Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika (God Bless Africa) - Stellenbosch University Choir

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The Stellenbosch University Choir, South Africa
Conducted by André van der Merwe
Music: Improvised by students of Zimbabwe & South Africa
Arrangement: André van der Merwe
Sheet music: vox@telkomsa.net (André van der Merwe)
More information about the choir: thundafund.com/project/suchoi...
Contact for the Choir: Ulrike Vorndran (Woordfees): ulrikev@sun.ac.za
Sound Engineer: Dr Gerhard Roux, Stellenbosch
Video: Homebrew Films (Ben Heyns)
Recorded: Endler Hall, Department of Music, Stellenbosch University, Sunday 6 October 2019
LYRICS:
isiZulu text:
Nkosi sikelela iAfrika.
Maluphakanyisw’u phondo lwayo.
Yizwa imithandazo yethu
sibe moya munye.
Noma sekunzima emhlabeni.
Sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu.
Nkosi siph’amandla okunqoba
silwe nosathane.
English Translation:
God bless Africa.
Raise high her glory.
Hear our prayers
to be united in one spirit.
Even through hard times in this world.
When we are painfully abused.
Lord, give us strength for victory
to fight the devil.

Пікірлер: 2 200

@mphosinaha6970 3 ай бұрын

Raise your hand if you still here in 2024😂😂 🙋🙋

@ofumaokpunor3424 2 ай бұрын

I’m trying to get this on Spotify but I can’t find it

@Ontlametse_ 2 ай бұрын

🙋

@Refilwe_Koyane 2 ай бұрын

🙋🏽‍♀️

@LuthoNgqunda-ij4jj 2 ай бұрын

🙋🙋

@fortunec.4354 2 ай бұрын

❤2024

@SAapproves 3 ай бұрын

Whose here 2024😁❤

@kwanelezondi507 3 ай бұрын

❤We are here

@caylinbeukes9947 2 ай бұрын

Honey, I never left 😊❤.

@OliverHoop-kt1gd Ай бұрын

*Who's - is a contraction of the words "who is" or "who has". "Whose" refers to the ownership of an object by a particular person.

@cecilajonas6196 24 күн бұрын

Silapha

@cecilajonas6196 24 күн бұрын

not English lessons here

@cmagaya1 3 жыл бұрын

Likes for the conductor anyone??

@user-vu8cn6ff5h Ай бұрын

W conductor!!

@Acheafem Ай бұрын

🙌

@fodreybunu6300 3 ай бұрын

The choir master brought me here. Who is with me 2024 . Mega love from German Poland and Zimbabwe

@frxnlab 2 ай бұрын

Still here. Still in love with my country and its people despite all the hardships.

@desimpson1 2 ай бұрын

Still here too

@lorghansnikki6142 4 жыл бұрын

If you are PROUD to be African make the button blue ❤

@rjsantos9766 4 жыл бұрын

Even if I am not an African, I am proud to say that I love this choir and keep on making music like this. I am proud to be one of those who are blessed to hear these kind of voices.

@maggygraham2218 4 жыл бұрын

Proud to be a human on Planet Earth in love with African music, and loving the Stellenbosch University Choir.

@richardlogan1021 4 жыл бұрын

We ALL come from Africa in the beginning.

@aurelius210 4 жыл бұрын

Not an African. But I ask God to bless Africa anyway. _/\_

@moeng_bongz187 4 жыл бұрын

🇿🇦💚

@dirkhoekstra727 4 жыл бұрын

When a national anthem turns into a heartfelt prayer and worship! Absolute masterpiece of beauty!

@theresamatambo7540 4 жыл бұрын

Nkosi sikelela Africa was first composed as anthem/prayer for all African nations and then certain countries incorporated it into their anthems. In Zimbabwe we sing it as well, in Shona.

@dorothytshehla 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@janrudolph9106 4 жыл бұрын

Technically it is not the anthem If ZA, isn’t it?

@janrudolph9106 4 жыл бұрын

But it is a chilling rendition of the song!

@danielleclaassens1792 4 жыл бұрын

@@janrudolph9106 no I don't think so but I know there are parts of it in the national anthem

@wushubok1 3 жыл бұрын

Our beautiful son 00:41 (red beard) . This choir was the best part of his life the past 3 years.

@sthembisombili3284 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!God bless him and all his choirmates for this unforgettable and stunning rendition of this powerful song.It carried many through the darkest days of our country's history 💓🇿🇦.

