It’s been dismissed, reviled (not least by the band), accused of cultural appropriation, its video accused of racism. But more than four decades after its release, Toto’s Africa seems indestructible.
It’s been streamed over a billion times on Spotify and over a billion times on Youtube and its appeal spans generations – it’s been used in countless TV shows from Stranger Things to South Park, from Family Guy to The Simpsons, and in thousands upon thousands of memes.
