South Africa National Anthem (1994-1997; Instrumental) Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika

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"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ('Lord Bless Africa') is a Christian hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg. The hymn has often been considered the "African national anthem" due to its reverence of the African continent.
In 1994, it became-together with the "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" official national anthem of South Africa. In 1997, a new official national anthem, adopted in which the first two stanzas are from Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika.

(Xhosa)
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo
Yiva imithandazo yethu
Nkosi Sikelela Nkosi Sikelela

(Zulu)
Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika,
Malupnakanyisw' udumo lwayo;
Yizwa imithandazo yethu
Nkosi sikelela, Nkosi sikelela,

South African Former National Anthem / Ou Suid Afrikaanse Volkslied / Nasionale Lied van Suid-Afrika / Hymne National de l'Afrique du Sud / Гимн Южной Африки / Dél-Afrikai Himnusz / Гимн ЮАР / Inno Sudafricano / Inno Nazionale del Sud Africa / 南アフリカの国歌 / Zuid-Afrikaans Volkslied / Jihoafrická Hymna / Hymn Południowej Afryki / Südafrikanische Hymne / Nationalhymne von Südafrika / Volkslied van Zuid-Afrika / Güney Afrika Milli Marşı / Hymna Jihoafrické Republiky / Hymne Sud-Africain / Himna Južne Afrike / Dél-Afrika Himnusza / Imnul Africii de Sud / Hino Nacional da África do Sul / Himno Sudafricano / Himno Nacional de Sudáfrica / نشيد جنوب افريقيا /

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