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Nkosi Sikelel i’Afrika composer honoured
6:51 CAT | 27 Apr 2017
In honour of South Africa’s Freedom Day today, which celebrates the country’s first multiracial elections following the end of apartheid 23 years ago, Google’s homepage in the country features a drawing of Enoch Sontonga, the Methodist teacher who composed Nkosi Sikelel i’Afrika, God Bless Africa, in 1897.
It was adopted by the governing African National Congress and became an inspirational anthem in the struggle against apartheid, forever associated with Nelson Mandela and the other prisoners on Robben Island.
It was sung by the crowd when Mr Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s president in 1994 and is now part of the country’s national anthem. It is also the anthem of Tanzania and Zambia.
Enoch Sontonga died in 1905, aged 32.
Source: BBC
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