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After this, "Ishe Komborera Africa" was selected to replace the official "God Save the Queen" of Southern Rhodesia and "Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" of Rhodesia as the national anthem of an independent Zimbabwe as it was a symbol of black African struggles and solidarity against apartheid systems in South Africa and South West Africa.
The National Anthem of Zimbabwe, also known by its incipit in Shona, "Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe" (English: "Raise our flag of Zimbabwe"), and the final line of each verse in Ndebele, "Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe" (English: "Blessed Be the Land of Zimbabwe"), was introduced in March 1994 after a nationwide competition to replace the ...
Ishe Komborera Africa" was the Zimbabwean version of "God Bless Africa" sung in the Shona and Ndebele languages and was its first national anthem, adopted upon independence in 1980. It was replaced in 1994 by " Ngaikomborerwe Nyika yeZimbabwe/Kalibusiswe Ilizwe LeZimbabwe " (English: "Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe" ).
The same current anthem of Zambia, South Africa and Tanzania. Zimbabwe: Ishe Komborera Africa: 1980 Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe: 1994 Poland: Poland Is Not Yet Lost: 1927 Poland Is Not Yet Lost: Still used by Poland Yugoslavia: Hej, Slaveni: 1945 none (country collapsed) 1991
Ishe Komborera Africa", a Shona translation of Enoch Sontonga's Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("God Bless Africa" in English), was made Zimbabwe's first national anthem, and remained in place until 1994, when it was replaced by the present anthem, "Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe" ("Blessed be the Land of Zimbabwe"). [15]
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Pages in category "African anthems" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. ... Ishe Komborera Africa; K. Kassaman; Koste Seselwa; L. La Katangaise;
"Ishe Komborera Africa" "God Bless Africa" 1980–1994 Enoch Sontonga: Enoch Sontonga and Joseph Parry [note 39] Sovereign states (abolished) State