Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free

Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free ndi nyimbo ya fuko la Zambia. Nyimboyi imachokera ku nyimbo Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika (Mulungu adalitse Afrika), yomwe inalembedwa ndi South Africa Enoch Sontonga, mu 1897. Nyimboyi inalembedwa pambuyo pa ufulu wa Zambia kuti ziwonetsere Zambia, mosiyana ndi mawu a Sontonga omwe amatchula Africa monga lonse.

Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika inayamba kutchuka ku South Africa mu 1923 monga nyimbo yachikristu. Kutchuka kwake kunafalikira kuzungulira Africa kudzera m'mipingo ndipo nyimbozo zinagwirizanitsidwa ndi kayendedwe ka dziko la Africa. Pambuyo popita ku Zambia Independence Act 1964 mu Nyumba ya Malamulo ya United Kingdom yomwe idakhazikitsa ufulu wodzilamulira wa Zambia kuchokera ku United Kingdom, Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika inasankhidwa kukhala nyimbo yachifumu ya Zambia, m'malo mwa "Mulungu Pulumutsani Mfumukazi", nyimbo ya Northern Rhodesia.

Posakhalitsa pambuyo pake, adasankha kuti mawu atsopano adayikidwa ku nyimbo za Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika zidzafunikira kuimba nyimbo ya Zambia. Mpikisano wa dziko unachitikira kwa mawu atsopano. Komabe, palibe zolembedwerazo zomwe zinkayesa zabwino zokwanira kuti zizigwiritsidwa ntchito mokwanira nyimbo. Zotsatira zake, zolemba zisanu ndi chimodzi zinagwirizanitsidwa kuti zikhale "Imani ndi Imani ya Zambia, Wodzitama ndi Free" ndipo omwe adasankhidwa adapatsidwa mphoto. Olemba omwe adatsimikiziridwa kuti anali a G. Ellis, E.S. Musonda, J.M.S. Lichilana, I. Lowe, J. Sajiwandani, ndi R.J. Chisindikizo.

Mu 1973, Lamulo la National Congress linapereka Lamulo la Nthano Yachibadwidwe, yomwe inalongosola mwalamulo mawu a Chingerezi akuti "Imani ndi Imani ya Zambia, Wodzitama ndi Free" ngati nyimbo ya dziko la Zambia. Lamuloli linapangitsanso "kunyalanyaza kapena kunyoza" nyimbo ndipo inapatsa Pulezidenti wa Zambia ufulu wokonza momwe nyimbo imayimbira ndi kulepheretsa kugwiritsa ntchito.