@maseengmasitha6212 2 жыл бұрын

🥰 awww

@dlilwon 2 жыл бұрын

Very handsome 😍

@oyingcwele1 2 жыл бұрын

Awwwn.... you are so blessed, what a handsome man. 😍

@refilwemanyemane Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️

@gags-villsounds5351 3 жыл бұрын

Enoch Sontonga has to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Africa

@sipiwemutemwa4733 2 жыл бұрын

Yes brother. I would just like them to give him credit!

@CaroAbebe 2 жыл бұрын

@@sipiwemutemwa4733 Isn’t his composition quite different from the arrangement presented here?

@kekeh.5696 2 жыл бұрын

@@CaroAbebe it is, it's deeper and spiritual ( there's parts speaking about the Holy spirit etc) they removed some parts to not make it seem accomodative of Christianity only

@kahozisangwa7955 Жыл бұрын

Existe il une partition de cette version ??

@GaoKenalemang 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine hating on this beautiful act coz of the color of your skin? The same skin that will rot and wear off once you die. Humanity needs unity!!

@DumiGaule 4 жыл бұрын

wooow

@tetyanaphikolomzi6886 4 жыл бұрын

Woooow

@tedohwtaddy9435 4 жыл бұрын

Well said broh🤗💓🇿🇦

@simphiwejonas4959 4 жыл бұрын

😭😭 you make me cry more

@siviwemkati3778 4 жыл бұрын

@@simphiwejonas4959 Bukela le yase Wits u will literally cry

@xihlukecc 4 жыл бұрын

So when we put black, Colored, Indians and white people together we GET glimpse of HEAVEN 😍 thank you guys your music is unexplainable

@nextblackca1084 4 жыл бұрын

Dude this is beautiful.

@Rdentandt 4 жыл бұрын

If this is a glimpse of what we can do together then I cannot wait to see the full picture!

@mushken65 3 жыл бұрын

At the end of it we are all humans. We feel pain,feel happy,feel sad and we all die. Love your comment

@ByronBennett 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting to words what I was feeling!

@sandyrumsey7592 3 жыл бұрын

When a group of like minded young people with a love for beautiful sound get together, this is the result. Always my home. My beautiful South Africa🇿🇦

@dwaynekonig1736 2 жыл бұрын

As a South African living abroad... This prayer unravels me completely. Like someone pulling on a thread of a garment. It pulls me right back. Right back to a Nation with such character, passion and warmth. Despite unrelenting darkness. God bless South Africa.

@zukiswazimela5456 2 жыл бұрын

I’m undone

@nadinenagel8240 Жыл бұрын

Amen brother - listening from Belgium

@carmenvt5901 Жыл бұрын

God bless Africa 😍😍😍😍

@nicolekhumalo7871 Жыл бұрын

❤️

@dylangerber6103 Жыл бұрын

Fellow expat. It calls me home

@Zama-S-Dlamini 8 ай бұрын

I'm here after the Rugby World Cup....what a moment to be an African

@tshepisotau257 4 жыл бұрын

This is the only prayer Africa needs right now amid the rising Covid-19 cases.

@shokitau1785 4 жыл бұрын

Literally. Came here to cry, God bless Africa 💕

@moeng_bongz187 4 жыл бұрын

May God bless you and may God bless South Africa.🇿🇦💚

@martafranciscodavadava7840 4 жыл бұрын

Concordo plenamente... Oração para nação africana

@paulfrancisleysen 4 жыл бұрын

NO! the WHOLE WORLD needs it.... not only Africa.... love too all

@paulfrancisleysen 4 жыл бұрын

And isn't this the SA National Anthem?

@declanl2167 4 жыл бұрын

Im a white Afrikaans speaking South African and I'm Proud to say im a South African. It doesn't matter if my fellow citizens are black, white, Indian, coulered, pink, red, orange etc. I love and respect them all. "Nkosi sikelel iAfrika" I am proud to be from Africa. 🌍 ❤️🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

@OTCRSA 4 жыл бұрын

As South Africans we are always required to swim upstream. God be with us during these trying times.

@siyamckeys5978 4 жыл бұрын

You are a real South African, our blood is green 🇿🇦🇿🇦

@hectord2032 4 жыл бұрын

Uyathandwa, sisonke ❤

@nandenkukwana7080 4 жыл бұрын

@Declan. I'm a xhosa woman and I'm also so proud of out beautiful rainbow nation. our economy might not be great , but our people are beautiful

@jolajolo9219 4 жыл бұрын

Wow thats great to know man,.. Well people when they think of Afrikaaner they automatically think of horrible people in sa... But I know that not all of them are the same... So I am glad to hear that..

