Salim-Sulaiman Performing at Nelson Mandela Smile Foundation Concert

Music Composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have presented an extremely powerful song to Africa titled, 'African Promise'. To add to the pluralistic sound they collaborated with leading artists from Africa, R&B Artist Loyiso Bala, Eric Wainaina and back vocals by Alisha Popat.

The song was composed, produced and recorded along with the African singers at their studio in Mumbai. Salim and Sulaiman have been presented with this opportunity by Executive Producer and Promotional Partner Mr. Karim Jamal of Win Win Win Solutions and Shelina Popat for Contact Network Ltd in South Africa & Nairobi.

The schedule for Salim and Sulaiman in South Africa is as follows:

6th June 2010: Press Conference in Nairobi

7th June 2010: Salim and Sulaiman along with Eric Wainaina & Loyiso Bala perform at the Nelson Mandela Smile Foundation Concert in Soweto, South Africa. The concert was attended by a select audience. The song was well received and given a standing ovation! Mr. Nelson Mandela's Smile Foundation help's facially disfigured children and the foundation is honoured to continue his legacy through program expansion.

8th June 2010: Performance at the African Legends Gala Dinner in honour of the football heroes and the first ambassadors of African football. The Gala dinner is at the Vodaworld centre in Johannesburg.

10th June 2010: Salim, Sulaiman, Loyiso & Eric will perform at the FIFA World Cup Kick Off Celebration Concert at the Orlando stadium in Soweto - This historic event will take place the night before the onset of the first match! The artists selected to perform at this event represent current popularity and reflect the variety of musical generations, genres and geographies of the country and African region. This event features 70% African artists and will be seen by millions of music and football fans worldwide.

12th June 2010: Press Conference at the Government VIP Lounge

12th June 2010: Launch of the song 'AFRICA You Are A STAR' by Contact network Ltd & Win Win Win Solutisons at the Carnivore Gardens, Nairobi

CPAA-Salim Sulaiman Concert, Shaan and Meiyang Chang at Rang Sharda in Mumbai For Musical Show

Singer Shaan

Meiyang Chang

Neetu Chandra

Neetu Chandra

Salim and Sulaiman

Neetu Chandra

Shaan on stage

Singer Kunal Ganjawala

Salim-Sulaiman To Compose Anthem For FIFA (Football) World Cup in SA, They Will Also Perform There

It’s a feat that no Indian has achieved before. Music composers Salim Merchant and Suleiman were not only asked to compose the anthem for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, but the Bollywood duo will also open and close the football tournament in South Africa that commences on June 11 and goes on till July 11.

Salim and Suleiman - Music composers

India has reached the global stage and we are being recognised for not just the land we come from but also for the music we make.

They will be performing along with African RnB singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina who flew down to Mumbai specially to record the song.

“It’s called the African Promise,” says Salim who along with Suleiman had composed the popular track Chak De! India which had almost become like an anthem while the T20 matches were on. But the FIFA anthem, no doubt, is a bigger honour. The music composers say it all started with a friend from Africa suggesting that they compose music for the country. And thus was born the song which later reached the FIFA committee. “They loved it so much that they wanted it as the anthem of the World Cup,” says Salim, who later got in touch with Loyiso and Eric — who have done many songs on Africa’s freedom and are quite popular in their country. “The song’s written by my wife Jeanne and we will also be performing it for the Nelson Mandela Foundation after which we intend having a concert too,” adds Salim.

Watch video as Salim-Sulaiman record Anthem For FIFA with African RnB singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina

Salim and Suleiman will fly to Johannesburg in June but won’t be staying there till the end of the World Cup. “We can’t afford to. We’ll just go for the opening and the closing ceremony,” reveals Suleiman. So are they nervous? “No way,” they reply. “We don’t care if we are going to share the same stage as international celebrities, all we care about is our performance,” say the duo whose real concern is what designer clothes to wear at this big event in their lives.