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 | | At the time that South Africa's multi-racial system of government was adopted, there were two anthems in use among the people, divided by the old racial lines. |
 | | "N'kosi Sikelel' iAfrica" (God Bless Africa), written and composed by Enoch Mankayi, which also has the same melody and nearly the same words as the anthems of Tanzania and Zambia, (and, formerly, Zimbabwe), was popular with the fl population since it was first composed in 1897 for Mankayi's music students. |
 | | The white South Africans, however, had been using "Die Stem van Suid Afrika" (The Call of South Africa) since the 1920s on an unofficial basis, and was made the state's official anthem in 1957. |
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