"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" was composed by a Methodist school teacher named Enoch Sontonga in 1897.
Langenhoven in 1918 and was set to music by the Reverend Marthinus Lourens de Villiers in 1921.
Langenhoven in 1918 and was set to music by the Reverend Marthinus Lourens de Villiers in 1921.
The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining new English with extracts of the 19th century hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("God Bless Africa", ) and the Afrikaans song "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" ("The Call of South Africa"), which was formerly used as the South African national anthem from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s.
"Die Stem" ("The voice of South Africa") was the co-national anthem with "God Save The King"/"God Save The Queen" between 1938 and 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1994.
"Die Stem" ("The voice of South Africa") was the co-national anthem with "God Save The King"/"God Save The Queen" between 1938 and 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1994.
It was seldom sung in its entirety; usually, the first stanza was the most widely known and sung sometimes followed by the last stanza. When apartheid came to an end in the early 1990s, the future of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" was called into question.
"Die Stem" ("The voice of South Africa") was the co-national anthem with "God Save The King"/"God Save The Queen" between 1938 and 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1994.
The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining new English with extracts of the 19th century hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("God Bless Africa", ) and the Afrikaans song "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" ("The Call of South Africa"), which was formerly used as the South African national anthem from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s.
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