daudi's afrofile

4.23.2004

All Together Now
As zablogger rightly notes, South Africa has "the best national anthem in the world." But not everyone knows the words to "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" yet. I've heard and/or hummed along to it dozens of times, and even have a cheesy tourist mug on my desk with the lyrics, and I can't get past the first verse. But I'm an American (and yes, I do know all the words to the oft-mangled "Star-Spangled Banner.") There's a campaign to get verse-averse South Africans up to speed.

posted by daudi • link: Friday, April 23, 2004

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