... continued intermittently until 1989, a low-level police official for up to six months could detain anyone without a hearing. Throughout apartheid thousands of individuals died in custody, frequently after gruesome acts of torture. Those who were tried by the South African judicial system were typically sentenced to death, banished, or given life imprisonment, like Nelson Mandela. But, it was during the 1960s that a ... songs will forever remain unheard. During this time period many of the freedom songs were passed down through word of mouth and were never recorded. These songs, most of w...

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... at her for a long time, "Instead, it was Irene who was put out. Feeling her colour heighten under the continued inspection, she slid her eyes down. What, she wondered, could be the reason for such persistent attention?" (Larsen 15). This illustrates the fear that she would be discovered as a black person ... who gave the group its first national radio exposure said, "Their music was a reflection of what was going on in the streets, but it wasn't an accurate depiction of them. They were good kids Whether you liked the lyrics or not, the music was so good, you had to bob your head" (Chris...

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