"Hello Afrika" is a 1990 song recorded by the Sweden-based musician and producer Dr Alban. It was Dr Alban's debut single from his first album, with the same name. It features the SwedishEurodance singer Leila K. The song is similar as Eddy Grant's "Hello Africa" but in style of Hip-Hop. Released in 1990, the song peaked at number 1 in Austria and achieved a great success in most of the other European countries, including Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
It has been covered by South African group Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels.[1] It was covered by Grup Raptiye as "Hello Malatya" at ""Doping" album in 1991 and by Grup Vitamin as "Hamiyet" at "Bol Vitamin" one in 1990 and "Deli Dolu Best Of 1" in 1996.
Critical reception
In his review of the Hello Afrika album, Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Equally strong are the title track, a prideful tribal ode that features a nifty guest appearance by Leila K."[2]Music & Media wrote, "Pounding, tribal drums dominate this poppy rap for African unity."[3] The magazine also called it "an great African house track, hailing from Sweden." They added, "This mixture of African tribal rhythms, Jamaican toasting and western house technology is already very big in Scandinavian and German clubs. The rest of Europe will doubtlessly follow."[4]Music Week described it as a "Prince Buster influenced tuggingly rolling ragga rap".[5]
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