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U Solomoni ka Mahlangu

from Boston Harmony Spring 2017 Concert by Boston Harmony

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Anti-apartheid song, composed by Bongani Magatyana from Capetown, South Africa

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"In 1956, in Pretoria, South Africa, Marta gave birth to this strong man.
Respect the womb of Marta. She gave birth to this strong man.
He was a strong man, he was fighting for his country."

Part of a longer work Bongani wrote for a competition of songs dedicated to Solomon Mahlangu, a 23-year old freedom fighter captured by police on his return from extended exile abroad. Mahlangu was tried and hung in 1979, symbolically on the anniversary of the creation of apartheid.

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from Boston Harmony Spring 2017 Concert, released May 13, 2017

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