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On the eve of the historic Presidential elections in Senegal on 25 February 2012, there was one song that quietly took over the airwaves of every radio and TV station in the West African heartland, one song that served as the backdrop to the fall of the incumbent Abduwale Wade signaling the arrival of a new democratic era. The song was Rewmi ('Country' in English), written, performed and recorded by Senegalese Kora Master, Seckou Keita. Rewmi is a powerful call for Africa to unite, for fellow countrymen to stop fighting one another and instead come together to fight disease and hunger and work towards a new and positive future.