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South Africa, where the song comes from, uses only some of the words, Zambia uses only the tune and other countries have now abandoned its use. [2] " Mungu ibariki Afrika" was inspired by the African National Congress's (ANC) use of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("God Bless Africa") as its party song after its use at Ohlange High School .
The song was the official anthem for the African National Congress during the apartheid era and was a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. [7] For decades during the apartheid regime it was considered by many to be the unofficial national anthem of South Africa, representing the suffering of the oppressed masses.
Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote" is a Swahili-language patriotic song about Tanzania in East Africa. [1] The song's history and authorship is uncertain, but stretches back to the colonial days, when then it was sung as thus " Tanganyika, Tanganyika nakupenda kwa moyo wote ."
The Tanzanian national anthem is Mungu Ibariki Africa (God Bless Africa), composed by South African composer Enoch Sontonga in 1897. [43] The tune is the ANC's official song and later became the national anthem of South Africa. The melody is also the national anthem of Zambia. In Tanzania, Swahili lyrics were written
Harmonize has been living in Dar es Salaam since completing secondary school education in 2009.. He released his debut song, "Aiyola", in 2015. Other songs include "Kwa Ngwaru", [3] featuring Diamond Platnumz, and "Show Me," featuring Rich Mavoko. [4]
The song's co-writer, Peter Ivers, recorded a version in the late 1970s, though it was not released until its inclusion on the 2019 album, Becoming Peter Ivers. [1] Devo (sung by Booji Boy) covered the song live in 1978-1979 as the penultimate song in their set. [2] It was sung at the start of gigs by fans of psychobilly band The Meteors.
She donated all of her royalties from the recording's international sales to charity and her record label used their share of the proceeds to build a new state of the art recording studio. [3] Mead re-recorded "The Lord's Prayer" in 1999 for her album A Time to Sing. [1]
The song's video was directed by David Mallet, previously involved in the making of the music video for "I Was Born to Love You", as well as five Queen clips.A Royal Opera House replica was built inside a warehouse in North London (as normal studios did not have high enough roofs), where Mercury wanted to recreate scenes from Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Dante's Inferno. [3]