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Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, an Uncommon card
"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" is a Christian hymn composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The song's melody is still used as the ______ anthem of Tanzania and the national anthem of Zambia.
Answer
national. The song's melody is still used as the national anthem of Tanzania and the national anthem of Zambia. From the Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" is a Christian hymn composed in ____ by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg.
Answer
1890s. "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" is a Christian hymn composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg. From the Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The song became a pan-African liberation song and versions of it were later adopted as the national anthems of five countries in Africa including Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia and Zimbabwe after independence, and South Africa after the end of apartheid.
- The song's melody is still used as the national anthem of Tanzania and the national anthem of Zambia.
- In 1994, Nelson Mandela decreed that the verse of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" be embraced as a joint national anthem of South Africa, a revised version additionally including elements of "Die Stem" was adopted in 1997.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Enoch Sotonga, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
