18 April 1905(1905-04-18) (aged 32) Johannesburg, Transvaal Colony
Occupation(s)
Music composer, Teacher, Choirmaster, Poet
Musical artist
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Sontonga's "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", performed by a US military band
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Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (c. 1873 – 18 April 1905) was a South African composer, who is best known for writing the Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa"), which, in abbreviated version, has been sung as the first half of the national anthem of South Africa since 1994. Previously, it had been the official anthem of the African National Congress since 1925. It was also adopted by South Africa's newly formed northern neighbour, Zimbabwe and translated into Shona, "Ishe Komborera Afrika" from 1980 until 1994.
(instrumental)]] Sontonga's "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", performed by a US military band Problems playing this file? See media help. Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (c. 1873...
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Sikelel' iAfrika" ("Lord Bless Africa"), a hymn composed in 1897 by EnochSontonga, which became a pan-African liberation anthem and was later adopted...
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1980. It is a translation of 19th-century South African schoolteacher EnochSontonga's popular African hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" into Zimbabwe's native...
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