N'Kosi Sikeleli Africa. South African National Anthem

The South African National Anthem, N'Kosi Sikeleli Africa.
Paul Simon in concert, South Africa, Zimbabwe

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Film & Animation

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• South
• African
• national
• anthem
• zimbabwe
• N'Kosi
• Sikeleli
• Africa
• Miriam
• makeba
• paul
• simon

[catkidddotcom]

wouldn't that be the South African national anthem, and not the African National Anthem? South Africa is a nation. Africa is a continent.

[benbruch]

@catkidddotcom.  You'r right.

thanks

[lhamodo]

this is so beautiful

[ekbulldog]

@doctorflo78 Actually it is in 5 lanuages: !Xhosa Zulu Sotho Afrikaans and English. This song is not the national anthem, that song is a blend of small parts of this song and Die Stem van Suid-Afrika which until the late nineties was the national anthem(which is where the Afrikaans and English parts mostly come from)

[Eduardodjimpa]

I love this... Good bless poeple!! Freedom

[Dokploeg]

@catkidddotcom Could it perhaps be meant symbolically?

[M1SSMAGIC]

god bless you all from scotland

[mwape77]

l am a Zambian but this South African National Anthem is very Emotional,,,,Well done its so beautiful...N'KOSI SIKELELI AFRICA!!!

[doctorflo78]

actually, this is the ANC anthem which is a cross border anthem. the ZA national anthem is in 3 languages and contains part of this anthem as its opening stanza.

[blahblah9030]

@catkidddotcom no not at the time. only became part of the national anthem in 1994

[catkidddotcom]

thank you for posting this beautiful video! i hope previous comment didn't sound cheeky - i noticed Simon's intro was "African National anthem" and i wondered if this was his blunder - but, while the verse in Sotho speaks of nation, the first part in Zulu and Xhosa is a prayer for all Africa. So it's both, i guess!