Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia - National Anthem of Rhodesia
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"Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" (or "Voices of Rhodesia") was the national anthem of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in April 1980) between 1974 and 1979. The tune was that of "Ode to Joy", the Fourth Movement from Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which had been adopted as the official European continental anthem by the Council of Europe in 1972 (it remains the European Union's anthem today). The music used in Rhodesia was an original sixteen-bar arrangement by Captain Ken MacDonald, the bandmaster of the Rhodesian African Rifles. A national competition was organised by the government to find an appropriate set of lyrics to match the chosen tune, and won by Mary Bloom of Gwelo.
In the fallout from Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965, the country still claimed loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as its professed head of state, and so retained "God Save the Queen" as its national anthem. With Rhodesia's reconstitution in 1970 as a republic, however, the royal anthem was dropped along with many other references to the monarchy, leaving it without a national anthem until it adopted "Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" in 1974. The national anthem lost its legal status in December 1979, when the United Kingdom retook interim control of the country pending its internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe five months later. Rhodesia's use of the well-known Beethoven tune has since caused the playing of "Ode to Joy" to be controversial in modern-day Zimbabwe.
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Rhodesia was the jewel of Africa reduced to nothing . Ian smith warned everyone about Mugabe , and sadly he lived long enough to be proven right .
@adzy826
Жыл бұрын
Especially when his citizenship got revoked as well :(
@ronaldwinfield307
Жыл бұрын
Furthermore the Red Dawn of Rhodesia sent adverse shock waves to virtually every country in the industrial free world. Those of us living in those countries need to study the Rhodesian Bush War. We need to look at how Robert Mugabe changed the country. For example I am a gun rights activist in America & use Zimbabwe as an argument against gun control.
@TheRavenLord1
11 ай бұрын
Long May Rhodesia be in our hearts
@vegnes79
13 күн бұрын
Ian smith is a racist bigot
Ian Douglas Smith in Heaven be like: "Are you sure Mugabe is dead? I don't see him up here"
@mikesgoodmann9349
Жыл бұрын
He went in another direction, I think.
@2ndcomingofFritz
9 ай бұрын
@@mikesgoodmann9349what makes you think that? If you think Ian Smith went to hell because of his beliefs then you’d also have to believe that any white guy born before, say, 1950 would have to go to hell.
@bolivia_ihatethisyoutubeupdate
5 ай бұрын
Ian Smith was a smart man, he knew where Mugabe would end up
@brandenburg2388
4 ай бұрын
Mugabe is changed into a white man in heaven...
The little nation that tried This song always brings a tear to my eye
Rhodesians never die.
A beautiful national anthem. Beautiful landscape photography.
@apexiana4570
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@justinxu3986
6 ай бұрын
Because its composer is Beethoven.
Long live Rhodesia!
I think the descendants or children of Rhodesians should continue to identify as Rhodesian and preserve their culture Remember a nation can exist without a country
@AshleyGravesreal
2 жыл бұрын
they are still also know as rhodesians or as ''White Zimbabwese'',i prefer the first.
@AshleyGravesreal
2 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe is opressing the whites,but they are asking to white farmers to come back..so hope there is for a revival of rhodesia.
@thesmithersy
Жыл бұрын
And for those of us who feel the close affinity may also share in preserving the culture
@markaxworthy2508
Ай бұрын
What distinctive bits of Rhodesian culture are you thinking of? This anthem's music shows the problem - it was written by a German. The Mashona, who made up 80% of the population, didn't even have a word for "Rhodesian". Almost all whites [except Mabunu (Boers) and Majuta (Jews)] were Marungu (English).
Makes me almost cry at the end
Oh Rhodesia U still live, deeply in my heart. However you need to wake from this coma know as Zimbabwe and rise again! Rise your voices.
Very nice!
Bring back this great country
You know a country's old when its anthem sounds like it was composed in the disco era
This song is still taboo in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
@land8942
2 жыл бұрын
91amp!!! Are you planning on uploading any more at all? Good to see you are still active.
@91amp
2 жыл бұрын
@@land8942 I'm going to try and get something in the new year just need some editing software
@land8942
2 жыл бұрын
@@91amp Good to hear
@thesmithersy
2 жыл бұрын
You mean Occupied Rhodesia.
@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748
2 жыл бұрын
@@thesmithersy the great DeMoCrAcY and WeAlThY nation of Zimbabwe. "Zimbabwe" is more like Mugabe's backyard. Rhodesia is in need of a better regime that guarantees freedom for all
Why is melody like Ode to Joy
I notice how the first part of the anthem the singers accents sounds more like northern English accents southern is different mostly but at least a northern accent is notable to me
*sit nomine digna*
Such a good song for a country that was racist…. Edit: Im not saying its a good song *for* a racist country, i was talking about the song.
@thesmithersy
2 жыл бұрын
Except, they weren't....
@Christopher-rw2bp
2 жыл бұрын
Literally every country, what's your point?
@vexillopath1436
2 жыл бұрын
what's with these leftist kids who call a country where black people enjoyed the benefits of a first world country (including well paid jobs, shopping, education and travel) but can't be heard mentioning savagery and genocide committed by communist regimes around the world?
@adzy826
Жыл бұрын
Mixed up with Union of South Africa there
@james.strong
Жыл бұрын
@@adzy826 Rhodesia was an apartheid country in Zimbabwe
What on earth made them think this was a national anthem. It is cringingly awful. If you want a national anthem look to the USSR or South Africa pre '94.
Copied from EU
@AngloWelshProductions
2 жыл бұрын
Incorrect, Ode to Joy was adopted by the European Union as the official anthem in 1985 while Rhodesia made Ode to Joy its anthem in 1974. I hope that clears up any confusion
@NoName-hg6cc
2 жыл бұрын
@@AngloWelshProductions Wrong In 1971 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided to propose adopting the prelude to the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony as the anthem, taking up a suggestion made by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi in 1955.[5] Beethoven was generally seen as the natural choice for a European anthem. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe officially announced the European Anthem on 19 January 1972 at Strasbourg: the prelude to "Ode to Joy", 4th movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th symphony. In 1974 the same piece of music was adopted as the national anthem of the unrecognized state of Rhodesia."
@thesmithersy
2 жыл бұрын
@@NoName-hg6cc That's not the EU.... The EEC became the EU, not the Council of Europe.
@vexillopath1436
2 жыл бұрын
@@NoName-hg6cc there is no such thing as "stolen" anthem in case if the melody is written well before by a third party. By the same logic Lichtenstein stole anthem from UK. Just admit that you are butthurt leftist snowflake and be off.
@Jack_Perkins
Жыл бұрын
@@NoName-hg6cc ouch