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South African Freedom Songs

Various Artists
South African Freedom Songs
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In Africa, musicians compose and sing thousands of songs about contemporary topics. This collection represents a musical protest against apartheid. Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, and Garrett Morris learned these from a tape recording made by leaders of the African National Congress in 1959 and perform them here in the original Zulu.

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"South Africa, Free At Last: The Freedom Songs of South Africa and the Civil Rights Movement in America"

Track Listing

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101
Tina Sizwe (The Brown Nation) Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, Garrett Morris, Ned Wright 03:12
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102
Nkosi Waqcine (God Save the Volunteers) Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, Garrett Morris, Ned Wright 01:56
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201
Asikatali (We Do Not Care If We Go to Prison) Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, Garrett Morris, Ned Wright 02:22
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202
Liyashizwa (It is Burned) Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, Garrett Morris, Ned Wright 01:48

Release Info

Catalog Number(s)

FWEPC601, EP 601

Year(s) Released

1960

Label(s)/Collection(s)

Folkways Records

Country(s)

South Africa

Genre(s)

Struggle & Protest, World

Instrument(s)

Backing vocals, Banjo, Lead vocals

Language(s)

Zulu

Recording Era(s)

1960s

Credit(s)

Pete Seeger - Artist
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