Mozambique peace-accord signing featured Civilization IV’s theme song

Composer Christopher Tin’s “Baba Yetu” has served as the theme song for Civilization IV. It also won a Grammy. And now it has also served as the background theme for the signing of a peace accord in the Republic of Mozambique.

On August 6, the leaders of the two major political parties in Mozambique signed an agreement to end violent hostilities. The Peace and National Reconciliation Agreement could help the country get back to democratic politics after years of fighting. As The New York Times explains, the political factions have battled one another with military violence since the beginning of the nation’s democratic era in 1993. But the both peace accord and a separate cease-fire agreement call for both sides to disarm. It also enables rebels from the opposition Renamo faction to re-integrate into the country and the military.