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Through its history, anti-apartheid music within South Africa faced significant censorship from the government, both directly and via the South African Broadcasting Corporation; additionally, musicians opposing the government faced threats, harassment, and arrests.
17 lut 2015 · Among the many social and political movements that have used song to give voice, cohesion, and power to its people, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa utilized music in a particularly powerful way.
26 paź 2017 · It wasn't just South African musicians—artists from around the continent and the world all stood up in solidarity and released anti-Apartheid songs.
These anti-apartheid ‘freedom songs’ celebrated political victories, assert defiance against apartheid, and mourned those who were killed by the police and army for opposing apartheid. The songs from the liberation struggle are a historical record of the South African people’s resistance to apartheid.
Song was a communal act of expression that shed light on the injustices of apartheid, therefore playing a major role in the eventual reform of the South African government. This paper explores the connections between music and politics as exemplified by the case of South Africa.
Converging discourses on music and politics in South Africa during and after apartheid provide the basis for Composing Apartheid: Music For and Against Apartheid. This is the first major collection of essays to address such a positioning of music within the political landscape of post-apartheid South Africa.
21 lis 2014 · As one of the most widespread forms of mass resistance during the struggle, the array of protest music that emerged as early as the 1920s provides an alternative documentation of the struggle against Apartheid. From the early choir music of the Ohlange Institute to the pop hits of late 1980s, the evolution of protest music mirrors the changing ...
