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OHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 11: Singer Shakira performs “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” with South African band Freshlyground during the Closing Cermony ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Final match between Netherlands and Spain at Soccer City Stadium on July 11, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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Fifa, Sony, and the mystery of the missing ‘Waka Waka’ millions

Fifa and Sony still refuse to detail the distribution of the hit song’s royalties, nor to whom the money is going

  • Tim Cohen
6 min read
Shakira performs Waka Waka at the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images
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Where did the ‘Waka Waka’ millions go?

Freshlyground push Fifa and Sony for answers on where WakaWaka’s post-2014 millions – meant for African charities – have gone

  • Tim Cohen
6 min read