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During Portuguese rule, starting in 1961, Angola had an unofficial local anthem, entitled “Angola é nossa” (“Angola is ours”), used as a march by the Portuguese troops in Angola, it was not performed after independence negotiations were started in 1974, and a different anthem, “Angola Avante” was adopted upon independence from Portugal. There has been a commission appointed to study any possibl...

“El Gran Carlemany” presents the nation’s history in a first-person narrative. The anthem was officially adopted on September 8, 1921, the anniversary date of the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell (the Virgin Mary), the patron saint of Andorra. Despite the anthem having been written just before the official change in Catalan orthography, the lyrics using the old orthography are still official in A...

“Amerika Samoa” (Samoan) “American Samoa” (English translation) Samoan lyrics Amerika Samoa Lo’u atunu’u pele oe Ou te tiu i lou igoa O oe o lo’u fa’amoemoe O oe o le Penina o le Pasefika E mo’omia e motu e lima E ua ta’uta’ua au aga i fanua Ma ou tala mai anamua Tutuila ma Manu’a Ala maia tu i luga Tautua ma punou i lou Malo Ia manuia ia ulu ola Amerika Samoa O le Malo o le Sa’olotoga Tautua m...

The words to “Qassaman” were written in 1956 in Serkaji-Barberousse Prison in Algiers, where the author Moufdi Zakaria was incarcerated by the French colonial forces. The poem was put into music, first by Mohamed Triki in 1956, then by the Egyptian composer Mohamed Fawzi and became the national anthem upon independence on July 5th, 1962. The anti-French sentiments of the third verse result in t...

Back when Albania first gained independence as a monarchy in 1912 from Italy, “Hymni i Flamurit” was adopted, and has been kept as the anthem through its period as a Communist/Marxist state and now as a democratic nation. The original title of the hymn was “Betimi mi flamur,” or “Pledge to the Flag.” The hymn was first published as a poem in Liri e Shqipërisë (Freedom of Albania), an Albanian n...

The Aland Islands are a group of islands between Sweden and Finland. A province of Finland, they are Swedish speaking. Special thanks to: Peter Breiner for the music file. Please note that while the anthem itself is public domain, this arrangement is © Peter Breiner and Naxos. Used with permission. Title “Ålänningens sång” (Swedish) “Song of the Ålanders” (English translation) Lyricist - John G...

In 2004, the new Afghan constitution stated that a new national anthem for the country, requested by the post-Taliban government to signal a new era for Afghanistan, must be written in Pashto and contain the phrase “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great), and mention the names of the ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The winning composition was created by two Afghans living outside the country due to the war...

Acadia Acadia is the French speaking area of eastern North America, primarily in the Maritime provinces of Canada. “Ave Maris Stella” dates back to the eigth century as a Catholic hymn to the Virgin Mary and, as such, the lyrics are originally in Latin. Because of the Catholic background of Acadians, the song was chosen at the Acadian national congress of 1884 as the Acadian anthem. According t...

Before the United Arab Emirates were formed in 1971, the area comprised of seven individual emirates. One of these, Abu Dhabi, had its own anthem that was in use at the time. It seems to be a wordless fanfare, common to other anthems of emirates and kingdoms in the area at the time. Composer unknown In use to December 2, 1971 (joined United Arab Emirates)

Abkhazia is an autonomous area of Georgia. It declared independence July 23, 1992, which has been recognized only by Russia and a few other states. The anthem remains in use solely by the separatist government. The author of the lyrics, Gennady Alamia, is an Abkhaz poet and leader of the Social-Democratic Party of Abkhazia Abkhaz lyrics (Cyrillic script) Шәнеибац, шәнеибац, Аҧсуаа рыҷкәынцәа. А...