Speakers Bureau View
20 Profile Views
-
40 Presentation Views
Omotayo Jolaosho
Assistant Professor
| “Singing for Freedom in South Africa” | |
| Audience: | Adults |
| Description: | Music plays many roles in our lives. These range from the pure enjoyment we experience at a concert to the soothing sounds of a lullaby that comfort a restless child. In South Africa, music played a clear and important role in unraveling apartheid. Built upon established South African oral traditions that include storytelling, poetry, and song, freedom songs became an important and powerful tool used by anti-apartheid activists for needs as simple as relaying information about events in the struggle to more subtle but equally important ends such as disguising messages so they would not run afoul of government censorship. This presentation, which will include video clips from South African protests and other activist events, will explore the continuing relevance of the songs that galvanized South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggles among contemporary activists. |
| Subject Areas: |
Area Studies Arts Communication Humanities Social Sciences |
| Keywords: |
Activism Freedom Songs Liberation Music Performance Social Movements |
| Duration: | 2-3 hours |
| Fee: | Greater than $500 |
Developed and produced by The Clearinghouse for Applied Research
Share