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The story behind Soweto Blues, Miriam Makeba’s famous song about the June 16 uprising

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par Gwen Ansell, Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria

Miriam Makeba sang a famous song about the 16 June 1976 uprising in her birthplace, South Africa. The protest was a pivotal point in the fight against apartheid and white minority rule in the country. The song was called Soweto Blues and its opening lines go:

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