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font-weight: normal;">English: God Bless Africa</th></tr><tr style="font-weight:bold;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr />Former national anthem of <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data">"Ishe Komborera Zimbabwe"<sup id="cite_ref-zim_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zim-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Enoch_Sontonga" title="Enoch Sontonga">Enoch Sontonga</a>, 1897</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">18 April 1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relinquished</th><td class="infobox-data">March 1994</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">“<a href="/wiki/Rise,_O_Voices_of_Rhodesia" title="Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia">Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia</a>” (As national anthem of <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Simudzai_Mureza_wedu_weZimbabwe" class="mw-redirect" title="Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe">Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe</a>"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E6E8FA">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="82" data-mwtitle="Ishe_Komborera_Africa.mp3" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/Ishe_Komborera_Africa.mp3/Ishe_Komborera_Africa.mp3.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Ishe_Komborera_Africa.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AIshe_Komborera_Africa.mp3&lang=sn&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="sn" label="chiShona ‪(sn)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="description">"Ishe Komborera Africa" (instrumental)</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Ishe_Komborera_Africa.mp3" title="File:Ishe Komborera Africa.mp3">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Ishe Komborera Africa</b>" (<a href="/wiki/Shona_language" title="Shona language">Shona</a> for: God Bless Africa), also called "<b>Ishe Komborera Zimbabwe</b>" (Shona for: God Bless Zimbabwe),<sup id="cite_ref-zim_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zim-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwean</a> <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> from 1980 to 1994. It was the country's first national anthem after gaining independence in 1980. It is a translation of 19th-century South African schoolteacher <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Sontonga" title="Enoch Sontonga">Enoch Sontonga</a>'s popular African hymn "<a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika</a>" into Zimbabwe's native <a href="/wiki/Shona_language" title="Shona language">Shona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ndebele_language" title="Northern Ndebele language">Ndebele languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was first translated into Shona in the early 20th century and was initially popular with all sections of society in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a>. Following <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">Unilateral Declaration of Independence</a>, it was polarized as a symbol of the Zimbabwe liberation movement. It was adopted in 1980 following Zimbabwe's independence as a show of solidarity with other African movements in countries under <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a>. It was replaced as the national anthem of Zimbabwe in 1994 by "<a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_Zimbabwe" title="National Anthem of Zimbabwe">Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe</a>" (Shona for: Raise Our Zimbabwean Flag) as part of a move to adopt a uniquely Zimbabwean composition for use as the national anthem, but it still remains very popular in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-an_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-an-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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.sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">National anthems</a> of <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_BSAC.svg/23px-Flag_of_BSAC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_BSAC.svg/35px-Flag_of_BSAC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_BSAC.svg/46px-Flag_of_BSAC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">God Save the Queen</a>" (Unofficial)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1890–1901</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_BSAC.svg/23px-Flag_of_BSAC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_BSAC.svg/35px-Flag_of_BSAC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_BSAC.svg/46px-Flag_of_BSAC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "God Save the King" (Unofficial)</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1901–1923</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "God Save the King"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1923–1952</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "God Save the Queen"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1952–1965</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "God Save the Queen"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1965–1970</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/Rise,_O_Voices_of_Rhodesia" title="Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia">Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia</a>"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1974–1979</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Zimbabwe_Rhodesia_%281979%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe_Rhodesia_%281979%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Zimbabwe_Rhodesia_%281979%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe_Rhodesia_%281979%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Zimbabwe_Rhodesia_%281979%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe_Rhodesia_%281979%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1979</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ishe Komborera Africa</a>"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1980–1994</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_Zimbabwe" title="National Anthem of Zimbabwe">National Anthem of Zimbabwe</a>"</span></td><td 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the early 20th century, "Nkosi Sikielel' iAfrika" was becoming popular with black Africans. In <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a> it was originally sung in the original <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa language</a> before being translated into Shona which created "Ishe Komborera Africa". The new Shona language hymn was first performed at the start of a meeting of the Southern Rhodesia Native Association and then again four days later at the closure of the first meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples" title="Bantu peoples">Bantu</a> National Congress, which the Southern Rhodesia Native Association later became affiliated to.