Vers l'avenir explained

Vers l'avenir
English Title:Towards the future
Country:the Congo Free State and party anthem of the Rexist Party
Prefix:National
Author:Gentil Theodoor Antheunis
Until:1908 (as the national anthem of Congo Free State)
Successor:"La Brabançonne"

(in French vɛʁ lavniʁ/; "Towards the Future"), less commonly known by its Dutch title Naar wijd en zijd, is a Belgian nationalist song which was also the national anthem of the Congo Free State. The lyrics were written by Gentil Theodoor Antheunis. It was also adopted as the anthem of the Rexist Party, a Fascist political movement founded in 1930 by Léon Degrelle. Upon the annexation of the Congo Free State as a colony of Belgium, this anthem was replaced with La Brabançonne, the national anthem of Belgium.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Viaene . Vincent . 2008 . King Leopold's Imperialism and the Origins of the Belgian Colonial Party, 1860–1905 . The Journal of Modern History . 80 . 4 . 741–790 . 10.1086/591110 . 10.1086/591110 . 144513498 . 0022-2801.
  2. https://muzikum.eu/nl/123-90-239102/vlaamse-volksliederen/naar-wijd-en-zijd-songtekst.html Vlaamse volksliederen: Naar Wijd en Zijd