Lalela Zulu are six songs in Zulu sung by the King's Singers on one of their albums. The texts are from Lewis Nkosi and they are arranged by Stanley Glasser, but not printed yet (as I know).
There are 5 languages in the South African anthem:AfrikaansEnglishZuluXhosaSouthern SothoThe five South African languages included in their anthem are Afrikaans, English, Sesotho, Xhosa and Zulu.
The New National Anthem is a combination of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika""Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" ("Lord Bless Africa" in Xhosa), was originally composed as a hymn in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a teacher at a Methodist mission school in Johannesburg. The ANC used it as a freedom song when fighting apartheid.In May 1918, C.J. Langenhoven wrote an Afrikaans poem called Die Stem, for which music was composed by the Reverend Marthinus Lourens de Villiers in 1921. "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (English: The Call of South Africa) was the national anthem of South Africa from 1957 to 1994, and shared national anthem status with Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika until 1997, when a new hybrid anthem was adopted.
The composer was Enoch Sontonga (born 1873, died 1905 when he was only 32 years old). He lived in Pimville, Soweto, in South Africa, and was a teacher at the Nancefield Methodist Missionary School. He wrote "Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika" as a hymn that was first performed by his own choir, but eventually other choirs began performing it too. According to at least one source it was written in 1897. On 8 January 1912 it was sang as the closing prayer at the first meeting of the organization that later became the African National Congress.
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfricaThe lyrics of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica" ("God Bless Africa") have been translated into various African languages. See the website of the ANC (via the Related Link) for the translations. To hear a huge range of versions of the anthem, head for YouTube.
God [Lord] bless Africa (Xhosa) Raise high Her gloryHear our Prayers (Zulu)God bless us, we her childrenGod we ask you to protect our nation (Sesotho)Intervene and end all conflictsProtect us, protect our nation, our nation,South Africa, South AfricaFrom the blueness of our skies, (Afrikaans)From the depth of our seas,Over our everlasting mountains,Where the echoing crags resound,Sounds the call to come together, (English)And united we shall stand,Let us live and strive for freedom,In South Africa our land.-Tucci a.k.a S.mouse!
Lewis Nkosi was born on December 5, 1926, in Durban, South Africa.
Lewis Nkosi died on September 5, 2010, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
West Nkosi was born in 1940.
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika was created in 1897.
Nkosi Johnson was born on 1989-02-04.
Nkosi Johnson died on 2001-06-01.
West Nkosi died on 1998-10-08.
'Zam'okuhle Nkosi was born on the 10th of March 1975, in Tladi Soweto.
Nkosi Sikelel' Africa was composed by Enoch Sontonga in 1897.
In 1923 Nkosi sikele'iAfrika was recorded by Solomon T,Plaatje
Nkosi Sikelele
Enoch Sontonga; 1897