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

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • 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...
    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.

Комментарии • 2,3 тыс.

  • @mphosinaha6970
    @mphosinaha6970 7 месяцев назад +1306

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

  • @SAapproves
    @SAapproves 7 месяцев назад +562

    Whose here 2024😁❤

    • @kwanelezondi507
      @kwanelezondi507 7 месяцев назад +5

      ❤We are here

    • @caylinbeukes9947
      @caylinbeukes9947 5 месяцев назад +2

      Honey, I never left 😊❤.

    • @OliverHoop-kt1gd
      @OliverHoop-kt1gd 4 месяца назад

      *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
      @cecilajonas6196 4 месяца назад

      Silapha

    • @cecilajonas6196
      @cecilajonas6196 4 месяца назад +1

      ​not English lessons here

  • @cmagaya1
    @cmagaya1 3 года назад +686

    Likes for the conductor anyone??

    • @user-vu8cn6ff5h
      @user-vu8cn6ff5h 5 месяцев назад +6

      W conductor!!

    • @Acheafem
      @Acheafem 4 месяца назад +5

      🙌

    • @BenDodson-id8em
      @BenDodson-id8em 3 месяца назад

      Sure, I'd bang

    • @issakariet558
      @issakariet558 Месяц назад +3

      Waw, this conductor got the most beautiful music out of these young people ... No words to describe ...

    • @bobbybombo
      @bobbybombo Месяц назад +1

      He had an impeccable smile thru it all.

  • @fodreybunu6300
    @fodreybunu6300 6 месяцев назад +114

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

    • @frxnlab
      @frxnlab 5 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @desimpson1
      @desimpson1 5 месяцев назад +3

      Still here too

    • @ritapheiffer4632
      @ritapheiffer4632 Месяц назад +2

      Andre van der Merwe

    • @issakariet558
      @issakariet558 Месяц назад +1

      @@ritapheiffer4632 It 's such a gifted conductor !!!

  • @gags-villsounds5351
    @gags-villsounds5351 4 года назад +647

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

    • @sipiwemutemwa4733
      @sipiwemutemwa4733 3 года назад +10

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

    • @CaroAbebe
      @CaroAbebe 2 года назад +2

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

    • @kekeh.5696
      @kekeh.5696 2 года назад +6

      @@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
      @kahozisangwa7955 Год назад +1

      Existe il une partition de cette version ??

    • @k.a.t.a.r.i.na.h
      @k.a.t.a.r.i.na.h 2 месяца назад +1

      Composed the best prayer/anthem for Africa

  • @lorghansnikki6142
    @lorghansnikki6142 5 лет назад +2429

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

    • @rjsantos9766
      @rjsantos9766 4 года назад +45

      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
      @maggygraham2218 4 года назад +24

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

    • @richardlogan1021
      @richardlogan1021 4 года назад +20

      We ALL come from Africa in the beginning.

    • @aurelius210
      @aurelius210 4 года назад +16

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

    • @moeng_bongz187
      @moeng_bongz187 4 года назад +1

      🇿🇦💚

  • @dirkhoekstra727
    @dirkhoekstra727 5 лет назад +1921

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

    • @theresamatambo7540
      @theresamatambo7540 5 лет назад +107

      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
      @dorothytshehla 4 года назад +7

      Agreed.

    • @janrudolph9106
      @janrudolph9106 4 года назад +6

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

    • @janrudolph9106
      @janrudolph9106 4 года назад +9

      But it is a chilling rendition of the song!

    • @sibusisosimana2221
      @sibusisosimana2221 4 года назад +21

      It is a prayer, always

  • @GaoKenalemang
    @GaoKenalemang 5 лет назад +1055

    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!!

  • @wushubok1
    @wushubok1 3 года назад +591

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

    • @sthembisombili3284
      @sthembisombili3284 3 года назад +30

      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
      @maseengmasitha6212 3 года назад +6

      🥰 awww

    • @dlilwon
      @dlilwon 2 года назад +5

      Very handsome 😍

    • @oyingcwele1
      @oyingcwele1 2 года назад +4

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

    • @refilwemanyemane
      @refilwemanyemane 2 года назад +2

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @danielmwanamonga6880
    @danielmwanamonga6880 6 месяцев назад +41

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

  • @xihlukecc
    @xihlukecc 4 года назад +2031

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

    • @nextblackca1084
      @nextblackca1084 4 года назад +41

      Dude this is beautiful.

