ANC speeches on record

Title

ANC speeches on record

Genre

Interview; Music

TX Date

10 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Freed ANC veterans Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathy Kathrada have entered the world of pop music with a rap version of their speeches at a rally to welcome them home from jail in October 1989. Alison Campbell interviews composer, Shaun Naidoo, about a project in South Africa to set ANC leaders speeches to music, for release on the independent Shifty records label.

Contributors

Alison Campbell; Shaun Naidoo

Keywords

South Africa; Apartheid; Popular music; Anti-apartheid movements; Speeches; ANC; Walter Sisulu; Ahmed Kathy Kathrada; Lloyd Ross; Shaun Naidoo; Warrick Swinney; Urgent Release; Shifty records

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