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Toto: Africa (Music Video)

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Original title

Toto: Africa

Year

1982

Running time

5 min.

Country

United States

Director

Steve Barron

Cast

Music

Toto, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro. Song: Toto

Producer

Limelight Productions. Distributor: MTV

Genre

Musical | Music Video. Short Film

Synopsis

The music video was directed by Steve Barron. In the video, a researcher in a library tries to match a scrap of a picture of a shield to the book from which it was torn out. As he continues his search, a librarian working at a desk takes occasional notice of him, while natives in the surrounding jungle begin to close in on the library. When the researcher finds a book entitled Africa, the native throws a spear (the shield the native carries is the same as the one in the picture), toppling stacks of books. Africa falls open to the page from which the scrap was torn, but a lantern lands on it and sets it on fire, after which the librarian's eyeglasses are shown falling to the floor. The scenes are inter-cut with shots of a spinning globe and the band performing atop a stack of giant hardcover books, in which Africa is the topmost.

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Toto: Africa (Music Video)

1982

Steve Barron

6.3

(161)