    • @Rdentandt
      @Rdentandt 4 года назад +100

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

    • @mushken65
      @mushken65 4 года назад +21

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

    • @ByronBennett
      @ByronBennett 3 года назад +43

      Thanks for putting to words what I was feeling!

    • @sandyrumsey7592
      @sandyrumsey7592 3 года назад +27

      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🇿🇦

  • @declanl2167
    @declanl2167 4 года назад +2409

    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
      @OTCRSA 4 года назад +92

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

    • @siyamckeys5978
      @siyamckeys5978 4 года назад +106

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

    • @hectord2032
      @hectord2032 4 года назад +50

      Uyathandwa, sisonke ❤

    • @nandenkukwana7080
      @nandenkukwana7080 4 года назад +98

      @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
      @jolajolo9219 4 года назад +56

      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..

  • @youngbiko969
    @youngbiko969 4 года назад +640

    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
      @dineomaluleka7303 4 года назад +17

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

    • @ryanthegooch5952
      @ryanthegooch5952 4 года назад +29

      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
      @noelmbengeni5674 4 года назад +13

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

    • @danielled108
      @danielled108 4 года назад +5

      @@ryanthegooch5952 racist.

    • @siphiwepreciouszondi8077
      @siphiwepreciouszondi8077 4 года назад +4

      Thank you for taking a stand

  • @dwaynekonig1736
    @dwaynekonig1736 3 года назад +632

    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.

  • @Zama-S-Dlamini
    @Zama-S-Dlamini 11 месяцев назад +51

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

  • @FReilly
    @FReilly 4 года назад +747

    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
      @vimbaimutomba1408 4 года назад +12

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

    • @FReilly
      @FReilly 4 года назад +13

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

    • @sivevuza5939
      @sivevuza5939 4 года назад +6

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

    • @coreolanus2.02
      @coreolanus2.02 3 года назад +3

      My innige meegevoel

    • @marcustraore545
      @marcustraore545 3 года назад +2

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

  • @tshepisotau257
    @tshepisotau257 4 года назад +655

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

    • @shokitau1785
      @shokitau1785 4 года назад +13

      Literally. Came here to cry, God bless Africa 💕

    • @moeng_bongz187
      @moeng_bongz187 4 года назад +4

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

    • @martafranciscodavadava7840
      @martafranciscodavadava7840 4 года назад +1

      Concordo plenamente... Oração para nação africana

    • @paulfrancisleysen
      @paulfrancisleysen 4 года назад +7

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

    • @paulfrancisleysen
      @paulfrancisleysen 4 года назад +5

      And isn't this the SA National Anthem?

  • @ignatiousaphane5635
    @ignatiousaphane5635 5 лет назад +345

    The choir is ranked number 1 in the interkultur world rankings

    • @j-onezjones6076
      @j-onezjones6076 4 года назад +2

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

    • @richardlogan1021
      @richardlogan1021 4 года назад +7

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

    • @theresa__2183
      @theresa__2183 4 года назад +3

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

    • @MrMadscotsman
      @MrMadscotsman 3 года назад

      RIghtfully so

    • @user-hy5mb6pk6g
      @user-hy5mb6pk6g 2 месяца назад

      I respect this, I love them, but UJ😮‍💨😮‍💨

  • @mayssasamy6368
    @mayssasamy6368 Год назад +167

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

    • @jennyjac1122
      @jennyjac1122 Год назад +8

      We love EGYPT too, from RSA♥

  • @yvonneekpo5497
    @yvonneekpo5497 4 месяца назад +49

    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
      @sibusisomko1814 4 месяца назад +2

      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
      @colihlalele4425 4 месяца назад +8

      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
      @swazingwabeni2894 4 месяца назад +6

      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"

    • @ZonqobaSalusiwe-ie7zi
      @ZonqobaSalusiwe-ie7zi Месяц назад

      ​@@sibusisomko1814❤😊

  • @Alex1946A
    @Alex1946A 4 года назад +677

    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_
      @Hashtag25_ 4 года назад +9

      ❤️❤️❤️ bless you Ed

    • @mmashigo785
      @mmashigo785 4 года назад +14

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

    • @janejude
      @janejude 3 года назад +10

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

    • @docsafari
      @docsafari 3 года назад +2

      Amen. And Amen.

