This is Africa (Mbhaqanga)

[Verse 1]
A forgotten, wild and dangerous land,
Yet beauty blooms across the sand,
This is Africa!
Nations divided by arbitrary lines,
Sorrowful pages in the book of times,
This is Africa!

Land of wondrous beasts running wild and bold,
Endless savannahs of amber and gold,
This is Africa!
Parched red deserts and broken town walls,
Swallowed as the dust of centuries falls,
This is Africa!
[Chorus]
Izingoma zomnandi, melodies so deep,
While concrete towers rise where shadows creep,
Cold and foreign idols standing in the air,
Giving no shelter, no warmth, no care.

Abantu babehleli, innocent and bright,
Caught in the wicked webs of the night,
Taken into chains, so many souls were lost,
On the shores of Togo, paying the cost!
Bayede, Afrika!
[Verse 2]
Majestic crown of Kilima-Njaro,
Sleeping in peace, but the fire burns below,
Lush rainforest valleys deep around its base,
Broad winding river in Pangani's embrace.

And Okavango is a paradise born,
Vast roaming herds greeting the morn,
Drifting like icebergs in the ocean tide,
Elephants and lions, wildebeests side by side!
Yebo, Africa!
[Verse 3]
Boundless creation under skies so grand,
Eternal bond between the sun and the land,
Red dust rising where our ancestors walked,
Where through the winds the Creator talked.

Mosi-oa-Tunya roars up to the skies,
"Phila, lwa!" the ancient spirit cries,
No matter how many bleeding wounds remain,
Life and freedom break every chain!

Drums beat steady through the morning mist,
Savannah breathes by the sunrise kissed,
Let all the scars of history heal and mend,
Let eternal anthems echo without end!
[Chorus]
Izingoma zomnandi, melodies so deep,
While concrete towers rise where shadows creep,
Cold and foreign idols standing in the air,
Giving no shelter, no warmth, no care.

Inkululeko yethu flies above the net,
In the shining eyes of children we have met.
Though the road is thorny, stretching far away,
Sun rises over Togo with a brand new day!
[Outro]
Live and sing, O mighty land!
Endless green and desert sand...
Phila, Afrika!
This is Africa!
Siyakuthanda, Afrika!
26.10.2026г