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" Debout Congolais" (Kongo: Telama besi Kongo; "Arise, Congolese") is the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was originally adopted in 1960 upon independence from Belgium but was replaced by "La Zaïroise" when the Congo changed its name to Zaire in 1971. It was finally reinstated when the Congo was reorganised in 1997.
French National Library. Accessed 25 November 2010. (in French) Audio clips: Traditional music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Musée d'ethnographie de Genève. Accessed 25 November 2010. (in French) Amnesty International. “DRC: Ban on Songs Criticizing the Government Highlights Urgent Need to Repeal Censorship Law.”
" La Congolaise" (English: "The Congolese"; Kongo: "Besi Kôngo") is the national anthem of the Republic of the Congo. It was adopted upon independence from France in 1959, [1] replaced in 1969 by "Les Trois Glorieuses" but reinstated in 1991. The lyrics were written by Jacques Tondra and Georges Kibanghi, and the music was composed by Jean ...
Members of the Hewitt-Trussvile High School Husky Band and chamber choir traveled from Trussville, Alabama, up to the nation’s capital to walk and perform in the National Cherry Blossom Festival ...
" La Zaïroise" (French for "The Zairian") was the national anthem of Zaire, from 1971 to 1997. The lyrics were written by Joseph Lutumba, and the music was composed by Simon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi. [1] [2] [3]
"Hymne National Voltaïque" "Voltaique National Anthem" 1960–1984 Robert Ouedraogo: Robert Ouedraogo — Vatican City "Marcia trionfale" "Triumphal March" 1929–1950 (instrumental only) Viktorin Hallmayer [note 38] Vietnam "Đăng đàn cung" "The Emperor Mounts His Throne" 1802–1945 Ung Thieu: J.B. Chaigneau — Zaire "La Zaïroise" "The ...
During the independence of the DRC, there have been four "national orders": Order of the Congolese Nation (Ordre de la Nation Congolaise), National Order of the Leopard (Ordre National du Léopard), National Order of Zaire (Ordre National du Zaïre), and the Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba, the last of which was founded by Law No. 009/2002 (5 August 2002) and amended by Decree-Law ...
Rwanda's original national anthem, written when the country achieved independence from Belgium in 1962, was called "Rwanda Rwacu" ("Our Rwanda").Independence was achieved at a time of high tension, following the Rwandan Revolution: centuries of rule by the minority Tutsi group had been overturned in just three years, the majority Hutu taking power in a violent upheaval, and forcing more than ...