    • @cherylannsteenkamp9812
      @cherylannsteenkamp9812 3 года назад +7

      👍Amen! We certainly have hope here in South Africa

  • @MrMoyoT
    @MrMoyoT 4 года назад +596

    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
      @candicejantjies6370 4 года назад +6

      Thank you!

    • @kibelupiamugbem2680
      @kibelupiamugbem2680 4 года назад +5

      Thanks so much

    • @lawsforgive
      @lawsforgive 4 года назад +6

      Thanks so much for sharing this translation!

    • @babawali3021
      @babawali3021 4 года назад +2

      @Edward Thatch Some do and some don't.

    • @siyabongamviko8872
      @siyabongamviko8872 4 года назад +42

      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

  • @JohnSmith-zo6ir
    @JohnSmith-zo6ir 4 года назад +347

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

    • @sonofsoweto
      @sonofsoweto 4 года назад +4

      Why do we hate each other so much?

    • @nqobiledewa1398
      @nqobiledewa1398 4 года назад +5

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

    • @listenup2882
      @listenup2882 4 года назад

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

    • @listenup2882
      @listenup2882 4 года назад

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

    • @ezekielmokgatla2085
      @ezekielmokgatla2085 4 года назад +2

      @daniel sabum since the beginning

  • @Jackson_Dikotope
    @Jackson_Dikotope 6 месяцев назад +14

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

  • @busai1399
    @busai1399 6 месяцев назад +18

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

  • @rego3377
    @rego3377 5 лет назад +90

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

  • @christiaanlombard7998
    @christiaanlombard7998 5 лет назад +360

    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
      @siyanxumalo4230 4 года назад +2

      Proud to have heard these amazing voices. Thanks.

    • @didi3016
      @didi3016 4 года назад +2

      Really?? Thanks for contributing to this 😊😊😭

    • @maseengmasitha6212
      @maseengmasitha6212 4 года назад

      Which one are you in the choir?

    • @sonofsoweto
      @sonofsoweto 4 года назад +2

      @@maseengmasitha6212 the one dressed in black suit and shirt

    • @maseengmasitha6212
      @maseengmasitha6212 4 года назад

      @@sonofsoweto ...

  • @tedohwtaddy9435
    @tedohwtaddy9435 5 лет назад +160

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

    • @gugun4886
      @gugun4886 3 года назад +5

      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✨ 🙏🏾

  • @ziziphomangqalaza2007
    @ziziphomangqalaza2007 3 года назад +121

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

    • @seseselelomatlapeng5096
      @seseselelomatlapeng5096 Год назад +5

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

  • @astrumspace
    @astrumspace 3 года назад +779

    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
      @ThatdudeSA 3 года назад

      Where are you from?

    • @papillondumonde7887
      @papillondumonde7887 3 года назад +6

      I really like your channel 👌

    • @masindimamphiswana8470
      @masindimamphiswana8470 3 года назад +4

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

    • @docsafari
      @docsafari 3 года назад +9

      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
      @tinavolschenk2162 3 года назад +2

      @@ThatdudeSA Stellenbosch, South Africa

  • @melainlove
    @melainlove 5 лет назад +183

    Goosebumps all over my body 😭❤

  • @aphelelesebezela3479
    @aphelelesebezela3479 3 года назад +191

    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
      @o_o5213 3 года назад +4

      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
      @NoeleenSaid 2 года назад +1

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

  • @danielcruse6796
    @danielcruse6796 4 года назад +347

    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
      @danielcruse6796 4 года назад +7

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

    • @careydepass130
      @careydepass130 4 года назад +7

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

    • @davidgoliath8398
      @davidgoliath8398 4 года назад +14

      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
      @janejude 3 года назад +3

      Be blessed brother, for your own corner of the world

    • @tescoagriculture
      @tescoagriculture 3 года назад +3

      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

  • @Helen-x6m
    @Helen-x6m Месяц назад +9

    Enoch Sontonga write this BEAUTIFUL prayer for African countries who were colonised at that time.
    Not just for South Africa.
    Thank you, Stellenbosch university for this moving rendition

    • @no_prisoners6474
      @no_prisoners6474 4 дня назад

      I mean. We made it the national anthem. No ones disputing what you saying 🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @corneliapeters7877
      @corneliapeters7877 2 дня назад

      It's was the anc government who hve changed it. I prefer the orginal. God bless Africa

    • @no_prisoners6474
      @no_prisoners6474 2 дня назад

      @@corneliapeters7877 yeah that’s what had to be done in order to adapt it to South African national anthem.
      Good thing the original has not been banned or sealed. It’s still available.

