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Soweto Blues

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"Soweto Blues" is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba. [1]

23 relations: Afrikaans, Apartheid, Bass guitar, Blues, Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela), Casablanca Records, Discogs, Graceland (album), Hugh Masekela, Internal resistance to apartheid, Mbaqanga, Miriam Makeba, Music in the movement against apartheid, Musician (magazine), Nelson Mandela, Paul Simon, Protest song, Sarafina! (musical), Sharpeville massacre, Soweto, Soweto uprising, Welela, You Told Your Mama Not to Worry.

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)

"Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)", also known as "Bring Him Back Home", is an anthemic anti-apartheid protest song written by South African musician Hugh Masekela.

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Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records.

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a website and crowdsourced database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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Graceland (album)

Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

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Hugh Masekela

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer.

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Internal resistance to apartheid

Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and alternatively took the form of social movements, passive resistance, or guerrilla warfare.

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Mbaqanga

Mbaqanga is a style of South African music with rural Zulu roots that continues to influence musicians worldwide today.

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Miriam Makeba

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil-rights activist.

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Music in the movement against apartheid

The apartheid regime in South Africa began in 1948 and lasted until 1994.

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Musician (magazine)

Musician (1976–1999) was a monthly magazine that covered news and information about American popular music.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Protest song

A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).

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Sarafina! (musical)

Sarafina! is a South African musical by Mbongeni Ngema depicting students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to apartheid.

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Sharpeville massacre

The Sharpeville massacre was an event which occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng).

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Soweto

Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.

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Soweto uprising

The Soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.

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Welela

Welela is a Miriam Makeba album mixed at Condulmer Recording Studios in Venice, Italy by Allan Goldberg of Phonocomp in 1989, except for "Pata Pata" which was mixed at Psycho Studio in Milan, February 1990.

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You Told Your Mama Not to Worry

You Told Your Mama Not to Worry is the twentieth studio album by South African musician Hugh Masekela.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_Blues

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