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Die Stem" (English: "The voice of South Africa") was the co-national anthem [7] with "God Save the King" [a] between 1938 and 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1994. "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" was composed of eight stanzas: the original four in Afrikaans and four in English - a translation of the Afrikaans with a few ...
Enoch Sontonga, Composer of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika Sung by Sol Plaatje in 1923 Hummed rendition of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika " " Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", then the national anthem of South Africa, played by a US military band in 1994 as part of an official state visit by South African president Nelson Mandela to Washington, DC.
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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.
' The Voice of South Africa '), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (Afrikaans: [di ˈstɛm]), was the national anthem of South Africa during the apartheid era. There are two versions of the song, one in English and the other in Afrikaans , which were in use early on in the Union of South Africa alongside God Save the ...
Elements of it are incorporated in the current South African national anthem. " Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika " – used from 1994 to 1997 as joint national anthem with "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika". " National anthem of South Africa " – abridged versions of "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika" and "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", with altered words, combined into a ...
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"Sri Lanka Thaaye", the Tamil version of the Sri Lankan national anthem, is an exact translation of "Sri Lanka Matha", the Sinhala version, and has the same music. [27] Although it has existed since independence in 1948 it was generally only sung in the north and east of the country where the Tamil language predominates. [27]