Composer: Traditional

It is a traditional song sung when a boy comes back from the mountain. In Zulu culture at a certain age boys go away to the mountain for a circumcision ritual. So this song is sung to celebrate the boys' victory throughout the process.

"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.

"The name of women must be praised. "This song was composed because of our women heroes who fought for freedom in our country and throughout the land. "You strike a woman you strike a rock, that is how strong women are."

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

This is a song of tradition on Good Friday. "We are asking the Lord to guide us in our paths because he is the one who has the power and not us. He is our hope. This is the reason why we sing this song on this day; because it is the day he died for our sins."

African National Anthem, asking God to bless Africa and keep its people united.

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."

This song was sung mainly by African men leaving their families going to Johannesburg to look for work in the mines. They traveled using trains, so they came up with this song about a train coming from whichever part of the world they came from.

"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 song is sung mainly by traditional healers when they have their ceremonies. They are asking the ancestors to lead the way in whatever is going to happen. The song is used in other general traditional functions as well.

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