@yvonneekpo5497 Ай бұрын

I'm not even a South African. I'm a Nigerian always coming here every month. Now it's May 2024, I'm here again. I wish I could get an interpretation of the song.

@sibusisomko1814 Ай бұрын

this is 🇿🇦our national anthem is a praying song that Combines all African was writers ✍️ by Solomon platjie a poet a songwriter who took a leap by saying even on our worst struggles Nkosi sikelela African god bless Africa 🌍

@colihlalele4425 Ай бұрын

isiZulu text (First stanza) Nkosi sikelela iAfrika. Maluphakanyisw’u phondo lwayo. Yizwa imithandazo yethu sibe moya munye. Noma sekunzima emhlabeni. Sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu. Nkosi siph’amandla okunqoba silwe nosathane. English Translation (First stanza) God bless Africa. Raise high her glory. Hear our prayers to be united in one spirit. Even through hard times in this world. When we are painfully abused. Lord, give us strength for victory to fight evil.

@swazingwabeni2894 19 күн бұрын

As a Nigerian you ought to be touched by this song (Prayer) because Solomon wrote about Africa. It was during Apartheid when we were struggling with illtreatment in so many ways, but it extends too soo many areas of our beautiful continent bring exploited and her children left in misery. It was indeed her beauty that caused us so much misery. "God bless Africa"

@mayssasamy6368 Жыл бұрын

I'm Egyptian, proud to be African, but still I love South Africa, Ughanda and all Africa. Very kind people

@jennyjac1122 Жыл бұрын

We love EGYPT too, from RSA♥

@FReilly 4 жыл бұрын

We played this as a farewell to my 92 year old father, at his funeral recently. It was such a wonderful and fitting farewell to a man who had spent the best years of his life in Southern Africa. He passed away in England but his ashes will be interred back in South Africa, where his own father is buried. I can't thank you enough for giving this beautiful rendition of Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika. You have given me a gift that will stay with me for all the days of my life! Thank you.

@vimbaimutomba1408 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss. How are you holding up though

@FReilly 4 жыл бұрын

@@vimbaimutomba1408 Thank you Vimbai for your kind thoughts. I have nothing but happy memories!

@sivevuza5939 3 жыл бұрын

I cried reading this...may his precious soul continue resting on peace🙏

@coreolanus2.02 3 жыл бұрын

My innige meegevoel

@marcustraore545 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss and thank you for your testimony. I wish you well.

@ignatiousaphane5635 4 жыл бұрын

The choir is ranked number 1 in the interkultur world rankings

@j-onezjones6076 4 жыл бұрын

You watched their video, "Always a matie" didn't you. =)

@richardlogan1021 4 жыл бұрын

And for damn good reasons. Keep singimg to the world. Pray that they pay attention.

@theresa__2183 4 жыл бұрын

They deserve that!! They are amazing. So is the director.

@MrMadscotsman 3 жыл бұрын

RIghtfully so

@Jackson_Dikotope 2 ай бұрын

They aren't making noise, they sound united, they're that good

@busai1399 3 ай бұрын

As a South African this song gives me both sadness and joy all at once. 😢

@youngbiko969 4 жыл бұрын

Everytime i hear this song i just have tears in my eyes. I was arrested for 3 weeks during the Fees must fall protests. I didn't kill anyone, i didn't steal from anyone nor rape anyone but i was assaulted and abused in any form in the prison. for fighting for free Decolonised Education. This song kept me alive and made me strong through those times✊🏿 It gave me hope amd courage to continue to fight for what is ryt. May God be with us and help us through the struggles that we facing everyday. Nkosi Sikelel" i Africa (God bless Africa) and the whole world✌🏿😉

@dineomaluleka7303 4 жыл бұрын

Young Biko askies. Dear. And thank you for fighting. Proud of you saan

@ryanthegooch5952 4 жыл бұрын

Bro it's impossible for free education... It's not colonised. You do realize they still pay for education in most first world countries and u expect an economically struggling country like South Africa to subsidize education. Think please!

@noelmbengeni5674 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for offering yourself to fight for free education... we appreciate you❤

@danielled108 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanthegooch5952 racist.

@siphiwepreciouszondi8077 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking a stand

@Alex1946A 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not South African ((I'm British, having lived in Australia for many years), and I've never been to South Africa. Like many people of my age group (70s), I have been very aware of the struggle against apartheid, and of the problems that South Africa still faces - and will no doubt face for many years to come. Whenever I hear Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika it never fails to move me to tears - but this version?? It's from another world - absolutely stunning in every way! These singers gives one faith and hope for the future of South Africa.

