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The Role of Music in the struggle against apartheid

The Sound of Resistance. The Role of Music in the struggle against apartheid. Song of protest. Ndodemnyama we Verwoerd.

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The Role of Music in the struggle against apartheid

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  1. The Sound of Resistance The Role of Music in the struggle against apartheid

  2. Song of protest

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  4. Nkosi Sikelel’IAfrika NkosiSikelel’ i Afrika Godbless Africa Malupakam’ upondoIwayo Raise up herspirit Yivaimitandazoyetu Hearourprayers Usi - sikelele And blessus Sikelel’ amadol’ asizwe Bless the leaders Sikelelakwanomlisela Blessalso the young Ulitwal’ ilizwengomonde Thattheymaycarry the land with patience Uwusikilele And thatyoumayblessthem Sikelel’ amalingaetu Blessourefforts Awonanyananokuzaka Throughlearning and understanding Uwasikelele And blessthem YihlaMoya~ YihlaMoya! Descend, Spirit! Descend, Spirit! YihlaMoyaOyingcwele Descend, HolySpirit!

  5. The Bushman • Unlike the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, the South African government was constantly banning music that they saw as offensive and against the beliefs of the country. South African musicians had to change their lyrics and depended on people’s interpretations to see other meanings of their lyrics. Steve Kekana released his song called “The Bushman” in 1982. • The song’s literal translation is about a Bushman who teaches himself how to use a bow and arrow.  “This fitted in well with apartheid notions of blacks as primitives and was consequently play on SABC, a local radio station” (Cloonan, M., “Policing Pop”).  People of South Africa used symbolism to understand the true meaning of the song. People considered the “Bushman” to be the guerrillas of South Africa. Since their music was monitored, they depended on symbolism to convey the correct message and bring people together.

  6. The Bushman Wo-ho, wo-ho, the BushmanWo-ho, wo-ho, the Bushman He fights like a man should doHe strives like a man should doHe never criesHe never liesHe's just a simple man All he wants to be is friendlyBut nobody understands himHe's never seen the worldHe's living inIt makes me so sad Wo-ho, wo-ho, the BushmanWo-ho, wo-ho, the BushmanThe sun was beating downHis feet were bare and strongHe'd walk for miles and milesNo heat exhaustion Wo-ho, wo-ho, the Bushman In nineteen twenty fiveA Bushman came aliveTaught himself to shootWith a bow and arrowHis will to stay aliveWas burning him insideDay by day he'd huntIn search of wildlife Wo-ho, wo-ho, the BushmanWo-ho, wo-ho, the BushmanHe fights like a man should doHe strives like a man should doHe never criesHe never liesHe's just a simple man He lives under a treeHides himself and sleepsHis mind is tunedTo be aware of dangerHe never makes mistakesSurvival is his wayAt night he plays a songOn a wooden kalimba

  7. The Soweto uprising in Stander -Un poliziotto scomodo (2003) Toyi-Toyi

  8. The Role of Music in South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Movemen The Role of Music:the international pressure

  9. 1988 The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tributewas a popular-music concertstaged on June 11, 1988 atWembley Stadium, London and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. Itwasalsoreferred to asFreedomfest, Free Nelson Mandela Concert and Mandela Day. 1988

  10. Sting (introduced by Harry Belafonte) – "IfYou Love Somebody Set Them Free", "They Dance Alone", "EveryBreathYou Take", "Message in a Bottle" • George Michael (introduced by Lenny Henry) – "Village Ghetto Land", "IfYouWere My Woman", "SexualHealing" • Eurythmics (introduced by Richard Gere) – "I Need a Man", "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", "Here Comes the RainAgain", "YouHavePlaced a Chill in My Heart", "When Tomorrow Comes", "SweetDreams (Are Made of This)", "Brand New Day" • Graham Chapman - speech • Tracy Chapman (1st appearance) - "Why?", "Behind the Wall", "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" • Bee Gees - "YouWinAgain", "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" • UB40 (introduced by Gregory Hines) - "Rat in Mi Kitchen", "RedRed Wine" • "I Got YouBabe", "Breakfast in Bed", "SingOurOwn Song" • Hugh Masekela/Miriam Makeba - "Soweto Blues" • Miriam Makeba - "PataPata" • Simple Minds (introduced by Emily Lloyd & Denzel Washington) - "Waterfront« "SummertimeBlues« "Mandela Day", "SanctifyYourself", "East atEaster", "Alive and Kicking" • Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds & Youssou N'Dour - "Biko" • Steven van Zandt, Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel, MeatLoaf, Jackson Browne, Youssou N'Dour & DarylHannah - "Sun City" • Jerry Dammers, Simple Minds - "Free Nelson Mandela" • WhitneyHouston (introduced by CorbinBernsen and Jennifer Beals) - "Didn'tWeAlmostHaveItAll", "Love Will Save the Day", "So Emotional", "Where Do BrokenHearts Go", "How Will I Know", "He/I Believe" (duet with hermotherCissy Houston), "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", "Greatest Love of All" • Derek B - "Free Mandela" • Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You", speech, "Dark 'n Lovely" • Dire StraitsfeaturingEric Clapton (introduced by Billy Connolly) - "Walk of Life", "Sultans of Swing", "Romeo and Juliet", "Money for Nothing", "Brothers in Arms", "WonderfulTonight", "Solid Rock" • Jessye Norman - "Amazing Grace" (Finale)

