4/6/2024 0 Comments Down south old school mixtapes![]() The apartheid Ciskei security forces, supported by vigilantes, attempted to force people to use the buses, resulting in bloody assaults, injuries and death. In Mdantsane in July 1983, in response to severe price increases, a boycott was called, of buses partly owned by the Ciskei government. One of the songs included here captures the mood of most, if not all, the pieces featured on this mixtape. People lost their homes and their communities but held onto their memories … and the songs remain. Sophiatown, Cato Manor, Crossroads, and District Six are covered in this mixtape. Because forced removals were so painful it is no surprise that there are so many compositions about places from which people were forced to move by the apartheid state. Some of these focus on particular events such as the Rivonia Treason Trial, the Mdantsane bus strike, and the Marikana Massacre, while the majority reflect in one way or another on that especially heartless apartheid practice of forced removals: moving people against their will from the place they called home to a different, hostile, and unfriendly place: away from one’s community, away from all the familiar associations of home. This mixtape includes a selection of musical pieces written about political events which unfolded in specific places in South Africa. On occasion it reminds us of places and also of events which transpired in those places. Music has the ability to capture moments and sentiments. ![]()
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