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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, 1959</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data">Frances Benda, 1959</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1 October 1960<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1960-10-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Readopted</th><td class="infobox-data">29 May 2024<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2024-05-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relinquished</th><td class="infobox-data">1 October 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1978-10-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O 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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:Nigeria_We_Hail_Thee.ogg" title="File:Nigeria We Hail Thee.ogg">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>Nigeria, We Hail Thee</b> is the <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. Dating to 1959, the lyrics were written by Lillian Jean Williams and the music was composed by Frances Benda. It was first used upon <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Independence">independence</a> in 1960, until it was replaced by "<a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O Compatriots">Arise, O Compatriots</a>" in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-gn_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Nigeria, We Hail Thee" was officially readopted on 29 May 2024.<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> <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=Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Nigeria, We Hail Thee" was adopted as Nigeria's national anthem on 1 October 1960. </p><p>A competition was held to select the music and <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrics</a> of the anthem. The winning lyrics were written by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lillian_Jean_Williams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lillian Jean Williams (page does not exist)">Lillian Jean Williams</a>, a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Expatriate" title="Expatriate">expatriate</a> who lived in Nigeria when it achieved independence. Williams worked for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Welfare and donated her prize money to the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Red_Cross_Society" title="Nigerian Red Cross Society">Nigerian Red Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Benda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frances Benda (page does not exist)">Frances Benda</a> composed the music for "Nigeria, We Hail Thee."<sup id="cite_ref-dmirror_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dmirror-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Tolu_Ogunlesi" title="Tolu Ogunlesi">Tolu Ogunlesi</a> identified that Benda was a pen name for Mrs Charles Kernot, a private music teacher and professional pianist at the Carol Hill School of Classical Ballet in London.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her composition was chosen by judges including <a href="/wiki/Fela_Sowande" title="Fela Sowande">Professor Fela Sowande</a>, O. Omideyi, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_King_Ekundayo_Phillips" title="Thomas King Ekundayo Phillips">Thomas King Ekundayo Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilberforce_Echezona" title="Wilberforce Echezona">Wilberforce Echezona</a>, M.C. Majekodunmi and H Lawson.<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> </p><p>The song was used as the national anthem until it was replaced by "Arise, O Compatriots" in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-dmirror_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dmirror-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 May 2024, the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nigeria)" title="National Assembly (Nigeria)">National Assembly</a> passed a bill to relinquish "Arise, O Compatriots" and readopt "Nigeria, We Hail Thee". The bill was signed into law by President <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a> on 29 May 2024.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyrics">Lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>English original </th> <th>Yoruba translation<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> </th> <th>Igbo Translation </th> <th>Hausa Translation </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><b>I</b><br /> Nigeria, we hail thee, our own dear native land,<br /> Though <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Nigeria" title="List of ethnic groups in Nigeria">tribe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria" title="Languages of Nigeria">tongue</a> may differ, in brotherhood we stand<br /> <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Nigeria" title="Demographics of Nigeria">Nigerians all</a>, are proud to serve our sovereign Motherland.<br /> <br /> <b>II</b><br /> Our <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Nigeria" title="Flag of Nigeria">flag</a> shall be a symbol that truth and justice reign,<br /> In peace or battle honoured, and this we count as gain,<br /> To hand on to our children a banner without stain.