<sup id="cite_ref-west_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-west-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_African_General_Strike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 African General Strike (page does not exist)">1948 African General Strike</a>, it had become the main political song amongst black Africans.<sup id="cite_ref-west_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-west-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite that connotation, the song was accepted by black and <a href="/wiki/White_Rhodesians" class="mw-redirect" title="White Rhodesians">white Rhodesians</a>. In 1951, at a <a href="/wiki/British_South_African_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="British South African Police">British South African Police</a> athletics competition, "Ishe Komborera Africa" was sung by combined black and white policemen to commemorate the first multi-racial competition in Southern Rhodesia.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">Unilateral Declaration of Independence</a> from the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>, the new Rhodesian authorities started to crack down on African liberation movements. One of their considerations was to ban performance of "Ishe Komborera Africa" in African schools and public performance of it often made people liable for arrest by the British South African Police.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/District_Commissioner_(British_Colonial)" class="mw-redirect" title="District Commissioner (British Colonial)">District Commissioner</a> for <a href="/wiki/Gutu" class="mw-redirect" title="Gutu">Gutu</a> abolished the Gutu <a href="/w/index.php?title=African_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="African Council (page does not exist)">African Council</a> after its leader opened a meeting by singing "Ishe Komborera Africa" in the District Commissioner's presence.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commissioner also had the leader arrested but he was released without charge. Following the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_general_election,_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980">Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Rhodesia" title="Zimbabwe Rhodesia">Zimbabwe Rhodesia</a> returned to British control as Southern Rhodesia, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union" title="Zimbabwe African National Union">Zimbabwe African National Union</a> party won to become the first government of an independent Zimbabwe. After this, "Ishe Komborera Africa" was selected to replace the official "<a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen" class="mw-redirect" title="God Save the Queen">God Save the Queen</a>" of Southern Rhodesia and "<a href="/wiki/Rise,_O_Voices_of_Rhodesia" title="Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia">Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia</a>" of Rhodesia as the national anthem of an independent Zimbabwe as it was a symbol of black African struggles and solidarity against <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> systems in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_West_Africa" title="South West Africa">South West Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the Zimbabwean independence ceremony, the <a href="/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack">Union Jack</a> was lowered to "God Save the Queen" and the new <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Zimbabwe" title="Flag of Zimbabwe">flag of Zimbabwe</a> was raised to "Ishe Komborera Africa" in <a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Salisbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Replacement">Replacement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Replacement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, it was deemed that Zimbabwe should change its national anthem to avoid similarities with other countries who used the tune of "Ishe Kombererra Africa". <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> used "<a href="/wiki/Mungu_ibariki_Afrika" title="Mungu ibariki Afrika">Mungu ibariki Afrika</a>", <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> used "<a href="/wiki/Stand_and_Sing_of_Zambia,_Proud_and_Free" title="Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free">Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free</a>" (to the same tune), also <a href="/wiki/Ciskei" title="Ciskei">Ciskei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transkei" title="Transkei">Transkei</a> who used "Nkosi Sikielel' 'Afrika". It was also because Mugabe wanted to develop a new distinctly Zimbabwean identity with a unique national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A contest was held to determine a new national anthem and "Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe" by <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Mutswairo" title="Solomon Mutswairo">Solomon Mutswairo</a> was chosen. The new anthem was promoted prior to "Ishe Komborera Africa" being replaced as the official national anthem. However, there was scepticism from Christians about the need for replacing "Ishe Komborera Africa" with the belief that it was part of a plan by <a href="/wiki/ZANU-PF" class="mw-redirect" title="ZANU-PF">ZANU-PF</a> to remove references to <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> from Zimbabwe's official proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The change of anthem from "Ishe Komberera Africa" was later confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Zimbabwe" title="Parliament of Zimbabwe">Parliament of Zimbabwe</a> in 1995 by the passage of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Anthem_of_Zimbabwe_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Anthem of Zimbabwe Act (page does not exist)">National Anthem of Zimbabwe Act</a>. The act also made it a criminal offence to insult the new national anthem and also granted the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">President of Zimbabwe</a> the right to make regulations controlling its use and how it was to be sung.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite being replaced as the Zimbabwe national anthem, "Ishe Komborera Africa" is still popular in Zimbabwe. It is still used as a hymn within Zimbabwean churches.