Emmanuel Adebayor Adebayor was also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose to represent the country of his birth, Togo. Adebayor helped Togo qualify for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after scoring 11 goals in the qualifiers, more than any other player in the African qualifiers. On 10 February 2009, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Adebayor as the African Footballer of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria. Adebayor beat final nominees Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt and Ghana's Michael Essien in a vote that involved the national team coaches of CAF's 54 member-nations. It
Born Country song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1992. The song was also recorded and released in April, 1991, with an accompanying video by Ian Eaton & Battle River, of Saskatchewan, Canada. The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator expresses his pride for the country. Born Country "Born Country" is a song written by Byron Hill and John Schweers, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in December 1991 as the second and final single on their compilation album, "Greatest Hits Vol. II". It reached No. 1 on