SHOCKING VOICES FROM AFRICA! American Couple Reacts "Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika (God Bless Africa)"
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- SHOCKING VOICES FROM AFRICA! American Couple Reacts "Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika (God Bless Africa) - Stellenbosch University Choir" | The Demouchets REACT
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Coz I didn't see anybody say this but the "Tu-lu-lu-lu-lu" doesn't actually mean anything, they're just vocalizing.
It would have been the same if they'd said "Ta-la-la-la-la" or any other variation.
This choir went in with this! Please react to more South African Uni Choirs 🙏🙏🙏
You missed the actual ending.
We can't wait to welcome all of you back home, from the land of your ancestors.
@@makhubie what do you mean? They were done though😮
People this is SOUTH African indigenous sounds by multiracial SAns. Go Google ordinary choirs in SA then youll see.
Fun Fact: Nkosi sikelela iAfrika was voted the best national anthem in the world.
True the Enoch Sontonga version which was also adopted as a national anthem I Zambia n Tanzania
Is there a link where we can read of when and how our national anthem was voted the best ?
@@thabangdigamela765 Last year sometime I think during E-TV 20h00 news. Sorry for the lack of direct source I can point you towards.
Wow, this touched my heart
😤🇿🇦with everything going in Mzansi,It's awesome to read fun Facts(Chappies style) like this #Mzansistrong
Was part of the Stellenbosch Choir for 2 years, im in this video as well, part of the tenor group. The melody actually originated in Zimbabwe, at a church. The "Thululu" doesn't have a specific meaning, its the like the 'unspoken words' of a prayer. A very South African traditional church thing. And we weren't miked. There is a mic hanging in front but also the room (Endler hall) has the most heavenly acoustics, specifically made for choirs, it is the Stellenbosch choir's main performance venue.
you and this entire choir are legendary!! the most beautiful choir ever!!!!!
Bless your soul bro
Indeed they are lengendary. my eyes are watery@@Sarabi_alkebulan
I appreciate this comment the most. Because you gave us (me in Sierra Leone, West Africa) a lot of background that we wouldnt have otherwise known. Answering questions from the video like "Thululu" and the single hanging mic were top notch. I feel proud and blessed that one of the heavenly voices of the Stellenbosch choir touched us with a comment.
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I studied at UCT (so i know we're supposed to be mortal enemies 😅), but Stellies Choir is my favourite in the country! 🙌🏽❤️
Five languages in an anthem is a rarity...
Unique...
Like our country...
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No doubt, Enock Sontonga did us proud with this Anthem! God bless Africa!
Respect to South Africa love from nigeria 🇳🇬❤️
🇿🇦we love you back ❤
i am South african and discovered the Stellenbosch university choir (university in Capetown) just last year. I wish for my daughter to get accepted there in 2024, i told her that if she is acceptedJshe must just make sure she joins the choir because ill fly there from Johannesburg to listen to that choir every chance i get
AFRICA ....You call it poor, you call it desperate, you call it failure ... I CALL IT HOME ❤❤❤❤❤
It’s about perspective. People who see material possessions as wealth and whose thinking is capitalist describe Africa as poor. People who see spiritual possessions and natural resources as wealth, and whose thinking is ‘Ubuntu’ understand that Africa is rich. Personally, I think that when you have what cannot fade or be taken away, you are wealthy because your wealth cannot leave you and it is self-replenishing. But when one’s wealth hangs precariously on the stock market or is amassed by destroying the planet, and plundering, dispossessing and outsmarting others, such a person is poor. And hence, will be consumed with a need to dominate others and take over whatever they have to fill the endless void they feel inside. Then, turn around and call the rich poor, and describe themselves as rich.
Our home...nothing sweet than a place called home no matter the challenges. Proudly South African & African
The "Tululu" is adlib. Like singing "lalala" ❤
Another fun fact: This is the best choir in the world.
Their voices project love. Heavenly. God bless Africa.
Nigeria is currently 35° hot right now and I still cut chills hearing this beautiful song to the soul, respect to 🇿🇦
Is there a way we can chat ?
Hawu
Ise
I’m South African and I’ve heard this song many times but I’m actually in tears. Don’t know how this hit me so hard. Amazing!
I swear our National Anthem as SA is one main thing that will always make us strong in unity no matter what kind of challenges we go through, just the depth of the meaning behind it and the amount of passion we have everytime we sing it. Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika✊
tululu doesn't mean anything guys c'mon now😅
They wouldn't know that Tululu ain't a word in SA, they don't know our languages common now give em a break😂
You can say that again we used to sing Ngosi sikelela Africa (Ishe komborera Africa ) in Zimbabwe as our national Anthem as well , since it was changed its been down hill from there.....