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, following the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_International_Trade_in_Endangered_Species" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species">Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species</a> (CITES) voting in favour of a motion that <a href="/wiki/African_elephants" class="mw-redirect" title="African elephants">African elephants</a> were not endangered in some countries and thus their ivory could be exported from those countries, representatives of the African nations celebrated by singing "Ishe Komborera Africa" while conservationists cried.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Ishe Komborera Africa" has also erroneously been played as the Zimbabwean national anthem instead of "Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe" since losing its status as Zimbabwe's national anthem. In 2004, at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Africa Cup of Nations">Africa Cup of Nations</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, before the <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_football_team" title="Zimbabwe national football team">Zimbabwe national football team</a>'s match against <a href="/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team">Egypt</a>, "Ishe Komborera Africa" was played instead of "Simudzai Mureza wedu weZimbabwe". In response, the Zimbabwean Information Minister, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Moyo" title="Jonathan Moyo">Jonathan Moyo</a> accused it of being "a cheap attempt by the organisers to demoralise our boys".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the year, the same situation occurred at the <a href="/wiki/African_Athletics_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="African Athletics Championships">African Athletics Championships</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a> when the Zimbabwean men's relay team won gold. The Zimbabwean team insisted the correct national anthem be played; however, as the band were unable to perform it, <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Zvasiya" title="Lloyd Zvasiya">Lloyd Zvasiya</a> sang it himself through a microphone.<sup id="cite_ref-an_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-an-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shona_lyrics">Shona lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shona lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Ishe komborera Africa<br />Ngaisimudzirwe zita rayo<br />Inzwai miteuro yedu<br />Ishe komborera,<br />Isu, mhuri yayo.<br />Huya mweya<br />Huya mweya komborera<br />(repeat previous two lines)<br />Huya mweya<br />Huya mweya mutsvene<br />Uti komborere<br />Isu mhuri yayo.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ndebele_lyrics"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ndebele_language" title="Northern Ndebele language">Ndebele</a> lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ndebele lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Nkosi sikelel' iAfrica<br />Maluphakanyisw' udumo lwayo<br />Yizwa imithandazo yethu<br />Nkosi sikelela,<br />Thina, usapho lwayo.<br />Woza Moya<br />Woza Moya sikelela<br />(repeat previous two lines)<br />Woza Moya<br />Woza Moya oyingcwele<br />Usi sikelele<br />Thina usapho lwayo.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English_lyrics">English lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: English lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>God bless Africa,<br />Let her fame spread far and wide!<br />Hear our prayer,<br />May God bless us!<br />Come, Spirit, come!<br />Come! Holy Spirit!<br />Come and bless us, her children!</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishe_Komborera_Africa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-zim-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-zim_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-zim_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTavengerwei2018" class="citation book cs1">Tavengerwei, Rutendo (2018-05-03). 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Nkore"><i>Ankole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Aube_nouvelle" title="L'Aube nouvelle">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatshe_leno_la_rona" title="Fatshe leno la rona">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekitiibwa_kya_Buganda" title="Ekitiibwa kya Buganda"><i>Buganda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ditany%C3%A8" title="Ditanyè">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burundi_Bwacu" title="Burundi Bwacu">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_Cameroon,_Cradle_of_Our_Forefathers" title="O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A2ntico_da_Liberdade" title="Cântico da Liberdade">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Renaissance" title="La Renaissance">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Tchadienne" title="La Tchadienne">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udzima_wa_ya_Masiwa" title="Udzima wa ya Masiwa">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debout_Congolais" title="Debout Congolais">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Congolaise" title="La Congolaise">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_(anthem)" title="Djibouti (anthem)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilady,_Bilady,_Bilady" title="Bilady, Bilady, Bilady">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caminemos_pisando_las_sendas_de_nuestra_inmensa_felicidad" title="Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrea,_Eritrea,_Eritrea" title="Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkulunkulu_Mnikati_wetibusiso_temaSwati" title="Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Forward,_Dear_Mother_Ethiopia" title="March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Concorde" title="La Concorde">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_The_Gambia_Our_Homeland" title="For The Gambia Our Homeland">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Bless_Our_Homeland_Ghana" title="God Bless Our Homeland Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libert%C3%A9_(anthem)" title="Liberté (anthem)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esta_%C3%89_a_Nossa_P%C3%A1tria_Bem_Amada" title="Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Abidjanaise" title="L'Abidjanaise">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ee_Mungu_Nguvu_Yetu" title="Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Fatse_La_Bontata_Rona" title="Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Hail,_Liberia,_Hail!" title="All Hail, Liberia, Hail!">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya,_Libya,_Libya" title="Libya, Libya, Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry_Tanindrazanay_malala_%C3%B4!" title="Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mlungu_dalitsani_Mala%C5%B5i" title="Mlungu dalitsani Malaŵi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Mali" title="Le Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Mauritania" title="National