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Black President is a song by South African singer Brenda Fassie. It is listed as the sixth track on her sixth studio album which titled the same, Black President (1990). It was written by Sello "Checco" Twala, Brenda Fassie, and produced by Twala and released on February 8, 1990 through CCP Records.<ref>https://noisey.vice.com/da/article/69w4yz/theres-much-more-to-brenda-fassie-than-her-pro-mandela-anthem. Nathalie Olah. 8 December 2013. ''Vice''. Retrieved January 20, 2021.</ref> | Black President is a song by South African singer Brenda Fassie. It is listed as the sixth track on her sixth studio album which titled the same, Black President (1990). It was written by Sello "Checco" Twala, Brenda Fassie, and produced by Twala and released on February 8, 1990 through CCP Records.<ref>https://noisey.vice.com/da/article/69w4yz/theres-much-more-to-brenda-fassie-than-her-pro-mandela-anthem. Nathalie Olah. 8 December 2013. ''Vice''. Retrieved January 20, 2021.</ref> | ||
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| + | Black President was generally received with favorable reviews by music critics. The song is especially notable because it became the Anti Apartheid anthem, a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and his comrades by the apartheid government.<ref>https://www.power987.co.za/culture/political-songs-black-president-brenda-fassie/. Vukile Dlwati. 1 March 2019. ''POWER 98.7''. Retrieved January 20, 2021.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:40, 20 January 2021
Black President is a song by South African singer Brenda Fassie. It is listed as the sixth track on her sixth studio album which titled the same, Black President (1990). It was written by Sello "Checco" Twala, Brenda Fassie, and produced by Twala and released on February 8, 1990 through CCP Records.[1]
Black President was generally received with favorable reviews by music critics. The song is especially notable because it became the Anti Apartheid anthem, a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and his comrades by the apartheid government.[2]
Key Lyrics
The year 1963
The people's president
Was taken away by security men
All dressed in a uniform
The brutality, brutality
Oh no, my, my black president
Him and his comrades
Were sentenced to isolation
For many painful years
For many painful years
Many painful years
Of hard labor
They broke rocks
But the spirit was never broken
Never broken
Oh no, my, my black president
Background
Reference
- ↑ https://noisey.vice.com/da/article/69w4yz/theres-much-more-to-brenda-fassie-than-her-pro-mandela-anthem. Nathalie Olah. 8 December 2013. Vice. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.power987.co.za/culture/political-songs-black-president-brenda-fassie/. Vukile Dlwati. 1 March 2019. POWER 98.7. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
