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Anti-Apartheid Freedom Songs In the struggle to resist oppression, performance played an important role, offering a vehicle for disguising subversive messages. “As much as there has been censorship,” Sipho Bavuma noted, “our composers have used all forms of subtlety...to preserve their dignity by reaffirming themselves and their people through the music.”... more Interview: Diane Thram of ILAM The International Library of African Music is widely considered the oldest and largest repository of African music field recordings... more Proud of Who I Am Venda children’s musical skills resonate with issues of cultural maintenance, wellbeing, and music education... more South Africa, Free At Last These lesson segments seek to correlate African American civil rights material with South African anti-apartheid songs... more Arts and Culture Championship Competition on Maunavhathu Military Base in Limpopo, South Africa, on September 9th, 2009. Recorded by Andrea Emberly. © Smithsonian Institution Arts and Culture Championship Competition on Maunavhathu Military Base in Limpopo, South Africa, on September 9th, 2009. Recorded by Andrea Emberly. © Smithsonian Institution South African Freedom Songs This Land Is Mine: South African Freedom Songs A Long Time to Freedom Afrikaans Children's Folksongs