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World Cup Song: Shakira ‘Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’

posted by Pretty Tough | Girls Who Are Fun Fierce & Feminine
Monday, June 7, 2010 at 7:25pm CDT

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We are just a few days away from the exciting beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2010 being held at South Africa and international superstar Shakira is scheduled to perform her new single, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” during the opening ceremony on June 10th.

“The FIFA World Cup is a miracle of global excitement, connecting every country, race, religion and condition around a single passion. It represents an event that has the power to unite and integrate, and that’s what this song is about,” Shakira said in a statement.

The official song of the World Cup, all proceeds from Waka Waka will benefit FIFA’s Official Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ ‘20 Centers for 2010,’ whose aim is to achieve positive social change through soccer by building twenty Football for Hope centers for public health, education and football across Africa.