@Hashtag25_ 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ bless you Ed

@mmashigo785 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. This was the prayer of our forefathers. The pain is palatable! What a time they endured.

@janejude 3 жыл бұрын

There are Zimbabweans in there too. Which speaks the hurt they've endured too

@docsafari 3 жыл бұрын

Amen. And Amen.

@cherylannsteenkamp9812 2 жыл бұрын

👍Amen! We certainly have hope here in South Africa

@astrumspace 3 жыл бұрын

I've listened to this rendition countless times now since I found it a couple of weeks ago. Really hauntingly beautiful. Having lived in SA for a few years, I feel such a connection with the country and people there! This makes me want to visit again soon.

@ThatdudeSA 3 жыл бұрын

Where are you from?

@papillondumonde7887 3 жыл бұрын

I really like your channel 👌

@masindimamphiswana8470 3 жыл бұрын

Aw that's nice of you. I love your channel! Xo...a subbie

@docsafari 3 жыл бұрын

Best performance of this I have ever heard. But it is also a unique arrangement by a great arranger. And of course sung by the greatest choir in the world.

@tinavolschenk2162 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThatdudeSA Stellenbosch, South Africa

@falotroy8541 3 жыл бұрын

Women in South Africa are going through a lot right now. Fear of being killed, kidnapped or raped by men has escalated. Coming here and listen to this just lift my soul and made me believe that we gonna be alright. God will bless us and we gonna be okay very soon.

@pmolahlehi 3 жыл бұрын

This is such a fitting song for what we are going through as a nation, we must qin againstvthe devil, we must win against GBV

@sebastianboeddinghaus3505 9 ай бұрын

There are many issues in South Africa, gbv being one of the most soul-aching. I'm not sure if you remember after Lloyiso won SA Idol he wrote "Madoda Sabelani" a song about the horrors of gbv and the responsibility that men have in ending it. The choir is working on recording a truly beautiful arrangement of the haunting piece this year and I hope it will soon be available for us to listen

@tedohwtaddy9435 4 жыл бұрын

Who else is proud to be rooted in this beautiful country🇿🇦💓😭 Let us stay united and forget about the past🙏💓 plz

@gugun4886 3 жыл бұрын

Not forget but forgive bcs if we forget how can we learn we move forward with a sense of unity learning from past mistakes and forgiving✨ 🙏🏾

@JohnSmith-zo6ir 4 жыл бұрын

There is only ONE race ... the Human Race.

@sonofsoweto 4 жыл бұрын

Why do we hate each other so much?

@nqobiledewa1398 4 жыл бұрын

This is what will heal our land. God bless these souls.

@listenup2882 4 жыл бұрын

Except in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. Only in Africa is there ONE race.

@listenup2882 4 жыл бұрын

@@nqobiledewa1398 singing songs? Let's see how far that gets us.

@ezekielmokgatla2085 4 жыл бұрын

@daniel sabum since the beginning

@tshiya.mosikili2324 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I long for the day South Africa unites...no one in the world would bare the ability to hinder the greatness we will achieve

@danielmwanamonga6880 2 ай бұрын

I'm Zambian but this National Anthem speaks to me!🥺❤️🙌 God bless Africa!

@christiaanlombard7998 4 жыл бұрын

If this doesn't give you hope for this country and its future, I don't know what will 🇿🇦 honoured to have been part of this choir!

@siyanxumalo4230 4 жыл бұрын

Proud to have heard these amazing voices. Thanks.

@didi3016 4 жыл бұрын

Really?? Thanks for contributing to this 😊😊😭

@maseengmasitha6212 4 жыл бұрын

Which one are you in the choir?

@sonofsoweto 4 жыл бұрын

@@maseengmasitha6212 the one dressed in black suit and shirt

@maseengmasitha6212 4 жыл бұрын

@@sonofsoweto ...

@MrMoyoT 4 жыл бұрын

Tried my best to translate for non Zulu speakers. Enjoy Nkosi Nkosi sikelela iAfrica (Lord Lord bless Africa) Maluphakhanyis' uphondo lwayo (May you lift her glory) Yizwai imithandazo yethu (Hear our prayers) Siphe moya umunye (Give us one spirit) Noma sekhunzima emhlabeni (Even though its tough in this world) Sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu (We are troubled with so much pain) Nkosi siphamandla wokhumqoba (Lord give us strength to overcome) Silwe nosatane (So as to fight the devil/satan) Tululu tululu Repeats from Noma sekhunzima

@candicejantjies6370 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kibelupiamugbem2680 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@lawsforgive 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this translation!

