{"id":52525,"date":"2023-11-24T19:11:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T19:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-the-national-anthem-revisited"},"modified":"2023-11-24T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T19:40:35","slug":"zambia-the-national-anthem-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-the-national-anthem-revisited","title":{"rendered":"Zambia: The \u2018National Anthem\u2019 Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>This article is about suggested revisions to the lyrics of the National Anthem of the Republic of Zambia following the observations of some recipients of the original article.<\/p>\n

Firstly, we need to change \u201cfor the right\u201d in Part I of the Anthem to \u201cfor our rights.\u201d Secondly, as Mr. Belly Dubeka has suggested, \u201cAfrica\u201d at the beginning of Part II of the Anthem should be replaced by \u201cZambia.\u201d This makes sense because the Anthem is, after all, not for \u201cAfrica\u201d but for the Republic of Zambia.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, we need to add the following soon after the \u201cBrothers under the sun\u201d line in Part II: \u201cSi\u2019ters under the sun,\u201d where \u201cSi\u2019ters\u201d would represent \u201cSisters.\u201d Fourthly, we need to change the \u201cis our cry\u201d in the first line of Part III to \u201care our cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

And fifthly, we need to change the \u201cFree men we stand\u201d in the chorus to \u201cFree \u2018zens we stand,\u201d where \u201c\u2018zens\u201d would represent \u201ccitizens.\u201d Alternately, as Oliebenthal has suggested, we may replace the \u201cFree men we stand\u201d by \u201cFreely we stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

We need to seriously consider the prospect of making the foregoing minor changes to our beloved country\u2019s National Anthem mainly to make it more gender-neutral, and to correct the apparent grammatical errors in the current lyrics.<\/p>\n

The new era National Anthem for the Republic of Zambia should, therefore, be read and\/or sung as follows with the suggested changes placed in brackets:<\/p>\n

\u201cStand and sing of Zambia, proud and free,<\/p>\n

Land of work and joy in unity, Victors in the struggle for [our rights], We\u2019ve won freedom\u2019s fight. All one, strong and free. [Zambia] is our own motherland,<\/p>\n

Fashion\u2019d with and blessed by God\u2019s good hand, Let us all her people join as one, Brothers under the sun, [Si\u2019ters under the sun], All one, strong and free.<\/p>\n

One land and one nation [are] our cry, Dignity and peace \u2018neath Zambia\u2019s sky, Like our noble eagle in its flight, Zambia, praise to thee. All one, strong and free.<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/b><\/p>\n

Praise be to God, Praise be, praise be, praise be, Bless our great nation, Zambia, Zambia, Zambia. [Freely] we stand, Under the flag of our land. Zambia, praise to thee! All one, strong and free.\u201d The next generation of our fellow citizens needs to inherit the foregoing Anthem for our beloved country.<\/p>\n

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