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Comments on MetaFilter post South African National AnthemTue, 27 Feb 2007 23:28:55 -0800Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:28:55 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60South African National Anthem
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<a href='http://www.polity.org.za/html/misc/nkosi.html?rebookmark=1'>Nkosi</a> <a href='http://www.salanguages.com/anthem/index.htm'> Sikelel'iAfrica</a><br>
<i><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow40LQs0ue4'>Sounds the call to come together,</a></i><small>(youtube)</small><br>
<i><a href='http://www.polity.org.za/html/misc/iafrika.wav'>And united we shall stand,</a></i><small>(audio)</small><br>
<i><a href='http://mfile.akamai.com/34/wmv/covery.download.akamai.com/34/dcol/SP/2002/0501/SAanthem.asx?obj=gebcanm354v001'>Let us live and strive for freedom,</a> </i><small>(wmp)</small><br>
<i><a href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/12chapter3.shtml'>In South Africa our land.</a> </i><small>(scroll down for writer Sol Plaatje performing the first recorded version of the song.)</small>post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:28:21 -0800serazinsouthafricasouthafricaNkosiSikelel'iAfricaBy: PenDevil
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1604909
Personally I wouldn't mind at all if they dropped the English and Afrikaans verses from 'Die Stem' (the pre-'94 anthem) which were kept in to prevent the Afrikaners from going crazy. It's just too long as it currently is and the change in tune halfway through is jarring not too mention slightly embarassing during rugby matches when the crowd mumbles through the Xhosa 'N'kosi Sikelele' parts but then comes roaring to life during the English/Afrikaans 'Die Stem'.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1604909Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:28:55 -0800PenDevilBy: serazin
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1604913
Well, it would be pretty problamatic to drop everything except Die Stem - which was the anthem of Apartheid era South Africa.
Or are you saying just use the Xhosa - the original ANC anthem (without the traditional Zulu version) - and drop Die Stem all together?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1604913Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:45:14 -0800serazinBy: PenDevil
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1604935
Just use Nkosi'Sikelele.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1604935Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:10:59 -0800PenDevilBy: Abiezer
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1604975
That is one fine song.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1604975Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:06:37 -0800AbiezerBy: TheWhiteSkull
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1605563
Always sends chills up my spine- partly the tradition of S. African choral music that it belongs to, partly that it can sound very good sung by a crowd with a modest degree of musical ability, and partly the history surrounding it.
My folks took me to a lot of Apartheid protests when I was a kid, and even then I found the anthem very moving.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1605563Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:47:16 -0800TheWhiteSkullBy: scruss
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1606004
by some strange coincidence, I (in Canada) just saw the <a href="http://www.sowetogospelchoir.com/">Soweto Gospel Choir</a> perform this ...comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1606004Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:02:45 -0800scrussBy: moonbird
http://www.metafilter.com/59022/South-African-National-Anthem#1610040
Amanza! I remember first hearing this song on the Paul Simon special when I was 12ish. I recorded it with my little boombox and replayed it over and over again until I had the words down pat. Funny; I learned all the verses on N'Kosi Sikelele Afrika before I learned the Star Spangled Banner.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.59022-1610040Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:28:34 -0800moonbird
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