Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad
English: Let Us Walk Treading the Paths of Our Immense Happiness | |
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National anthem of ![]() | |
Lyrics | Atanasio Ndongo Miyone |
Music | Ramiro Sánchez López |
Adopted | 1968 |
Audio sample | |
U.S. Navy Band instrumental version |
"Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad" (Spanish pronunciation: [kamiˈnemos piˈsando la ˈsenda ðe ˈnwestɾa jmˈmensa feliθiˈðað]; "Let Us Walk Treading the Paths of Our Immense Happiness"), sometimes written with la senda ("the Path")[1] is the national anthem of Equatorial Guinea.
History
[edit]The anthem was written by musician and writer Atanasio Ndongo Miyone. The lyrics were influenced by the end of Equatorial Guinea's colonisation, with anti-colonisation being a main theme. The music was composed by Ramiro Sánchez López, who was a Spanish lieutenant and the deputy director of music at the army headquarters located in Madrid. He received a prize of 25,000 pesetas for composing the music.[2]: 247
The anthem was first performed on Equatorial Guinea's independence day, 12 October 1968.[2]: 247 [3]
On 18 June 2021, the General Director of Sports of Equatorial Guinea, Rodolfo Bodipo Diaz, announced that it was now mandatory to play the national anthem before all sporting events. The decision was made to "encourage and promote national pride and patriotic spirit from the base", referring to the youth.[4]
Lyrics
[edit]Spanish original
[edit]Translations
[edit]Portuguese lyrics | French lyrics | English translation |
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Caminhemos trilhando as estradas | Marchons en parcourant les chemins | Let us walk treading the paths |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ See Help:IPA/Spanish and Spanish phonology.
- ^ Las sendas ("the paths") is sometimes written la senda ("the path").[8]
- ^ Por ("by") is sometimes written bajo ("under").[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Central Intelligence Agency (1 January 2015). The World Factbook. Masterlab. p. 1154. ISBN 978-83-7991-213-1.
- ^ a b Cusack, Igor (2005). "African National Anthems: 'Beat the Drums, the Red Lion Has Roared'". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 17 (2): 235–51. doi:10.1080/13696850500448337. JSTOR 4141312. S2CID 163149597.
- ^ "El Proceso Político" (PDF). Casa África. p. 125 (126 in file). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "La entonación del Himno Nacional, nueva norma en los eventos deportivos de Guinea Ecuatorial | | | Revista Real Equatorial Guinea". realequatorialguinea.com (in European Spanish). 18 June 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Goberno e Instituciones". Guinea Ecuatorial – Página Web Institucional del Gobierno (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Símbolos Patrios". Embajada de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial en Venezuela (in Spanish). 19 November 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Domínguez, Ramón García (1977). Guinea: Macías, la ley del silencio (in Spanish). Plaza & Janés. p. 45. ISBN 978-84-01-33099-5.
- ^ Book of Nations. World Book Encyclopedia, Incorporated. 1983. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7166-3166-8.
- ^ "Guinea Ecuatorial: Conmemoración de 52 años de independencia | | | Revista Real Equatorial Guinea". realequatorialguinea.com. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Semilla Negra – Programa 47: Himnos para la gran patria africana". Es África. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.