Bambara language
It was officially adopted less than a year after independence, by "loi n° 62-72 du 9 août 1962". It is traditionally played at state ceremonies by the band of the "Garde Républicaine" of the Armed Forces of Mali. The Malian Young Pioneer movement of the 1960s translated it in the Bambara language for its rallies as "Afiriki ye ani e ye, Mali".