Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty
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"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty" is the Uganda
n national anthem
. It was adopted in 1962, with words and music by George Wilberforce Kakoma
. The anthem is one of the shortest in the world, and is occasionally performed twice in a row to lengthen it.
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
n national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
. It was adopted in 1962, with words and music by George Wilberforce Kakoma
George Wilberforce Kakoma
Professor George Wilberforce Kakoma is a graduate of Trinity College of Music and Durham University who composed Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty, Uganda's national anthem....
. The anthem is one of the shortest in the world, and is occasionally performed twice in a row to lengthen it.
Lyrics
- Oh Uganda! may God uphold thee,
- We lay our future in thy hand.
- United, free,
- For liberty
- Together we'll always stand.
- Oh Uganda! the land of freedom.
- Our love and labour we give,
- And with neighbours all
- At our country's call
- In peace and friendship we'll live.
- Oh Uganda! the land that feeds us
- By sun and fertile soil grown.
- For our own dear land,
- We'll always stand,
- The Pearl of Africa's Crown.