High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free explained

High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free
Prefix:	National
Country:	Sierra Leone
Author:	Clifford Nelson Fyle
Lyrics Date:	1961
Composer:	John Akar (arranged by Logie E. K. Wright^[1])
Music Date:	1961
Predecessor:	"God Save The Queen"
Adopted:	1961
Sound:	National anthem of Sierra Leone.ogg
Sound Title:	U.S. Navy Band instrumental version (one verse)

"High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free" is the national anthem of Sierra Leone. Written by Clifford Nelson Fyle and composed by John Akar in a nationwide competition, it was adopted in 1961 when the country became independent from the United Kingdom, replacing "God Save The Queen". The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991, makes it the responsibility of every citizen of Sierra Leone to "respect its ideals and its institutions",^[2] including the national anthem.

Lyrics

The anthem consists of three verses, each ending with the phrase "Land that we love, our Sierra Leone."

External links

• Sierra Leone: "High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free" - Audio of the national anthem of Sierra Leone, with information and lyrics
• National anthem of Sierra Leone MIDI

Notes and References

1. Book: Sierra Leone Digest: A Handbook of Facts & Figures . 1993 . Sierra Leone Institute for Policy Studies . en.
2. Web site: Government of Sierra Leone . Constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone - 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304124123/http://www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia/8_lib/8_3/gov/Constitutional/Consitution.pdf . 2009-03-04 . 2008-06-29 . Sierra Leone Encyclopedia . Sierra Leone.
3. Web site: National Anthem . 2022-05-05 . Parliament of Sierra Leone.