 Stand and sing of Zambia Nice to meet you Nice to meet you too Sorry to disturb you Is it a national anthem? Yes it is South Africa National Anthem, yes? South Africa? No You don't want to look at me, you close your eyes all the time I'm not really comfortable talking to you right now Oh wow, just wow Anyway I heard you singing the beautiful national anthem I'm not from South Africa But I thought you were singing the South Africa National Anthem No it's actually Zambia National Anthem Zambia National Anthem? So do you know that Zambia and South Africa have the same tune as the National Anthem? Are you for real? Come on, even Tanzania has the same national anthem That's news I think I need to sing for you Do you know the South Africa National Anthem? No You are just trying to make me laugh No, that's the South Africa National Anthem God bless Africa Oh I see And then in Tanzania they also have Mungu Ibariki Africa Wow that's lovely So that's the Swahili part But you don't know that both three countries All the three countries have the same national anthem I have no idea The lyrics are different but the same tune Even Zimbabwe Their former national anthem Was exactly the same thing Don't tell me No, even Namibia has the same national anthem Until they go independent Can we just sit down And let me lecture you a bit Because I need to go revisit my history books And tell you the exact same thing Thank you Okay I hope you have your history right I'm going to ask you so many questions You know what? I'm not a history teacher But I'm going to try my best To educate you And so many people out there Keep the ball rolling First question Is that even a question? Africa We are just the same people We are just differentiated by colonialism So The song Was composed by a South African It was actually a Christian hymn In the year 1897 Really? Do you know the name of the guy who composed the song? No His name is Inok Sontonga What a beautiful name And this song became a pan liberation song For African countries Five African countries Wow Five? But what made you think they didn't copy each other? I feel like they don't copy each other Because that's the song that brings unity Among African So Tanzania adopted that song Zambia adopted that song Zimbabwe adopted that song Namibia adopted that song But the song actually became famous in the year 1924 Okay I think I heard the Zimbabwe national anthem But it doesn't sound like ours What do you have to say about that? Don't be confused It's just a new national anthem that they have Which they changed the old one In the year 1994 But when Zimbabwe gained its independence The national anthem that they were using Has the same tune as what In Kosikelele Africa But they changed the language Into Zimbabwe language So it has the same meaning Like God bless Africa But I don't speak Shauna So if you speak Shauna, you can go and check The year 1980, what was the Zimbabwe national anthem Go find out So out of the five countries you say How many countries are still using The same tune as ours? It's just three Zambia your country Tanzania and then South Africa Wow Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa So Namibia was using exactly the same tune The same lyrics of the South African national anthem Until they gained their independence in the year 1990 So March 1990 There was a contest in Namibia To what There was a new national anthem One person from the country I don't remember the name but he won And his tune Became the official national Anthem for the country Namibia So you see, Africa They are just the same people So if you don't know that your national anthem Is the same as South Africa Tanzania My sister, you got a lot to do Thank you so much for enlightening me I enjoyed it I think I need to Educate my fellow youths in Zambia About it because I doubt if they know All about that So I'll definitely You're making me feel like a historian It's just that I got to know this Traveling within Africa So when I came to Zambia it was the first time I got to know that Zambia national anthem Actually have the same tune as South Africa And what, Tanzania I also don't know, I keep on Learning anywhere I go to But hey, you know what I would love to sing the South African national anthem I'd love to sing I'm looking forward to that Can we sing it right now Of course we can Do you know how to sing that one I can try Okay, one, two, three Ready? Okay, here we go