Category: Freedom Songs

"Mandela has brought the soldiers, why are you still sleeping? You better wake up" This is a song to warn the enemy.

"Here are the African Soldiers. Let us go and fight for our nation" A song sung mostly in times of soldier gatherings.

"To encourage ourselves we say we don't care, even if we are in detention and even if they arrest us. We are determined to get our freedom."

"The cowards are scared saying that it's better to go back home. Forward South African heroes - we can see the light at the end of the tunnel."

"At 4 o'clock in the morning, we are freeing Mandela." This is the exact time that Nelson Mandela was freed from the Robben Island cell he was in for 27 years.

People are talking about the Freedom Charter throughout the nation, praising its powers.

A song sung at Chris Hani's funeral, and for other comrades who died fighting for freedom. It is a goodbye song, promising the fallen soldier that the ones left behind will continue with the struggle and kill the Boers.

"Here is a black man - beware Vorster." This is a song warning John Vorster to be careful of black men.

People are asking Oliver Tambo to speak with Botha to free Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela tells the nation to fight for freedom. He is encouraging people, telling them that freedom is in their hands.

"Oh! The black nation is dying. Tell our leaders to rule this matter out for us." The song came about in 1976 when innocent school children were killed in Soweto.

"What have we done? "A questions asked by Africans wanting to know the reasons for their killings. They want to know if their sin is the colour of their skin.

"Children sweep the grounds, here come the African Soldiers. They will shoot the enemy with the scorpions they are carrying in their hands."

"We are going to shoot them with guns." A song sung in times of struggle.

"The nation is asking Oliver Tambo to lead them in taking back their land. People say they will take Vorster and put him in jail because he is mad."

"We shall leave our parents home. We shall go to other countries, where our parents have never set foot, fighting for freedom."

This song tells the story of the June 16 Massacre in Soweto. "They shot our young children in Soweto, these Boers are maltreating us; they are leading and controlling us with guns."

"We, the African nation are crying over our land which was taken over by the Boers from our forefathers. We say they must leave our land."

This is a song sung in times of struggle and in political marches.

This song encourages Africans that one day they will take over, because Samora Machel once led Mozambique while the enemy was there with their guns and spies. They tell Tambo that he will one day lead South Africa in the presence of the enemies' guns and spies.

"Mother becomes happy when I fight back the Boers." The mother in this instance refers to the rest of the African nation.

"Mother Silinga said Africans must unite in the fight against the forceful introduction of Dom passes. She stood her ground and she went to the grave without ever owning one of those."