Send Out 2021 With African Football Songs

<p> The good news: 2022 is a World Cup year! But that doesn't start till November, so some even better news is that the African Cup of Nations—known Francophonically as CAN—kicks off on Jan. 9. <br> </p> <p>While you’re wondering who can take the cup from Algeria, we’ve got the perfect soundtrack for you from our good buddy, the one-and-only DJ Mixanthrope. Known for his thematically linked mixes drawn from across the Afro-Francophonie, Mixanthrope dropped 45 minutes of fleet-footed tunes called “On Va Gagner”—“we’re going to win.” </p> <figure><iframe loading="lazy" scrolling="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1187235337&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no"></iframe></figure> <div><br></div> <p>Artists, song titles and their time stamps are available on Soundcloud. The mix is just a shade over 45 minutes—and that closing Manu Dibango tune from the 1972 cup is worth waiting for—so you'll be able to listen to it twice, and then queue up some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ZQRAyWfCs" target="_blank">Magic System</a> or <a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/guadeloupe-music-zouk-gwo-ka-max-rambhojan/" target="_blank">Max Rambhojen</a> for stoppage time.</p>