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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.
" 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 ...
" Udzima wa ya Masiwa" (also written "Ouzima wa Massiwa ", [1] Comorian for "The Union of the Great Islands"; also known as "Umodja wa Massiwa ", [2] sometimes written "Masiwa " [3]) is the national anthem of the Comoros. Adopted in 1978, [4] it was written by Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane, who also composed the music with Kamildine Abdallah. [5 ...
State-controlled radio and television transmissions, operated under Radio-Television Nationale Congolaise (RTNC), are the prominent broadcasting stations, reaching the largest number of citizens. The RTNC radio broadcast of La Voix du Congo , is available in French , Swahili , Lingala , Tshiluba , and Kikongo .
BBC Radio 1 Anthems is a British online-only radio stream, owned and operated by the BBC and run as a spin-off from BBC Radio 1. The station launched on 8 November 2024 and plays a wide range of music and acts supported by the main Radio 1 network in the 2000s and 2010s. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Radio Congo Belge (RCB) was created in 1940 by the general government of the Belgian Congo. After the country gained independence, Radio du Congo Belge (RCB) became Radiodiffusion Nationale Congolaise (RNC). RTNC started television broadcasts in Kinshasa on November 24, 1966, [2] three hours a day (7pm to 10pm), on VHF channel 5. [3]
The music of the anthem is derived from a praise song for the late-1800s king of Labé, [1] in Fouta Djallon, Alpha Yaya Diallo (or Alfa Yaya). [2] Alpha Yaya is, along with Wassoulou Empire founder Samory Touré, considered central by Guineans to the foundation of the modern Guinean nation, [2] in part because of his fierce attempts to resist colonisation.