- "Ishe
Komborera Africa" (Shona for: God
Bless Africa), also
called "Ishe
Komborera Zimbabwe" (Shona for: God
Bless Zimbabwe), was the
Zimbabwean national...
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lyrics replaced by "Stand and Sing of Zambia,
Proud and Free". "Ishe
Komborera Africa" was the
Zimbabwean version of "God
Bless Africa" sung in the Shona...
-
after a
nationwide competition to
replace the
South African-derived "Ishe
Komborera Africa" with a
distinctly Zimbabwean song. The
winning entry was a Shona...
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formed northern neighbour,
Zimbabwe and
translated into Shona, "Ishe
Komborera Afrika" from 1980
until 1994. Sontonga, a Xhosa, was born in the city...
- Nations.
During their first match against Egypt,
their former anthem "Ishe
Komborera Africa" was
accidentally pla****
instead of "Simudzai
Mureza wedu weZimbabwe"...
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introduced in
March 1994
after a
nationwide competition to
replace Ishe
Komborera Africa as a
distinctly Zimbabwean song. The
winning entry was a song written...
- the po****tion.
Xhosa is one of Zimbabwe's
official languages. "Ishe
Komborera Africa", the
former Zimbabwean national anthem, was
based on a
Xhosa hymn...
- "Ishe
Komborera Africa" was pla****.
Football 2004
African Championships in Athletics,
Congo  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's
former anthem "Ishe
Komborera Africa"...
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independence came in
April 1980, with the
country now
called Zimbabwe. "Ishe
Komborera Africa", a
Shona translation of
Enoch Sontonga's
Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel'...
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anthem was
retained as the
Vatican City's
first anthem until 1950. "Ishe
Komborera Africa" is a
translation of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" from
Xhosa into Shona...
