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Index Weeping (song)

"Weeping" is an anti-apartheid protest song written by Dan Heymann in the mid-1980s, and first recorded by Heymann and the South African group Bright Blue in 1987.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: African National Congress, Awake (Josh Groban album), Bright Blue (band), Coenie de Villiers, Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, Josh Groban, Kearsney College, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Louise Carver (South African singer), Mango Groove, Music in the movement against apartheid, National anthem of South Africa, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, P. W. Botha, Protest song, Qkumba Zoo, South Africa, Soweto Gospel Choir, Soweto String Quartet, Vusi Mahlasela.

  2. Anti-apartheid songs
  3. Songs about South Africa
  4. South African songs

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa.

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Awake (Josh Groban album)

Awake is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Groban.

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Bright Blue (band)

Bright Blue was a South African band that was prominent on the progressive scene in the final years of apartheid.

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Coenie de Villiers

Coenie de Villiers (Coenraad Grabe de Villiers), born 11 October 1956, is a South African singer-songwriter, pianist, pop artist who sings in his mother tongue, Afrikaans.

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Drakensberg Boys' Choir School

Drakensberg Boys Choir School is a choir school located near Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at the foot of the Central Drakensberg mountain range.

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Josh Groban

Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Kearsney College

Kearsney College is a private boarding, English medium high school for boys in Botha's Hill, a small town between the provincial capital of Pietermaritzburg and Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube.

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Louise Carver (South African singer)

Louise Carver (born 10 January 1979) is a South African folk rock singer-songwriter and pianist.

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Mango Groove

Mango Groove is an 11-piece South African Afropop band whose music fuses pop and township music—especially marabi and kwela.

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Music in the movement against apartheid

The apartheid regime in South Africa began in 1948 and lasted until 1994. Weeping (song) and Music in the movement against apartheid are protest songs and songs about racism and xenophobia.

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National anthem of South Africa

The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century Xhosa hymn "label" ("God Bless Africa") and the Afrikaans song that was used as the South African national anthem during the apartheid era, "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" ("The Voice of South Africa"), with new English lyrics. Weeping (song) and national anthem of South Africa are south African songs.

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Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

"" is a Christian hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg. Weeping (song) and Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are anti-apartheid songs and south African songs.

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P. W. Botha

Pieter Willem Botha, (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African politician.

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Protest song

A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). Weeping (song) and protest song are protest songs.

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Qkumba Zoo

Qkumba Zoo is a South African dance music duo from Johannesburg, South Africa, consisting of vocalist Levannah and musician/producer Owl.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Soweto Gospel Choir

The Soweto Gospel Choir is a South African gospel group.

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Soweto String Quartet

The Soweto String Quartet is a string quartet from Soweto in South Africa composed of Reuben Khemese, Makhosini Mnguni, Sandile Khemese and Thami Khemese.

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Vusi Mahlasela

Vusi Sidney Mahlasela Ka Zwane (born 1965 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a Sotho South African singer-songwriter.

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See also

Anti-apartheid songs

Songs about South Africa

South African songs

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_(song)