Ivory Coast National Anthem
L'Abidjanaise
The Song of Abidjan
1960
1960
Mathieu Ekra / Joachim Bony / Pierre Marie Coty
Pierre Michel Pango
🤝 Unity 🕊 Freedom 🌅 Hope ☮ Peace ❤ Love of homeland |
Key Facts
- 1. Côte d'Ivoire's official guide to the national symbols credits the words to Abbé Pierre Marie Coty and the music to Abbé Pierre Michel Pango, two Catholic priests. Other references also name the politician Mathieu Ekra as co-author of the lyrics, and some add Joachim Bony
- 2. The second line hails Côte d'Ivoire as the 'pays de l'hospitalité' (country of hospitality), and the official guide lists hospitality among the values the anthem urges on Ivorians, with unity, solidarity and peace
- 3. Despite two civil wars (2002-2007 and 2010-2011), L'Abidjanaise remained the national anthem, and article 48 of the 2016 constitution names it the anthem of the Republic
- 4. The same official guide calls the anthem 'la carte d'identité sonore de la République', the Republic's identity card in sound
Ivory Coast National Anthem Lyrics
Salut ô terre d'espérance,
Pays de l'hospitalité,
Tes légions remplies de vaillance
Ont relevé ta dignité.
Tes fils, chère Côte d'Ivoire,
Fiers artisans de ta grandeur,
Tous rassemblés pour ta gloire,
Te bâtiront dans le bonheur.
[Refrain]
Fiers Ivoiriens, le pays nous appelle,
Si nous avons dans la paix ramené la liberté,
Notre devoir sera d'être un modèle
De l'espérance promise à l'humanité
En forgeant, unis dans la foi nouvelle
La patrie de la vraie fraternité.
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialAdopted by law on 27 July 1960, ten days before independence, the anthem is named after Abidjan, which was then the capital and is today the country's economic capital and largest city. It praises peace, unity and hospitality and calls on Ivorians to build 'the homeland of true fraternity'.
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Sources & References
- 5 Symboles de la République . Secrétariat d'Etat chargé du Service Civique, République de Côte d'Ivoire (2018)
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