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about Toto Forever, an installation in the Namib Desert which consists of 6 speakers atop a ring of large white blocks attached to a solar-powered MP3 player that continuously plays the 1982 song Africa by the American band Toto. Its exact location has not been disclosed.

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about Toto Forever, an installation in the Namib Desert which consists of 6 speakers atop a ring of large white blocks attached to a solar-powered MP3 player that continuously plays the 1982 song Africa by the American band Toto. Its exact location has not been disclosed.
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about Toto Forever, an installation in the Namib Desert which consists of 6 speakers atop a ring of large white blocks attached to a solar-powered MP3 player that continuously plays the 1982 song Africa by the American band Toto. Its exact location has not been disclosed.

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