@babawali3021 4 жыл бұрын

@Edward Thatch Some do and some don't.

@siyabongamviko8872 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, it is funny how people assume this part is Zulu when in fact it is Xhosa. The best thing about this views by people is that it shows how isiXhosa, isiZulu and the rest of the related speeches are really one language and should be treated as such, as a language of instruction, of communication. People can speak their own varieties sure, but officially they should standardise isiNdebele, Siswati, isiXhosa and isiZulu, isiMpondo, Siphuthi, etc., into one language called isiNguni

@ziziphomangqalaza2007 2 жыл бұрын

This needs to be on Apple Music cause I can’t keep coming here every hour 😻😻

@seseselelomatlapeng5096 Жыл бұрын

I have lost count of how the number of times I came back here, in the past 24 hours.

@Atlarelang01 3 жыл бұрын

All vote, this should be our national anthem. By show of hands ✋

@psyconautica 4 жыл бұрын

The only choir in the world that has the power to move me to tears. EVERY.DAMN.TIME!

@rego3377 4 жыл бұрын

That girl with the Afro at the end 😭 she’s so beautiful, her voice , her hair, everything.

@aphelelesebezela3479 3 жыл бұрын

This is a prayer Enoch Sontonga made wen south africa was battling with racial segregation and an unjust government. This is a prayer that is relevant and all the more significant today while we as a world battle with covid 19. God bless us all even in the future, whatever it has in store for us. Such melodic harmony...I touched God as I sang along and let the choir carry me into his presence❤

@o_o5213 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Though he borrowed it from a Xhosa Church Hymn. We literally sing this song in many churches. I was surprised knowing that it's a part in our national anthem. Beautiful prayer indeed

@NoeleenSaid Жыл бұрын

I shed a tear as I read this while listening to this song for the 50th time. Last sentence ❤️🫶🏽

@BigBankers_ 5 күн бұрын

Thank God that I'm still alive and strong in 2024.

@danielcruse6796 4 жыл бұрын

Listening to this choir as a US citizen living abroad, trying to process the outpouring of grief and trauma taking place in my own country. This prayer has helped me feel a bit of hope. Thank you

@danielcruse6796 4 жыл бұрын

also the black girl at 2:53 is so pretty 😚

@careydepass130 4 жыл бұрын

I am Canada. I too am looking at this video and sharing it with others to encourage hope!

@davidgoliath8398 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel brother....there is hope...we will have a beautiful story to tell...cling to where you hope and faith lies I know where my mine come from Heaven above...God Bless the USA....from your brother from South Africa

@janejude 3 жыл бұрын

Be blessed brother, for your own corner of the world

@tescoagriculture 3 жыл бұрын

God bless all my African brothers all over the world. My name is Phetogo. Its hard but we'll fight till to my last breath. As they shoot, shoot through my African heart. I'm going nowhere. Hierdie Suid Afrikan nerens sal gaan. Asijiki

@nadiavisser3844 4 жыл бұрын

I am so proud of my family. It was an absolute privilege to have sung this with you in 2019 .USK you have my heart !!! WE DID IT

@lungiswadebruyn3134 4 жыл бұрын

I'm speechless

@emekaodia8503 4 жыл бұрын

Please i need the score of this song urgently,please where can i get it?

@cherishvundisa390 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making us proud to be Africans and human beings. thank you so much.

@MarisUgboko 3 жыл бұрын

Please do you have the score of this arrangement?

@_Hey.nuel0 Жыл бұрын

please @nadia visser score of the music 🎶

@xolisilesigutya368 26 күн бұрын

Nkosi sikelela isouth Africa after this election soo we can be united ❤🙏✨️2024

@DeeDee-gv8gn 6 ай бұрын

Listening to this now 7 Dec 2023 in Australia. I can't even describe how this is making me feel and missing home so much. It's drawing out the tears from a deep place. Its been 2yrs since I've been back home.

@FolicMedia 4 жыл бұрын

This is far the most heart-warming rendition of our South African Anthem, it's our sincere prayer to our Heavenly Father as we battle with the Conoravirus. God Help us🙌

@muzishamase4921 4 жыл бұрын

"Nkosi siphe amandla okunqoba silwe no sathane" eey my God!!! what a powerful plea to our loving almighty God. Hallelujah 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😭😭😭😭😭🙏🏾👌🏾👌🏾

@CEH06 3 жыл бұрын

I'm South African, also half american. I have always dug deeper into my South African roots, our rich history, and diversity. Proudly South African!!!

