Editing Xhosa language (section)

===Anthem===

''[[Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika]]'' is part of the [[national anthem of South Africa]], national anthem of [[Tanzania]] and [[Zambia]], and the former anthem of [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Namibia]]. It is a hymn written in Xhosa by [[Enoch Sontonga]] in 1897. The single original stanza was:

: ''Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika;''
: ''Maluphakanyis' uphondo lwayo;''
: ''Yizwa imithandazo yethu''
: ''Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.''

: Lord, bless Africa;
: May her horn rise high up;
: Hear Thou our prayers
: Lord, bless us, its family (, the family of Africa).

Additional stanzas were written later by Sontonga and other writers, and the original verse was translated into Sotho and Afrikaans, as well as English.