Himno de Ciskei National anthem ciskei

In 1981, Ciskei was proclaimed by the apartheid-era South Africa as an “independent black homeland“ (in actuality, an area set up to reduce the black population of South Africa by giving them citizenship in this new area.) Not internationally recognized, Ciskei was re-incorporated into South Africa when the apartheid system was abolished in 1994. As a separate “nation“, Ciskei adopted the popular southern African song “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika“ as its official national anthem. This could be explained by the