@sthe_zar6341 2 жыл бұрын

♥️🇿🇦✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾.

@Golide4230 23 күн бұрын

This is an appropriate song for us a country, after elections we need to unite n set aside our differences and call on God to heal our land. KJV 2 Chronicles 7:14 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

@awonkentlebi6235 Жыл бұрын

I'm still listening 21 March 2023❤❤ humans rights Day, God bless Africa, God bless South Africa 🇿🇦

@sphamandlahlela5900 4 жыл бұрын

In Quarantine 😭😭😭, this gives me hope. The planet needed break from all of us guys.

@khanyambambaza1621 3 жыл бұрын

That " noma sekunzima "part wow pure talent ...Africa is already blessed having you all

@ikhandlelatertiaryaccessso1214 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@wandaworx1217 8 ай бұрын

Eish knowing vele where we come from who would've thought....siya bonga to every South African who thought peace was the answer.

@simisomavuso2713 2 жыл бұрын

Praying for the Republic of South Africa in July 2021 🇿🇦

@manamanenape6553 4 жыл бұрын

Those who disliked this beautiful song with excellent vocals, is everything okay at home🤔?

@Rdentandt 4 жыл бұрын

What....who disliked this masterpiece? They have issues beyond repair. Such powerful words. Sung by such amazing talents. Angels are crying!

@EinstonReborn 4 жыл бұрын

They should play this in parliament some time. Will help those working there to remember their charge and duty. By far the most beautiful rendition of our anthem I've ever heard. I am proud that our anthem is a prayer to God.

@nthabi6621 2 жыл бұрын

In full support. My heart is sore when listening to this because now I feel like we're being tortured (sihlunyzwa) by our political leaders

@gugumkhonza6543 3 жыл бұрын

This is sickening, Stellenbosch can not perform the National Anthem and think people won’t cry! Beautiful 🇿🇦❤️🌞

@buhlendwandwe8495 3 жыл бұрын

We not the best nation we got our flaws but I know deep down we love each other. You can Go anywhere but you will Miss that Sawbona unjani with a Smile . All we have is each other. We are South Africans.

@JasmineOmisore 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from Nigeria and I haven’t seen anything more beautiful... I’m going to download all of their songs now.💜💜💜💜

@anthoniaanthony4753 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly! I love these guys! Good to meet a Nigerian here too

@martinsuchendu5704 2 жыл бұрын

Okay the third Nigerian lol. I grew up in the choir and I literally feel these sounds in my bloodstream.

@emmanuelnomba4330 Жыл бұрын

Nigerian here 😂

@londanintshangase Ай бұрын

I wish to visit your beautiful country one day. God bless Africa.

@melainlove 4 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps all over my body 😭❤

@kiileetsoku2397 4 жыл бұрын

Every each

@ewadul99 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I from Poland and love Afrika ❤ God bless Afrika

@chideraemmanuel1736 8 ай бұрын

From Nigeria I am so much in love with this rendition despite not understanding the lyrics. So much love from here.

@aphiwemagaya3279 4 жыл бұрын

My friend from Germany once said here in South Africa, we have the best National Anthem ever,I was very astonished and it made me to be proud of where I come from no matter what's going on out there❤😊

@richardlogan1021 4 жыл бұрын

True.

@antonysekgweng7722 4 жыл бұрын

Most beautiful national anthem. Proud to be South African 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

@homonaledi640 2 жыл бұрын

People abroad will never understand what being South African means to South Africans. This is home. God bless Africa, noba sekunzima emhlabeni.

@heathermckerry1068 2 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭😭😭

@sthe_zar6341 2 жыл бұрын

🇿🇦.

@irgendwieanders2121 2 жыл бұрын

Did you say that other people do not understand "home"?

@sthe_zar6341 2 жыл бұрын

@@irgendwieanders2121 Unless their home is SA then they'll never understand 🇿🇦.

@irgendwieanders2121 2 жыл бұрын

@@sthe_zar6341 And your answer fits my question how?

@armandtjviljoen Ай бұрын

Every single one of you beautiful souls made me cry today. Not of sadness but the profound feeling every one brings together with such a wonderful Music Conductor. World Class Absolute!

@aidangarthlewis7932 4 жыл бұрын

So proud to be an alumni member of this choir. Doe zoo voort, USK!

