the African Union (AU). So in celebration of Africa Day, there’s a whole host of things happening in South Africa. The annual Africa Day concert took place at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg: Check out some of the highlights below:
At the official press conference the artists expressed their dissatisfaction with the xenophobic attacks that happened in South Africa a year ago. They urged people to tolerate each other and accept differences:
Now in celebration of Africa Day I’d like to turn your attention to Channel O’s new campaign. It’s called Young, Gifted and Black and it’s forming part of the DSTV’s new campaign. The creatives behind the campaign are from ad agency Ogilvy and they best describe YGB as a movement. So in addition to the music video, which features the likes of Lira, Loyiso, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Da L.E.S, the team have come up with a line of T-shirts, among others things to push the point. Find out more about the campaign below:
Check out the music video:
Channel O, Young Gifted and Black from Nice Work Ross Drakes on Vimeo.
Now speaking of music videos, here is another Africa Day-focused one, in which Namibian artist Gazza has teamed up with SA star Zola on a song called “Hold On”. The song is sponsored by UNICEF and Standard Bank Namibia and it calls on all Africans to unite against the atrocities and conflicts that damages the African image, Check out the video:
Go behind the scenes of the video and find out more about the campaign here:
What does being African mean to you? How will you be celebrating this day? Holla…
