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In other African countries throughout southern Africa, the song was sung as part of the anti-colonial movements.

It includes versions in Chichewa ( Malawi and Zambia ).

Outside of Africa, the hymn is perhaps best known as the long-time ( since 1925 ) anthem of the African National Congress ( ANC ), as a result of the global anti-Apartheid movement of the 1970s and 1980s, when it was regularly sung at meetings and other events.