Stellenbosch university never dissapoints I swear 🔥🔥🎓🇿🇦🇿🇦South Africans always kills it, it's almost they good in everything!!!
Wait are u Nigerian? Because u are always good in everything
@@hlengiwemasondo2858 no I'm South African from North West Province
I've listened to this countless times but I still get chills like it's the first time hearing it.. This is Beautiful.. 🇿🇦
In South Africa we don't sing with clip on microphones. We have voice training lessons when we rehearse. I remember in primary school we used to do it holding a lit candle in front of your mouth. To control your breathing you have to make sure you don't blow out your flame as you sing.
This choir makes every song special. One of my favorite South African choirs🇿🇦💜
All from South Africa, from one university ( very exclusive) this is a prayer for our country to guide and protect us, and to keep our children safe.
You guys got me on the "Thululu" part. It means absolutely nothing apart from creating a harmony that uniquely makes the song juiceir :-). Trust me go thululu, lalala, mamama on a South African you'll see the face light up in the transition of a song. Thank you for the reaction, I learnt something.
This anthem is basically a prayer. Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika(God bless Afrika)
Maluphakanyiswe uphondo lwayo( Raise its horn)
Yizwa imithandazo yethu( Hear our prayers)
Sibe moya munye (Let us be one in spirit)
Noma sekunzima emhlabeni ( Even when it gets difficult in this world )
Sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu ( Being painfully / brutally persecuted)
Nkosi siph' amandla ( Lord give us the strength)
Okunqoba ( to conquer)
Silwe nosatane( and fight the devil)
I was so touched by your reaction, you might not have understood the words but your soul/ spirit felt it.
These are the songs that helped us cope during those painful days and it is still relevant even now.
There was a time during apartheid when this anthem was banned, one could get jail time for singing it.
I always get emotional when I here this version. There's one that was sang by Wits students during fees must fall in 2016. Hits hard
I can feel it this should be an anthem for all africa love from nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤️❤️❤️
The Wits choir version has a different spirit..
Love our Anthem. Proud to be South African.❤
You are right It can be sung in each country's native languages. That will be Super hey. The fact is this anthem is about Africa as a whole, the African Nation.
lol "thulululu..." is just like a humming...they're humming😁❤
I'm a South African, this resonates a lot..whenever it's time for national anthem a lot of emotions come up, it sums up Our prayer to God.
I am glad I am not the only one who goes into a trance when listening to the Stellenbosch University Choir performing 😮
That's a perfect explanation of this!!!!🤯🤯🤯❤
This song is a national anthem of South Africa.
And they sang it so beautiful big up guys 🇿🇦❤️❤️❤️
Listening to them always reminds of how some churches more so in the township sing the National Anthem this way. I feel like crying everytime I sing with especially with how meaningful the words are.❤
Proud to be South Africa love my South Africans brothers and sisters
I love being South African. May God bless Africa.
Parts of this song or anthem were incorporated into the now national anthem of SA. This version is in fact a prayer that was developed during Apartheid, it basically asks God to bless the African child, it speaks of the pain and suffering our people (Africans) go through, it asks God to give us strength and tells us through it we shall find strength to overcome and we will overcome.
Thanks for the explanation
It was merged with die stem, witch is about the beauty of the land and how we as South Africans will fight for our land and our freedom.
Facts ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥺
The auditorium of Stellenbosch University is built with some of the best acoustics in our country. Love your reaction. 🙏🏽
I remember being taught this in 94, as it replaced Die Stem. The love and hope we all had singing and learning our new anthem, it always brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear this
So amazing, I am so proud to be South African❤
I love SA voices. So much soul and depth. You know that was well paid for.
If I was there I'd be in tears for sure.
Oh my God! I am so emotional . Our national anthem is a prayer and it's very spiritual . I cry everytime I sing and listen to it. I understand why you want to cry Sisi, only if you knew the words then you would cry. This is an intense prayer. Flesh could not have revealed that to you, you are in Spirit because this is a payer for Africa. Nkosi Sikelel' Africa(God bless Africa) Tululululu is just humming.
Thank you so much Fam ❤️
Much love to our South African National Anthem ❤
What warms my heart is the fact that the choir is diverse. Not something seen pre 1994.
You guys are so funny. Africans are people of music and rhythm.That was their main source of entertainment during slavery. Love you both.
