God Bless Our Homeland Ghana
"God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" er Ghanas nationalsang. Den blev indført i 1957, samme år som landet blev uafhængigt af Storbritannien.
Teksten har træk som er typiske for flere afrikanske nationalsange. Den fremhæver behovet for enhed mellem de forskellige stammer som befolkningen udgør, og for at bygge en nation sammen. Den har også panafrikanske elementer; Ghanas første president, Kwame Nkrumah, regnes som en central person i panafrikanismens fremvækst.
Tekst
- God bless our homeland Ghana
- And make our nation great and strong,
- Bold to defend forever
- The cause of Freedom and of Right;
- Fill our hearts with true humility,
- Make us cherish fearless honesty,
- And help us to resist oppressors' rule
- With all our will and might evermore.
- And make our nation great and strong,
- Hail to thy name, O Ghana,
- To thee we make our solemn vow:
- Steadfast to build together
- A nation strong in Unity;
- With our gifts of mind and strength of arm,
- Whether night or day, in the midst of storm,
- In ev'ry need, whate'er the call may be, sing Hale the name of Ghana now
- come on...
- To serve thee, Ghana, now and evermore.
- To thee we make our solemn vow:
- Raise high the flag of Ghana
- And one with Africa advance;
- Black star of hope and honor
- To all who thirst for liberty;
- Where the banner of Ghana free flies,
- May the way to freedom truly lie;
- Arise, arise, O sons of Ghanaland,
- And under God march on for evermore!
- And one with Africa advance;
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