Enoch Sontonga
South African composer
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Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was a South African composer, who is best known for writing the Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", which, in abbreviated version, has been sung as the first half of the national anthem of South Africa since 1994. Wikipedia
Born: 1873, Kariega, South Africa
Died: April 18, 1905 (age 32 years), Johannesburg, South Africa
Spouse: Diana Mgqibisa (m. ?–1905)
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