Yeah, but our Africans are always singing....at protests, weddings, funerals, work and so on
Proudly South African!! Beautiful anthem!
Theres no place like South Africa. We just do not realise how blessed we are ❤
I'm one of your way to 100k🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 one love... Thu lululuuu. Same as humming.. some lines are from our national anthem
Nkosi Sikelela was the song which kept us strong and keep us soldering on during apartheid and colonial days. Like during the colonial days it was banned but we used to sing it anyway. The song is deep.
Well said 🤞😢😢😢😢
I'd never heard this choir version of our Anthem before. It's sooo beautiful✌🇿🇦
Sir Enoch Sontonga ( teacher by proffesion " nationality Xhosa ) in the mid 1800s, wrote and conducted Nkos' isikelela iAfrika in Xhosa 1st verse and in seSotho 2nd verse . He was buried in Braamfontein Johannesburg South Africa , continent of Africa 🌍 . 😭♥️😇
The acoustics of this hall is just top class. It all worked with them! This is so beautiful!!
Finally! And I knew you would love this! I get emotional every time I hear this version😢
Let me translate it for you
Nkosi sikelela iAfrika(God bless Africa)
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo(May her glory be lifted high)
Yizwa imithandazo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu( Hear the prayers, hear our prayers)
Sibe moya munye(So we become one spirit)
Noma sekunzima, noma sekunzima emhlabeni(Even in difficult times, difficult times in this world)
Sihlukunyezwa, sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu(We're being abused/harrased very badly)
Nkosi siph' amandla, Nkosi siph' amandla okunqoba( Lord give us strength/power, strength to conquer)
Silwe nosathane, silwe nosathane( our battle with the devil)
Asbonge 👏
You did justice, sisi with the translation. Siyabonga (we thank you)
Oh Boomie... I thank you with my whole Heart... Some of the most beautiful words and music I have ever heard. ONE PERFECT LOVE Azania x
Not Africa guys please! South Africa a country within the African continent
Amen to this prayer🙏🏾
Yo! I think you just revived & reminded alot of your SAns subbies myself included, of how much we love our country in spite of the hardships. And why we roll the way we roll a.k.a Ubuntu=I am because you are❤...I can see they touched the core of your soul Mrs Demouchet❤❤ purest form of emotions invoked as if the ancestors themselves are soothing you, just love...I feel you...Powerful reaction. Afrika Sing 1Love
This is Stellies Uni in Cape Town, South Africa.
I just got so touched. As a fellow South African ❤ its a prayer to God. To keep us blessed and for God to have mercy on us. Its been a while since I've herd it. Brought back so many memories. I think its time you guhs come to South Africa 🇿🇦 🇿🇦 🇿🇦 we love yoll.
The best diverse choir. Thank you to all the choristers and Andre vd Merve, the director.❤❤
I love this so much and I love my country ❤️🇿🇦
❤️❤️❤️❤️🇿🇦
this makes me proud to be South African after everything thats been going on
This Choir is world renowned, as well as their Choirmaster. They are all university students, so it has a constant turnover of new students joining, due to many graduating and leaving. By the way they all come from South Africa(not Africa), which is a Continent.
Even when its hard in this world, being pushed around by hurt.... Lord give us strength to win, to endure and fight... My daily prayer always
Amen 🙏
The thululu part is basically just humming
Stellenbosch University is in South Africa
You need to come and visit and be absorbed into beauty all-round you. Traditional, cultural, spiritual, and religiously. Africa is where your heart will be eternally. Mine is here forever.❤
Thulululu doesn't mean anything.. It's like humming a song,
Perfect explanation
You nailed it nneso
🇿🇦 My dog's name is Thululu. What do you mean it doesn't mean anything? 🙄
🤣I guess they are singing about your dog then.
@@motubatsehlabirwa112 😆😆😆
This is our national anthem of South Africa and the whole continan we are Africa together God be with us and bles Africa
That exact video is my favorite, no lie. I listened to i on loud throughout this past festive season. Enjoyed it greatly and everyone who heard me playing it.🇿🇦🇿🇦 In my language Zulu. Love.
I love this choir so much. You should listen to their rendition of Baba Yetu. Poor chills
I'm an African born in Rwanda & currently living in Kenya. I've been watching your videos for the past 2 years & I've never found words to describe how amazing you are. I still don't have words to describe how amazing you are😵💫🙊
Nkosi Sikelela iAfrica “ Lord Bless Africa” written by Enoch Sontonga in 1897. It was a liberation song.
