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Le Lion rouge

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Also known as Pincez tous vos koras, frappez les balafons

national anthem

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Vinony's link graph records 169 inbound references to Le Lion rouge, and connects out to Senegal, President of Senegal and Central African Republic.

Vinony files it under 1960 songs, African anthems and National anthems.

Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.

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Also known as
" Pincez tous vos koras, frappez les balafons " or " Yëngalleen kooraa yi, te jiin ndënd yi " (English: "Everyone strum your koras, strike the balafons")
Lyrics
Léopold Sédar Senghor , 1960
Music
Herbert Pepper , 1960

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
national anthem
Country
Senegal
Tonality
E-flat major
Image
Coat of arms of Senegal.svg
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title
le Lion rouge
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Encyclopedic overview

"Le Lion rouge" (Wolof: Gayndeg sibi xiiru na; English: "The Red Lion"), more commonly known by its incipit "Pincez tous vos koras, frappez les balafons" (Wolof: Yëngalleen kooraa yi, te jiin ndënd yi; English: "Everyone strum your koras, strike the balafons") is the national anthem of Senegal. Written by Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal, it was adopted in 1960.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Lion rouge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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