  11. September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko YihlaMoja, YihlaMoja -The man is dead When I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko YihlaMoja, YihlaMoja -The man is dead • You can blow out a candle • But you can't blow out a fire • Once the flames begin to catch • The wind will blow it higher • Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko • YihlaMoja, YihlaMoja • -The man is dead • And the eyes of the world are • watching now • watching now

  12. It was 25 years they take that man away Now the freedom moves in closer every day Wipe the tears down from your saddened eyes They say Mandela's free so step outside Oh ohohoh Mandela day Oh ohohoh Mandela's free It was 25 years ago this very day Held behind four walls all through night and day Still the children know the story of that man And I know what's going on right through your land 25 years ago … If the tears are flowing wipe them from your face I can feel his heartbeat moving deep inside It was 25 years they took that man away And now the world come down say Nelson Mandela's free … The rising suns sets Mandela on his way It's been 25 years around this very day From the one outside to the ones inside we say … 25 years ago What's going on And we know what's going on Cos we know what's going on

  13. Free Nelson Mandela 21 years in captivity Shoes too small to fit his feet His body abused, but his mind is still free You're so blind that you cannot see Free Nelson Mandela Visited the causes at the AMC Only one man in a large army You're so blind that you cannot see You're so deaf that you cannot hear him Free Nelson Mandela 21 tears in captivity You're so blind that you cannot see You're so deaf that you cannot hear him You're so dumb that you cannot speak Free Nelson Mandela • Free Nelson Mandela • Free free • Free freefreeNelson Mandela

  14. We're rockers and rappers united and strong • We're here to talk about South Africa we don't like what's going on • It's time for some justice it's time for the truth • We've realized there's only one thing we can do • I ain'tgonna play Sun City • Relocation to phony homelands • Separation of families I can't understand • 23 million can't vote because they're black • We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back • I ain'tgonna play Sun City • Our government tells us we're doing all we can • Constructive Engagement is Ronald Reagan's plan • Meanwhile people are dying and giving up hope • This quiet diplomacy ain't nothing but a joke • I ain'tgonna play Sun City • Boputhuswana is far away • But we know it's in South Africa no matter what they say • You can't buy me I don't care what you pay • Don't ask me Sun City because I ain'tgonna play • I ain'tgonna play Sun City • It's time to accept our responsibility • Freedom is a privilege nobody rides for free • Look around the world baby it can't be denied • Why are we always on the wrong side • I ain'tgonna play Sun City Relocation to phony homelands Separation of families I can't understand 23 million can't vote because they're black We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back

  15. The children got a letter from the master It said, no more Xhosa, Sotho, no more Zulu Refusing to comply they sent an answer That's when the policemen came to the rescue Children were dying, bullets flying The mothers screaming and crying The fathers were working in the cities The evening news brought out all the publicity Just a little atrocity, deep in the city Soweto blues, soweto blues Soweto blues, soweto blues Benikuphi ma madoda (Where were the men?) Abantwanabeshaywa (When the children were throwing stones) Ngezimbokodomabedubulaabantwana (When the children were being shot) Benikhupina (Where were you?) There was a full moon on the golden city Looking at the door was the man without pity Accusing everyone of conspiracy Tightening the curfew, charging people with walking Yes, the border is where he was awaiting Waiting for the children, frightened and running A handful got away but all the others Hurried their chain without any publicity Just a little atrocity, deep in the city Soweto blues, soweto blues Soweto blues, abuyethu a mama Soweto blues, they are killing all the children Soweto blues, without any publicity Soweto blues, oh, they are finishing the nation Soweto blues, while calling it black on black Soweto blues but everybody knows they are behind it Soweto blues, without any publicity Soweto blues, they are finishing the nation Soweto blues, god, somebody, help Soweto blues (Abu yethu a mama) Soweto blues

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  17. She got supporters in high up places Who turn their heads to the city sun Jo'anna give them the fancy money Oh to tempt anyone who'd come She even knows how to swing opinion In every magazine and the journals For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes They got a good explanation Even the preacher who works for Jesus The Archbishop who's a peaceful man Together say that the freedom fighters Will overcome the very strong I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna If you wanna hear the sound of drum Can't you see that the tide is turning Oh don't make me wait till the morning come • Well Jo'anna she runs a country • She runs in Durban and the Transvaal • She makes a few of her people happy, oh • She don't care about the rest at all • She's got a system they call apartheid • It keeps a brother in a subjection • But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see • How everybody could a live as one • Gimmehope, Jo'anna Hope, Jo'anna • Gimme hope, Jo'anna 'Fore the morning come • Gimme hope, Jo'anna Hope, Jo'anna • Hope before the morning come • I hear she makes all the golden money • To buy new weapons, any shape of guns • While every mother in black Soweto fears • The killing of another son • Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders • Now and again having little fun • She doesn't care if the fun and games she play • Is dang'rous to ev'ryone

  18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A&list=RDFmf9ZJ_Yn0Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A&list=RDFmf9ZJ_Yn0A

  19. The Sound of Resistance The Role of Music in the struggle against apartheid

  20. The Sound of Resistance Nkosisikelel' iAfrika Maluphakanyisw' uphondolwayo, Yizwaimithandazoyethu, Nkosisikelela, thinalusapholwayo. The role of music in the struggle against apartheid CLIL

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