  • @domi_nik1980
    @domi_nik1980 2 года назад +79

    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! ❤️

  • @muzishamase4921
    @muzishamase4921 5 лет назад +116

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

  • @psyconautica
    @psyconautica 5 лет назад +176

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

  • @falotroy8541
    @falotroy8541 4 года назад +159

    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
      @pmolahlehi 3 года назад +4

      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
      @sebastianboeddinghaus3505 Год назад

      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

  • @Dee-Dee-y2k
    @Dee-Dee-y2k 10 месяцев назад +19

    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.

  • @cherishratisai5399
    @cherishratisai5399 6 месяцев назад +4

    I dreamt singing Nkosi Sikelela and I looked for the song when I woke up. When I found this version I had it on repeat all day. The best version by far. What a prayer for our continent. Thank you for such excellence, inspiration, unity and the love. May such excellence arise in all beautiful areas of life in our African continent❤

  • @nadiavisser3844
    @nadiavisser3844 5 лет назад +227

    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
      @lungiswadebruyn3134 5 лет назад +4

      I'm speechless

    • @emekaodia8503
      @emekaodia8503 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @cherishvundisa390
      @cherishvundisa390 4 года назад +2

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

    • @MarisUgboko
      @MarisUgboko 4 года назад

      Please do you have the score of this arrangement?

    • @_Hey.nuel0
      @_Hey.nuel0 Год назад

      please @nadia visser score of the music 🎶

  • @thembazwelonke8275
    @thembazwelonke8275 4 года назад +81

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

  • @manfredmentoor1459
    @manfredmentoor1459 5 лет назад +192

    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
      @lukhonamakile7676 5 лет назад +3

      What a lovely description.

    • @unathimweli9502
      @unathimweli9502 5 лет назад +2

      Oh man

    • @marthaendjala2531
      @marthaendjala2531 5 лет назад +3

      Awwww I can just imagine

    • @nthisanasetloboko5383
      @nthisanasetloboko5383 4 года назад +3

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

    • @manfredmentoor1459
      @manfredmentoor1459 4 года назад +2

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

  • @nokubonganqobile6962
    @nokubonganqobile6962 2 месяца назад +6

    August 2024 I'm still here♥♥

  • @awonkentlebi6235
    @awonkentlebi6235 Год назад +13

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

  • @FolicMedia
    @FolicMedia 4 года назад +171

    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🙌

  • @ezinneigwe4771
    @ezinneigwe4771 4 года назад +122

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

    • @OTCRSA
      @OTCRSA 4 года назад +3

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

    • @Obinwa
      @Obinwa 4 года назад +2

      Same here. It just sends chills throughout the body.

    • @chumisambiza619
      @chumisambiza619 2 года назад +1

      Love from South Africa 🇿🇦❤

  • @ericmesser1
    @ericmesser1 4 года назад +26

    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
      @bree2457 2 года назад +1

      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
      @nkanyisomkhize853 Год назад

      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.

  • @homonaledi640
    @homonaledi640 3 года назад +68

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

    • @heathermckerry1068
      @heathermckerry1068 2 года назад +3

      😭😭😭😭😭

    • @sthe_zar6341
      @sthe_zar6341 2 года назад +1

      🇿🇦.

    • @irgendwieanders2121
      @irgendwieanders2121 2 года назад

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

    • @sthe_zar6341
      @sthe_zar6341 2 года назад +1

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

    • @irgendwieanders2121
      @irgendwieanders2121 2 года назад

      @@sthe_zar6341 And your answer fits my question how?

  • @sellodonald7907
    @sellodonald7907 3 года назад +40

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

  • @CEH06
    @CEH06 4 года назад +105

    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
      @sthe_zar6341 2 года назад

      ♥️🇿🇦✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾.

  • @buhlendwandwe8495
    @buhlendwandwe8495 4 года назад +40

    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.