anthem of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherland_(anthem)" title="Motherland (anthem)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherifian_Anthem" title="Cherifian Anthem">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1tria_Amada" title="Pátria Amada">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia,_Land_of_the_Brave" title="Namibia, Land of the Brave">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Honneur_de_la_Patrie" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Honneur de la Patrie">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee" title="Nigeria, We Hail Thee">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%27tite_fleur_aim%C3%A9e" title="P'tite fleur aimée"><i>Réunion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Nziza" title="Rwanda Nziza">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya_Bani_al-Sahra%27" title="Ya Bani al-Sahra'"><i>Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independ%C3%AAncia_total" title="Independência total">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Lion_rouge" title="Le Lion rouge">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koste_Seselwa" title="Koste Seselwa">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_We_Exalt_Thee,_Realm_of_the_Free" title="High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qolobaa_Calankeed" title="Qolobaa Calankeed">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samo_ku_waar" title="Samo ku waar"><i>Somaliland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Saint_Helena_Island" title="My Saint Helena Island"><i>Saint Helena</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa" title="National anthem of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_Oyee!" title="South Sudan Oyee!">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahnu_Jund_Allah_Jund_Al-watan" title="Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mungu_ibariki_Afrika" title="Mungu ibariki Afrika">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salut_%C3%A0_toi,_pays_de_nos_a%C3%AFeux" title="Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humat_al-Hima" title="Humat al-Hima">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oh_Uganda,_Land_of_Beauty" title="Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stand_and_Sing_of_Zambia,_Proud_and_Free" title="Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_Zimbabwe" title="National Anthem of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former national and regional anthems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lefatshe_leno_la_bo-rrarona" title="Lefatshe leno la bo-rrarona"><i>Bophuthatswana</i> (1977–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Ciskei</i> (1981–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungwana" title="Ungwana">Comoros (1975–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vers_l%27avenir" title="Vers l'avenir"><i>Congo Free State</i> (1885–1908)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Trois_Glorieuses" title="Les Trois Glorieuses">People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_the_Rising_Sun_(anthem)" title="Land of the Rising Sun (anthem)"><i>Biafra</i> (1967–1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_Affandina" title="Salam Affandina">Egypt (1871–1922, 1936–1958)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eslami_ya_Misr" title="Eslami ya Misr">Egypt (1922–1936)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Egypt (1971–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia,_Be_Happy" title="Ethiopia, Be Happy">Ethiopia (1930–1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia,_Ethiopia,_Ethiopia_be_first" title="Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first">Ethiopia (1975–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Gazankulu</i> (1973–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Katangaise" title="La Katangaise"><i>Katanga</i> (1960–1963)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Libya (1969–1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allahu_Akbar_(anthem)" title="Allahu Akbar (anthem)">Libya (1972–2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Mali_Federation" title="National Anthem of the Mali Federation">Mali Federation (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Mauritania_(1960%E2%80%932017)" title="National anthem of Mauritania (1960–2017)">Mauritania (1960–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viva,_Viva_a_FRELIMO" title="Viva, Viva a FRELIMO">Mozambique (1975–2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Namibia (1990–1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Nig%C3%A9rienne" title="La Nigérienne">Niger (1961–2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O Compatriots">Nigeria (1978–2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Orange_Free_State" title="National anthem of the Orange Free State">Orange Free State (1854–1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rise,_O_Voices_of_Rhodesia" title="Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia"><i>Rhodesia</i> (1974–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Rwacu" title="Rwanda Rwacu">Rwanda (1962–2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/En_Avant_(anthem)" title="En Avant (anthem)">Seychelles (1976–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyer_Seselwa" title="Fyer Seselwa">Seychelles (1978–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Somalia_(1960%E2%80%932000)" title="National anthem of Somalia (1960–2000)">Somalia (1960–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soomaaliyeey_toosoo" title="Soomaaliyeey toosoo">Somalia (2000–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Somaliland_(1960)" title="National anthem of Somaliland (1960)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">South Africa (1910–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">South Africa (1938–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">South Africa (1994–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King"><i>Southern Rhodesia</i> (1979–1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salut_%C3%A0_toi,_pays_de_nos_a%C3%AFeux#Rally_of_the_Togolese_People-era_national_anthem" title="Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux">Togo (1979–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Transkei</i> (1976–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Transvaal" title="National anthem of the Transvaal">Transvaal (1875–1877, 1881–1902, 1914–1915)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_al-Bey" title="Salam al-Bey">Tunisia (1846–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ala_Khallidi" title="Ala Khallidi">Tunisia (1957–1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" 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