<br /> <br /> <b>III</b><br /> O God of all creation, grant this our one request:<br /> Help us to build a nation where no man is oppressed,<br /> And so with peace and plenty Nigeria may be blessed. </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Yoruba-language text"><span lang="yo" style="font-style: normal;"><b>I</b><br /> Nàìjíríà a kí ọ, ilẹ̀ ìbí wa ọ̀wọ́n,<br /> Ẹyà àti èdè le yàtọ̀, a dúró ní 'ṣọ̀kan,<br /> Gbogbo wa la ó fayọ̀ sin, ilẹ̀ 'bí wa ọ̀wọ́n.<br /> <br /> <b>II</b><br /> Àsìá wa yóò j'ámì, pé ẹ̀tọ̀ ló ń jọba<br /> Nígbà àlàáfíà, tàbi ogun, èyí yóò j'ẹ́rè wa,<br /> Láti fi lé ọmọ lọ́wọ́, àsìá 'làìlábàwọ́n.<br /> <br /> <b>III</b><br /> Ọlọ́run gbogbo ẹ̀dá, gbọ́ àdúrà wa yìí,<br /> Jẹ̀ ká ní orílẹ̀-èdè, níbi ìrẹ́jẹ kòsí,<br /> K'àlàfíà àti ọ̀pọ̀, jẹ́' 'bùkún Nàìjíríà.</span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>INigerian pledge of allegiance is recited immediately after the playing of the Nigerian national anthem. It was written by <a href="/wiki/Felicia_Adebola_Adeyoyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Felicia Adebola Adeyoyin">Felicia Adebola Adeyoyin</a> in 1976.<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> </p><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>English original </th> <th>Hausa translation </th> <th>Yoruba translation </th> <th>Tyap translation </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="poem"> <p>I pledge to Nigeria, my country<br /> To be faithful, loyal and honest <br /> To serve Nigeria with all my strength <br /> To defend her unity and uphold her honour and glory <br /> So help me, God.<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> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Na yi wa Najeriya ƙasata alƙawarin <br /> Zan zama mai imani, mai biyayya da gaskiya<br /> Zan yiwa Najeriya hidima da dukkan ƙarfina<br /> Don kare hadin kanta da kuma kare mutuncinta da daukakarta<br /> Ya Allah ka taimake ni. </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Mo ṣeleri fun Nàìjíríà orilẹ-ede mi<br /> Lati jẹ ol loyaltọ aduroṣinṣin ati otitọ<br /> Lati fi gbogbo ipa sin Nigeria<br /> Lati daabobo isokan rẹ<br /> Ki o si gbe iyi ati ogo rẹ ga<br /> Nitorina ran mi lọwọ Ọlọrun. </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>N da̱p a̱nu ma̱ng Naijeriya, a̱byin nung ka.<br /> N nyia̱ a̱cucuk, n nwuak a̱pyia̱ nung, n nyia̱ tsotswat.<br /> N nyia̱ Naijeriya ta̱m ma̱ng a̱lyia̱ a̱nyiung.<br /> N cok mun a̱pyia̱ nji hu.<br /> A̱wot, n di̱n a̱ma shi nji hu ma̱ng yet nji hu,<br /> Mat a̱nia, A̱gwaza beang nung. </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When "Nigeria, We Hail Thee" was first adopted in 1960, the new national anthem faced criticism for a number<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="This term requires quantification. (June 2015)">quantify</span></a></i>]</sup> of reasons. The <i>Daily Service</i>, a newspaper run by the <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> organisation <a href="/wiki/Egb%C3%A9_%E1%BB%8Cm%E1%BB%8D_Od%C3%B9duw%C3%A0" class="mw-redirect" title="Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà">Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà</a>, started a campaign against the national anthem, which led to a committee being established to collect signatures as a <a href="/wiki/Petition" title="Petition">petition</a>.<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> </p><p>Following its readoption in 2024, the song was again criticised for the lack of consultation in passing the law designating it as the national anthem and for what was perceived to be misplaced priorities by the administration of President <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a>. Former education minister <a href="/wiki/Oby_Ezekwesili" title="Oby Ezekwesili">Oby Ezekwesili</a> criticised the anthem's suitability, given the presence of "pejorative" words like "native land" and "tribes", and that she would continue to sing <i><a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O Compatriots">Arise, O Compatriots</a></i> as the national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A video of political activist <a href="/wiki/Aisha_Yesufu" title="Aisha Yesufu">Aisha Yesufu</a> circulated online where she refused to recite "Nigeria, We Hail Thee" as the new national anthem.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Tahir_Monguno" title="Mohammed Tahir Monguno">Mohammed Tahir Monguno</a>, chair of the parliamentary committee that pushed through the anthem's readoption, said that the change was "apt, timely and important", while Tinubu said the anthem symbolised Nigeria's diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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> 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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 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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" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">United Arab Republic (1958–1971)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymne_National_Volta%C3%AFque" title="Hymne National 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