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The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century Xhosa hymn " Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa", lit. ' "Lord Bless Africa" ' ) and the Afrikaans song that was used as the South African national anthem during the apartheid era, " Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ...
It was the sole national anthem from 1957 to 1994, [2] and shared co-national anthem status with "God Save the King/Queen" from 1938 to 1957. [1] After the end of apartheid , it was retained as a co-national anthem along with " Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika " until 1997, when a new hybrid song incorporating elements of both songs was adopted as the ...
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He was also a founding member of the Afrikaans newspaper Die Burger, and a South African Freemason. [1] [2] His most famous work is the former South African national anthem "Die Stem", which he wrote in 1918. Parts of it have been incorporated into the current national anthem, used since the abolition of apartheid in the 1990s. To celebrate the ...
National anthem Adopted Sharing since Chile: 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 ...
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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" ).
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (c. 1873 – 18 April 1905) was a South African composer, who is best known for writing the Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa"), which, in abbreviated version, has been sung as the first half of the national anthem of South Africa since 1994.