@j-onezjones6076 4 жыл бұрын

Who's the girl on the left at 1:11? Great choir btw

@oyingcwele1 2 жыл бұрын

I respect you good people, what a wonderful song.....may God The Almighty bless you! 🙏

@_Hey.nuel0 Жыл бұрын

please @aidan Garth lewis score of the music 🎶

@richardlogan1021 4 жыл бұрын

Is it fair that South Africa has the greatest choirs in the world -- AND the most beautiful music !?

@sthe_zar6341 2 жыл бұрын

Fair.

@user-nc8mh8rz3z 7 ай бұрын

I am proud of my home south africa❤❤❤

@richardlogan1021 3 жыл бұрын

No one anywhere has ever sung love of their country more beautifully or convincingly than this. No one.

@Llewellyn2099 4 жыл бұрын

“Music is … A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy” ― Ludwig van Beethoven

@fhulufhelomotlabeng4411 4 жыл бұрын

God bless South Africa, infact God bless the whole world. Lord we need you.

@user-pq5lg1wg6m 10 ай бұрын

To all south Africans lord bless you ❤

@domi_nik1980 2 жыл бұрын

This is what music makes with us, not a single dislike or negative comment. People from all over the world united in peace and harmony. Wonderful! ❤️

@LittleFiddlyBits 4 жыл бұрын

Their diction is flawless. For a choir that large to sound like one person is just REALLY impressive.

@BillAckerman 4 жыл бұрын

The expressions on the faces of the singers (and conductor) say it all. This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

@nkunimsarkodee4662 2 жыл бұрын

may Uyinene rest in perfect peace🤍🕊

@nyashas4673 3 жыл бұрын

I’m convinced heaven sounds something like this shuuu🙌🏼 that soprano is angelic 👏🏽👏🏽

@ezinneigwe4771 4 жыл бұрын

Im not South African but this is a very beautiful anthem I teared up

@OTCRSA 4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to hold them back hey....

@Obinwa 4 жыл бұрын

Same here. It just sends chills throughout the body.

@chumisambiza619 2 жыл бұрын

Love from South Africa 🇿🇦❤

@manfredmentoor1459 4 жыл бұрын

So blessed to have seen this live....When you sit there...your soul goes quiet...it connects with the flow and the melody...and then you tear up...You dont know why...u just do...magic

@lukhonamakile7676 4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely description.

@unathimweli9502 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man

@marthaendjala2531 4 жыл бұрын

Awwww I can just imagine

@nthisanasetloboko5383 4 жыл бұрын

i get chills watching it all the time, the words the way they i wish i had been there to see it live

@manfredmentoor1459 4 жыл бұрын

@Pheladi Matlala I surprised myself when I tried summing up this choir...Because one should write essays

@sellodonald7907 3 жыл бұрын

Enoch Sontonga was a breed of his own, God sent🙏🙏😭😭 how to compose such a masterpiece And the choir did justice to it 😭😭😭

@synthilogic 6 ай бұрын

to be honest this is 2023 and am ugandan listening to this just calms my mind and reminds me that we came from somewhere and God was with us. no matter what we went through we still survived

@drluthandosiboya2550 4 жыл бұрын

the last solo bit, I felt that (Shout out to Shaen & Karabo) ❤

@MHeymann 4 жыл бұрын

Luthando! ❤️

@j-onezjones6076 4 жыл бұрын

Who is the girl on the far left at 1:11? She's in all the performances. She's great.

@thembazwelonke8275 4 жыл бұрын

During this tough time as a country .....nkosi sikelela I Africa

@sibusisohlophe9845 3 жыл бұрын

This is my country, my pride, my joy and it can only be South Africans who can make such a prayer. We may be divided but we are unified in one heart.

@The_incorruptibleseed. 7 ай бұрын

“Unity in diversity” the Africa our forefathers fought for and died for.

@nchessie 4 жыл бұрын

This used to be a national anthem for many African countries when unity was the key.

@jprozaymurungi5870 4 жыл бұрын

what happened

@dirkhoekstra727 4 жыл бұрын

@@jprozaymurungi5870 Politics, greed, war.... That's what happened.

@jprozaymurungi5870 4 жыл бұрын

@@dirkhoekstra727 and it is still happening to us,,, through our leaders and external forces.. i love africa

@MHeymann 4 жыл бұрын

Nkosi Sikelela is still part of the anthems of Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa. Namibia and Zimbabwe replaced their version with new compositions.

@BrightMShibulojr 4 жыл бұрын

Enoch’s masterpiece will always be somehow used in most Southern African countries and as a Zambian, we changed the words but the melody is the same.

