Irish Central

WATCH: Nuns in Dublin take on Jerusalema dance challenge

An order of Irish nuns at an enclosed monastery has become the latest group to take on the viral Jerusalema dance challenge made famous by An Garda Síochána last month. The Redemptoristine Nuns at the ...
Reuters

South African hit 'Jerusalema' inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN, Sept 24 (Reuters) - From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves ...
Rolling Stone

How South Africa’s ‘Jerusalema’ Became a Global Hit Without Ever Having to Be Translated

Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...
The Conversation

The Angolan dancers who helped South African anthem Jerusalema go global

Ananya Jahanara Kabir receives funding from the European Research Council, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and King's College London. In the age of coronavirus, the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge ...