10 Best African National Anthems You Can't Resist

[Music] African countries have a unique history behind their national anthems most of these national anthems were composed and sang after colonial rule today we put together some of the best national anthems from Africa if you disagree with this list leave us a comment down there let's begin [Music] number 10 Namibia Namibia land of the Brave is the national anthem of Namibia adopted in December 1991 it was written by aksale decept who was the director of a traditional music group from the Kalahari Desert oh [Music] foreign [Music] became independent in 1990 but even before coming out with their own national anthem Namibia once used South Africa most kelele Africa number nine Nigeria arise or compatrios is Nigeria's Second National Anthem yep that's the second one it replaced the previous national anthem Nigeria we held the uh [Music] a competition was held in Nigeria to determine the lyrics to the national anthem after which the Nigerian police band put it into music number eight Rwanda Rwanda and Ziza beautiful Rwanda has been a national anthem of the country since January 2002. with us together [Music] [Music] [Music] the lyrics was composed by vedaste and Melody by Captain John Bosco Rwanda and Ziza became the official anthem of Rwanda on January 1 2002 number 7 Ethiopia might forward Dear Mother Ethiopia is a national anthem of Ethiopia thank you the song was adopted in 1992 as part of reforms that followed the collapse of the people's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia number six Kenya 's lyrics were originally written in kiswahili [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we um [Music] unlike some other countries national anthems which were written or composed by foreigners the Kenya national anthem was prepared by its local people number five Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's national anthem used to sound like that of South Africa the new version was introduced in 1994 making it a distinctive Zimbabwean song [Music] us [Music] okay [Music] the winning entry was a Shona song written by Professor Solomon zwaro and composed by Fred shagun dega number four Senegal princess tuvo Coral frappes La balafon I certainly hope I said that right vase is the national anthem of Senegal it was adopted in 1960. the lyrics were written by Senegal's first president Saida sengo and composed by Herbert pepper the same man responsible for composing the national anthem of Central African Republic [Music] thank you number three Ghana the lyrics to Ghana's national anthem used to be lived High the flag of Ghana it was later revised and chained to God bless you is responsible for the lyrics and the music is by Philip Bello number two Tanzania ibariki Africa in Swahili means god and that's a title God bless Africa The Anthem was inspired by the African National Congress use of mosikelele Africa [Music] is [Music] easy [Music] number one you probably saw this coming but if you didn't here it is foreign [Music] for several reasons the song was used by many African countries before adopting one of their own song promotes pan-africanism and it is the most easily recognized Anthem worldwide the lyrics employ the five of the most widely spoken languages Musa festanza and first two lines Zulu festanza last two lines cesotto second stanza Afrikaans third stanza and English the final stanza the lyrics are sung in these languages regardless of the native language of the singer which of these anthems is your favorite leave us a comment down there some if you like the video share with everyone on Facebook WhatsApp and Twitter I'm your host Murphy and I'll catch you in the next video base

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Length: 9min 10sec (550 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 03 2020