@ericmesser1 4 жыл бұрын

In 1966 I went to Capetown on a ship and was beaten up badly by the SA police because I had given a bag of children’s clothes to a Zulu man called Gabriel whom I had met on previous visits. It was such a sad place back then and I never went back. So seeing this is just great, something I could have never imagined. Good luck SA I hope you make it work and look after each other.........what a great choir. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@bree2457 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you went thru that hell those pigs will never rest peaceful for wat they put ppl thru but God nous best we are trying as a country to move forward but one has to remember the wound was covered up and has not healed properly but one day all will be good

@nkanyisomkhize853 10 ай бұрын

Yes, the song, if they could've known, it was created for that, the struggle that black people went to, in their country during apartheid days, being touched, killed by white people,, the song was all about that.

@lindamakhanya5640 7 ай бұрын

We do don't ask God to take away the battles and wars. We only ask for strength to overcome😅❤🎉

@alis.b.4631 7 ай бұрын

i mean, you guys do in the south african anthem, no?

@jeanyndlovu9409 6 ай бұрын

Everytime I hear this song, it hits my spirit and I start praying in tongues. I pray we become one regardless of skin colour or race. God bless Africa indeed 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

@f321christine 4 жыл бұрын

I don' t live in Africa, nor have heard the anthem before, but this was astoundingly beautiful. In Heaven, there will be no division, and we will worship God the Father and Jesus our Lord as brothers and sisters no matter where we come from. We are all ONE in Christ Jesus!

@jakesphosh9650 3 жыл бұрын

Amen ❤❤

@ruthchaduka4266 4 жыл бұрын

By far the best version of Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika i've heard. Love from Zimbabwe ❤

@yonelabushula1099 2 жыл бұрын

As we are faced with gender based violence in South Africa , I pray that God Heals our land and our men , instead of them protecting us they kill us every day , Noba sekunzima emhlabeni sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu Nkosi siphe amandla okunqoba

@Spasiuka 2 жыл бұрын

Misogeny is such a big social problem! We also have to deal with it in Portugal!!

@patferguson6087 2 жыл бұрын

For God so loved the world that means WHOSOEVER. I am so looking forward to going to heaven race, colour with mean nothing when we gather around the great throne. Hallelujah!

@zuluprincesss 4 жыл бұрын

When they said "phondo lwayooo" I got goosebumps hawemah 😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭

@NoeleenSaid Жыл бұрын

Same 😭🥺🥺

@stephennicholenas9911 4 жыл бұрын

When i watch this video, i can sooooo see the potential this beautiful country has....when all people of different ethnicities, colors, gender, sing in perfect harmony, creating passionate soulful sound. Perhaps we just need a great conductor!

@m2ranojaholo79 3 жыл бұрын

Definately not Ace Magushule lol....

@Lucky-NO-7 7 ай бұрын

FOR ALL OF AFRICA, WE WILL PROSPER

@khethosimelane8178 10 ай бұрын

i'm here again in 2023 bless ur hearts

@jayman9161 3 жыл бұрын

No where on this earth are there a choir that can sing anything with so much emotion and passion... I LOVE IT!!!

@tshepohope03 Жыл бұрын

3 years later...and uhm still here❤️😭the high note on 03:05 gives me goosebumps all the time

@ianrundle5862 7 ай бұрын

This is a superb reditionibg of Nkosi Sikele Aftica. I am proud to call myself African and although I have been in South Africa for 50 years, this is also the tune for the Zambian anthem. This is sublime

@brauliocosta543 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Angola and honestly this is the most amazing rendition from an African Choir that I've ever watched. It is undoubtful that the Holy Spirit inspired your voices. This is heaven on earth...left me tearful.

@FiremanDuval 4 жыл бұрын

This right here is an Indodana moment. Wow

@kanyovandemolale4896 4 жыл бұрын

yes!

@mbombi2315 2 жыл бұрын

Translation of this song to English Nkosi Sikelela iAfrica (God Bless Afrika) Maluphakanyiswe Uphondo Lwayo (let her be lifted up High) Yizwa Imithandazo Yethu (Hear our Prayers) Sibe moya munye (To be United in one Spirit) Noma sekunzima emhlabeni (Even through hard times in this world) Sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu (When we tortured) Nkosi siph' amandla okunqoba (Lord give us strength for victory) Silwe nosathane (To fight the devil)

@mashudum8693 3 ай бұрын

This fervent prayer is so beautiful and soothing, and these angelic voices are able to present our pleas to the highest throne.. Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika.