"Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote" is a Swahili-language patriotic song about Tanzania in East Africa.[1] The song's history and authorship is uncertain, but stretches back to the colonial days, when then it was sung as thus "Tanganyika, Tanganyika nakupenda kwa moyo wote." [citation needed]
It cannot be ruled out that it was part of an attempt to develop a national anthem towards the end of colonial rule before the South African lyrics version that was introduced and popularized by South African freedom fighters became adopted as anthem.[citation needed] The composition effort could have been coordinated by colonial officials in the last days of British colonialism in Tanganyika.[citation needed] It was changed to Tanzania, Tanzania after the formation of the Tanzanian union in 1964. In Tanzania it is frequently sung alongside the national anthem "Mungu Ibariki Afrika".[citation needed]
The song appears in the 2004 documentary Darwin's Nightmare in which a female sex worker sings the song to seemingly uninterested Russian pilots. Her name was Eliza and she was killed a few days after by an Australian client.[citation needed]
The song was performed in Australia for the fourth President of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, when he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Newcastle.[2]
Lyrics
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References
edit- ^ "Tanzanian Patriotic Songs" (Swahili website). East African Development Library. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ Bernadette Mathias singing 20 July 2015
2. Bernadette Matthias singing 20 July 2015
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