The thulululu part doesnt have meaning, but very common in African music, it sorta serves a hook, or pretty much the song is laid, after this part, normally the story of the song, or the song itself, is climaxed, and closing with a low toned "summary" of the message
Its beautiful, you never get used to it, even when you grow up singing like that
Hi. Guys. Love yal too much. Seeing how well you received Nkosi Sikelel'iAfrika, I believe yal will be blown away by Siki-Jo-An "The Click Song" audition on The Voice SA. ONE LOVE 😘
I agree !!! Yes!!!!
Yes this version has been modified but it brings memories singing the song back in the struggle times when you could be arrested for singing it, in high school singing it from the heart before the debate competition with our fist up at the same time looking at the the window's incase the soldiers could show up
ThNk you for promoting Africa. We are more then the negativity that is frequently reported by the media
We love you guys. Thanks for loving us by reacting to things which are very very special to us
As much as it’s our Anthem, I’m always in tears when watching this video 😭😭😭
The song was banned during apartheid, the students dared to sing it & the first shots were fired
Reminds me of church when was in SA…the choir would sing Shona (Zimbabwean language) hymns…sounded interesting in the South African accent. I always loved it. South Africans can really sing y’all
But it's not Zimbabweans it's born South Africans
@@noleneabrahams2991 I literally Said South Africans can sing.
@@BatsiraiMusuka I got you 🌸.
I knew Cece gonna drop tears for this one😊
And the meaning behind the national anthem is deep.
Good that you guys are exposing yourselves to Africa. Much love 🇿🇦.
The chilles i get listening to this Anthem🥺😭🇿🇦
Im from south africa, this i a prayer. Crying right now
I watched your reaction so many times, but what always gets me is the two of you lapsing into whispering at the end of the song. Please do more reactions of this wonderful choirs. Much love from SA.
Guys thank you for reacting to this powerful song. Thulu lulu.. Has no meaning really. But as South Africans we use it on any song really when you don't know what to say... Like singing in tongs like singing in the spirit! ❤
This song always brings tears to my eyes. Just too emotional.
Thank you guys
Their reaction at that tenor solo finale 😂😂😂
Nkosi sikeleli i'Afrika, can be sung in multiple versions. This is the Isizulu version....Absolutely stunning. Thank you for the reaction. The is a painful yet majestic history behind that song, at one point in history (Apartheid era) you could be arrested for singing that song, however, proudly today it is the Preamble and opening verse to our official national anthem. (God Bless Afrika).
This is south Africa for u.......❤
Very Beautiful. So peaceful. Thank you for this video ❤
Beautiful! Chokes me up each time I hear or sing it.
Listen to anything from this choir. You will not be disappointed. They are unbelievably good. There is a reason they have been world choir champions numerous times.
Am glad you felt how we feel when we watch that and listen to that song. That song means a lot in South Africa, and the moment you understand what it means and how beautiful it was just sang, now that just takes your someplace out of this world. By the way, that was the best choir in the world. Look it up.
That's my SouAfrican people singing 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦Yebo♥️♥️♥️♥️🤗🤗🤗🤗🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" Xhosa pronunciation: Nkosi sikelela I Africa , lit. 'Lord Bless Africa' is a Christian hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦 furthermore Zambia and Tanzania have the same national anthems that are based on the same hymn which are countries in the Southern part of Africa.
Beautiful beautiful...God bless Afrika, man!
I wish you could understand the lyrics whilst singing, magical!! Deep ishhh.
😄😄😄 it’s so great to see your reactions to this. They are one of my favourites choirs. Brilliant!
The way they're good at this juss gives me chills❤
They are a South African choir… from Stellenbosch University.
This was so touching 😭😩❤️
Just made my day😍!!!! Love you guys 💕💕💕
Its beatiful because it's a prayer. The opening line is Bless Oh Lord our country
What a prayer we have as a National anthem reminds me of my highschool day on choir aaah man🙌🏾❤🇿🇦
Siera!❤ Your vision (devine thought insertion) is basically the intention of the prayer being sung in the video. God's sense of humour is unmatched.
I've been waiting for this reaction!
Hi guys, I just came across you video. This was the South African National Anthem. It is actually a prayer for the whole continent of Africa. It was sung by the University of Stellenbos, which is based in Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦
p.s tshululu is like humming or groaning in prayer-form, or like lalaalaaa. 😅 it a South African thing😊
Thululu is a humming sound. It is in no particular language. Choir competitions in South Africa don't use microphones unless if it is for solo parts.