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Mungu ibariki Afrika


Title	Mungu ibariki Afrika
English Title	God Bless Africa
Prefix	National
Country	Tanzania
Author	collectively
Composer	Enoch Sontonga
Music Date	1897
Adopted	1961

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is the national anthem of Tanzania. The anthem is the Swahili language version of Enoch Sontonga's popular hymn that is also used as Zambia's anthem (with different words) and part of South Africa's. It was formerly also used as Zimbabwe's anthem. The word in Swahili means God and the title of the anthem therefore translates as God bless Africa.

In Finland the same melody is used as the children's psalm (Hear, Heavenly Father). In this form the song has found its way to the common book of psalms used by the major church of Finland.

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