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In September 1973, the National Assembly passed the National Anthem Act, which legally defined the English lyrics of "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free" as the national anthem of Zambia. The Act also made it an offence to "insult or bring into contempt or ridicule" the anthem and granted the President of Zambia the rights to prescribe ...
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" was the national anthem of Zambia from independence in 1964 until 1973, when the melody was retained but the lyrics replaced by "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free". [12]
National anthem of Chile: 1847 1851 Bolivia: Bolivianos, el Hado Propicio: 1851 United Kingdom: God Save the King: 1745 [1] 1920 Liechtenstein: Oben am jungen Rhein: 1920 [2] Finland: Maamme [α] 1917 1990 Estonia: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm: 1920 [3] South Africa: National anthem of South Africa: 1997 1997 Zambia: Stand and Sing of Zambia ...
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Jali Nyama stated that basing national anthems on odes to local historical figures had been done in nearby Guinea and Mali. Jali Nyama wrote his own Mandinka lyrics to the tune. [2] [3] Jali Nyama's proposal was recorded and sent to be heard in the Prime Minister's office in the Cabinet, where it was liked by Prime Minister Dawda Jawara.
Failing elevators at a veterans hospital in Miami have injured at least a dozen people over two years, according to a nurses’ union that called the lifts a “death trap.”
The national flag of Zambia was adopted upon independence on 24 October 1964, by the first Republican President Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda. Before that, Zambia was the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia and used a defaced Blue Ensign as its flag. [1] The current flag is used as both national flag [2] and ensign. [3]