Joseph Lutumba is a
Congolese lyricist and the author of the Congolese
national anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and Europea ...
. When the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
was renamed to the
Republic of Zaire, he was also the one who composed the new national anthem known as
La Zaïroise
"" (French for "The Zairian") was the national anthem of Zaire
Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is n ...
. La Zaïroise was eventually replaced when the country was renamed back to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
by the original national anthem "
Debout Congolais
"" ( kg, italic=no, Telama besi Kongo; "Arise, Congolese") is the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was originally adopted in 1960 upon independence from Belgium but was replaced by "La Zaïroise" when the Congo chang ...
".
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Living people
Democratic Republic of the Congo songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
National anthem writers
People from Kongo Central
University of Lubumbashi faculty
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
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