Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

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.

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Who was born first?

• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga and Rudolf Tobias were born the same year
• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga and Carl Flesch were born the same year
• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga and W. C. Handy were born the same year
• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga and Henri Rabaud were born the same year
• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga and Joseph Jongen were born the same year

Timeline

1. Carl FleschOctober 9, 1873 – November 1944
2. Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (this page)1873 – April 18, 1905
3. Henri RabaudNovember 10, 1873 – September 11, 1949
4. Joseph JongenDecember 14, 1873 – July 12, 1953
5. Rudolf TobiasMay 29, 1873 – October 29, 1918
6. W. C. HandyNovember 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958

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