  • @aidangarthlewis7932
    @aidangarthlewis7932 5 лет назад +122

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

    • @j-onezjones6076
      @j-onezjones6076 4 года назад

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

    • @oyingcwele1
      @oyingcwele1 2 года назад

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

    • @_Hey.nuel0
      @_Hey.nuel0 Год назад

      please @aidan Garth lewis score of the music 🎶

  • @gugumkhonza6543
    @gugumkhonza6543 3 года назад +27

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

  • @khanyambambaza1621
    @khanyambambaza1621 4 года назад +70

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

    • @ikhandlelatertiaryaccessso1214
      @ikhandlelatertiaryaccessso1214 3 года назад +1

      I agree

    • @wandaworx1217
      @wandaworx1217 11 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @drluthandosiboya2550
    @drluthandosiboya2550 5 лет назад +87

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

    • @MHeymann
      @MHeymann 5 лет назад +1

      Luthando! ❤️

    • @j-onezjones6076
      @j-onezjones6076 4 года назад

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

  • @nchessie
    @nchessie 5 лет назад +114

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

    • @jprozaymurungi5870
      @jprozaymurungi5870 5 лет назад +1

      what happened

    • @dirkhoekstra727
      @dirkhoekstra727 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @jprozaymurungi5870
      @jprozaymurungi5870 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @MHeymann
      @MHeymann 5 лет назад +12

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

    • @BrightMShibulojr
      @BrightMShibulojr 5 лет назад +9

      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.

  • @LittleFiddlyBits
    @LittleFiddlyBits 5 лет назад +81

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

  • @sandrarancho9550
    @sandrarancho9550 15 дней назад +1

    Emotions are high😭😭 love my country🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @mmudisefoka6154
    @mmudisefoka6154 Месяц назад +4

    Moved my soul to another level, God bless South Africa 🇿🇦 🙏

  • @sphamandlahlela5900
    @sphamandlahlela5900 4 года назад +57

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

  • @JasmineOmisore
    @JasmineOmisore 4 года назад +107

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

    • @anthoniaanthony4753
      @anthoniaanthony4753 3 года назад +4

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

    • @martinsuchendu5704
      @martinsuchendu5704 2 года назад +4

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

    • @emmanuelnomba4330
      @emmanuelnomba4330 Год назад +2

      Nigerian here 😂

    • @londanintshangase
      @londanintshangase 4 месяца назад

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

  • @aphiwemagaya3279
    @aphiwemagaya3279 5 лет назад +59

    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❤😊

  • @tshiya.mosikili2324
    @tshiya.mosikili2324 3 года назад +23

    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

  • @jeanyndlovu9409
    @jeanyndlovu9409 9 месяцев назад +11

    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 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @antonysekgweng7722
    @antonysekgweng7722 4 года назад +45

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

  • @manamanenape6553
    @manamanenape6553 5 лет назад +37

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

    • @Rdentandt
      @Rdentandt 4 года назад +2

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

  • @BillAckerman
    @BillAckerman 5 лет назад +84

    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.

  • @Atlarelang01
    @Atlarelang01 3 года назад +25

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

  • @synthilogic
    @synthilogic 10 месяцев назад +10

    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

  • @lebohangnkhethoa1548
    @lebohangnkhethoa1548 4 года назад +15

    The " Decolonized Anthem" Reminds Me Of 2014/15 #FeesMustFall Movement 😭😭🇿🇦

  • @EinstonReborn
    @EinstonReborn 4 года назад +35

    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
      @nthabi6621 2 года назад +2

      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

  • @FiremanDuval
    @FiremanDuval 5 лет назад +57

    This right here is an Indodana moment. Wow

  • @tiaanloots1316
    @tiaanloots1316 Месяц назад +3

    i listen to this song at least 2 times a day. i love South Africa, i love our people and our cultures. i have so much hope for this beautiful country, hope for unity. ngiyabonga Stellenbosch❤️

  • @elainemeyer-hp6ye
    @elainemeyer-hp6ye Месяц назад +2

    Proud to be a South-African

  • @gaudenciachepngetich2410
    @gaudenciachepngetich2410 5 лет назад +85

    This is so amazing..so soothing...Africa is home.. I'm From Kenya And I really love the Zulu language and it's culture... Thumbs up..

    • @chizboy5
      @chizboy5 4 года назад +14

      its actually IsiXhosa very similar to IsiZulu. It was written by Rev Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

    • @Lindaaaaaaa2
      @Lindaaaaaaa2 4 года назад +2

      @@chizboy5 what is Xhosa there

    • @sonasipho_8087
      @sonasipho_8087 4 года назад +9

      @@Lindaaaaaaa2 ukuba awausazi isiXhosa and the history of our national anthem vala umlomo wakho.
      "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" was originally composed as a hymn in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga who was Xhosa. The words of the first stanza and chorus were originally written in Xhosa as a hymn.

