Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven , who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of the then young language's foremost promoters. He is best known to have written the words for the national anthem of South Africa under apartheid, Die Stem van Suid-Afrika. He was affectionately known as Sagmoedige Neelsie or Kerneels.
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