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2. Sun City (song) - Wikipedia

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   Sun City (song) " Sun City " is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid. The song declared that all the artists involved would refuse to perform at Sun City, a resort which was located in ...

3. Music in the movement against apartheid - Wikipedia

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   Music played a large role in the movement against apartheid within South Africa, as well as in international opposition to apartheid. [5][6] The impacts of songs opposing apartheid included raising awareness, generating support for the movement against apartheid, building unity within this movement, and "presenting an alternative vision of ...

4. Artists United Against Apartheid - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Artists United Against Apartheid was a 1985 protest group founded by activist and performer Steven Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker to protest against apartheid in South Africa. The group produced the song "Sun City" and the album Sun City that year, which is considered a notable anti-apartheid song. [1][2]

5. Senzeni Na? - Wikipedia

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   Folk music. " Senzeni Na? " (also spelled Senzenina, English: What Have We Done?) [1] is a South African anti‐apartheid folk song. It is a Xhosa struggle song, and is commonly sung at funerals, demonstrations and in churches. [1][2] Activist Duma Ndlovu compared the influence of "Senzeni Na?" to that of the American protest song, " We Shall ...

6. Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Wikipedia

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   Rating. Number One. [1] " Gimme Hope Jo'anna " is a British anti-apartheid song written and originally released by Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddy Grant in 1988, during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played there ...

7. Weeping (song) - Wikipedia

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   Weeping (song) " Weeping " is an anti-apartheid protest song written by Dan Heymann in the mid-1980s, and first recorded by Heymann and the South African group Bright Blue in 1987. [1] The song was a pointed response to the 1985 State of Emergency declared by President P.W. Botha, which resulted in "large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful ...

8. Meadowlands (song) - Wikipedia

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   Meadowlands (song) " Meadowlands " is an anti-apartheid song composed in 1956 by Strike Vilakazi. [1] It was written in reaction to the forced relocation of black South Africans from Sophiatown, to the new township of Meadowlands. The song was popularised by a number of musicians, including Dorothy Masuka and Miriam Makeba, and became an anthem ...

9. Biko (song) - Wikipedia

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   The song is a musical eulogy, inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977. Gabriel wrote the song after hearing of Biko's death on the news. Influenced by Gabriel's growing interest in African musical styles, the song carried a sparse two-tone beat played on ...