    • @Lindaaaaaaa2
      @Lindaaaaaaa2 4 года назад +2

      @@sonasipho_8087 suth ngval umlomo wan pho you should've told me I'm better manner....at

    • @treasurenqobilesmith7667
      @treasurenqobilesmith7667 4 года назад +1

      @@sonasipho_8087 manje ulwelani wena? Ey nine anger kule country

  • @fhulufhelomotlabeng4411
    @fhulufhelomotlabeng4411 4 года назад +45

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

  • @richardlogan1021
    @richardlogan1021 4 года назад +29

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

  • @chideraemmanuel1736
    @chideraemmanuel1736 Год назад +12

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

  • @nkunimsarkodee4662
    @nkunimsarkodee4662 2 года назад +14

    may Uyinene rest in perfect peace🤍🕊

  • @ruthchaduka4266
    @ruthchaduka4266 5 лет назад +37

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

  • @zuluprincesss
    @zuluprincesss 4 года назад +36

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

  • @stephennicholenas9911
    @stephennicholenas9911 5 лет назад +56

    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
      @m2ranojaholo79 4 года назад

      Definately not Ace Magushule lol....

  • @KennyTseraha-xg6gu
    @KennyTseraha-xg6gu 5 месяцев назад +2

    The conductors amazing. Done a fantastic job. Love the choir and video. A very unified choir group . Sweet sounds. Regards from Bougainville Island, PNG ❤❤😂😂

  • @yonelabushula1099
    @yonelabushula1099 3 года назад +4

    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
      @Spasiuka 3 года назад

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

  • @f321christine
    @f321christine 4 года назад +34

    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!

  • @makhosazanagumede5995
    @makhosazanagumede5995 Год назад +32

    Whoever wrote this song did an outstanding job. ❤this Is a masterpiece

  • @nyashas4673
    @nyashas4673 3 года назад +21

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

  • @elizanama
    @elizanama Месяц назад +2

    This makes you think what heaven sounds like.
    This is so beautiful.

  • @Aaliyahstarr268
    @Aaliyahstarr268 2 месяца назад +3

    Never left😭❤️

  • @angelinakapweya
    @angelinakapweya 4 года назад +16

    Every time the bass stepped in, it struck a nerve😢

  • @cardin708
    @cardin708 10 месяцев назад +5

    Honestly I’m not against other choirs but this is world’s best choir ever ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lihlithembamkhithi
    @lihlithembamkhithi 7 месяцев назад +5

    currently in Stellenbosch university right now and I'm listening to this heartwarming choir performance while studying at midnight 12:00 o'clock

  • @xolisilesigutya368
    @xolisilesigutya368 4 месяца назад +3

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

  • @fallingskys8750
    @fallingskys8750 3 года назад +4

    As a black South African i would say knowing history is good, but I think we should stop reminding our white brothers of what they did in the past or just what happened in the past, that is why we have the 16 December( day of reconciliation) if you keep reminding me of what i did in the past then you have not forgiven me. mostly during election times. When Jesus healed the sick raised the dead and did all this miracles his disciples did not ask for more grace, but when he taught them about forgives they asked for MORE GRACE, forgiveness is hard, but if we want to have the best country let us not remind one another of our past sins. so that our children don't have to deal with unforgiveness. and this song is a great start if we can put to action the words as we sing along.

  • @azcrum
    @azcrum 2 года назад +32

    You’ve become my favorite choir to listen to. Greetings from America 🇺🇸!!!!

    • @sthe_zar6341
      @sthe_zar6341 2 года назад

      They literally are the best choir in the world 🇿🇦.

  • @volkhardlorenz6901
    @volkhardlorenz6901 5 лет назад +52

    Another top performance of my favourite choir

  • @Llewellyn2099
    @Llewellyn2099 5 лет назад +25

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

  • @PhilileMkhize-w5e
    @PhilileMkhize-w5e 18 дней назад +1

    Wow congratulations guys ❤❤❤😢

  • @ikhethelengndebele5656
    @ikhethelengndebele5656 4 месяца назад +3

    South Africa our beautiful land 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🥺