# "Africa" by Toto

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656 "2019-12-10T18:07:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656/21 "2019-12-11T23:03:28Z")

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[Covered by Love Canon](https://lovecanon.bandcamp.com/track/africa), a bluegrass band that specializes in 80s pop covers.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656/22 "2019-12-11T23:06:44Z")

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We just saw Ringo’s show this summer. With Steve Lukather. They played stuff from all the band mates’ history, so, meh. I could have skipped it.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656/23 "2019-12-12T01:48:37Z")

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> [@Dag\_Otto](#):
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> Actually, the woman who plays with Leo on [Sultans of Swing](https://youtu.be/x0RV0kgdqJU) is Mary Spender.
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> Mary is [damn good on her own](https://youtu.be/AgcjfY66d-Y), too.

Wow. I’ve watched both those videos dozens of times, I can’t believe I never noticed it was two different people.

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