Enoke Sontonga

 

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (c. 1873 – 18 April 1905) was a South African composer, who is best known for writing the Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa"), which, in abbreviated version, has been sung as the first half of the national anthem of South Africa since 1994. Previously, it had been the official anthem of the African National Congress since 1925. It was also adopted by South Africa's newly formed northern neighbour, Zimbabwe and translated into Shona, "Ishe Komborera Afrika" from 1980 until 1994.

Bophelo ba pele le thuto

Sontonga, e leng Moxhosa, o hlahile motseng Wa Uitenhage o Kolone ea Eastern Cape. O ile a kwetlisetswa ho ba mosuwe Mokgatlo wa Lovedale mme hamorao a sebetsa e le mosuwe le mookamedi oa sehlopha sa sehlopha sa sehlopha sekolong sa Methodist Mission se Nancefield, haufi le Johannesburg ka dilemo tse robedi.

Temana ya pele le sehlopha sa koporo sa "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" di ile tsa qaptjwa ka 1897 mme qalong e ne e reretswe ho ba pina ya sekolo. Mehloldie meng e re o ngotse pina eo ka selemo sona seo. E ile ya binwa ka lekgetlo la pele phatlalatsa ka 1899 ka taelo ya Mohalaledi Mboweni, eo e neng e le moruti wa pele oa Methodist wa Tsonga. Hamorao seroki sa Xhosa Samuel Mqhayi o ile a ngola litemana tse ding tse supileng.

Sontonga o ile a hlokahala ka la 18 April 1905. Ho ya ka lengolo la hae la lefu, o ile a shwa ka lebaka la ho tshwaetswa ke mpa ya mala le ho phatloha ha li-appendix, e leng sesosa se tloaelehileng sa lefu ka nako eo - metsi a ne a sa bolokehe haholo.

Bophelo ba hae

Sontonga o ile a nyala Diana Mgqibisa, moradi wa moruti wa Kereke ya Episcopal ya Methodist ea Afrika, mme ba ba le mora. Mgqibisa o hlokahetse ka 1939.