Word: xhosas
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...humanity and emotion of both its Afrikaaner and black South African subjects. The movie tells the story of black South African freedom music and how it articulated and embodied the people’s spirit during the struggle to end apartheid. “Amandla,” the Xhosa word for “power,” was the rallying cry that activists used to punctuate the end of many songs. Amandla is a compilation of personal interviews, musical performances, reenactment and original clippings from newsreels and films of rallies. Images and songs are allowed to present themselves...
...Amandla,” the Xhosa word for “power,” was the rallying cry that activists used to punctuate the end of many songs...
...free, crushed by the weight of apartheid. Eventually, after much personal loss, he even uses his fists against Lena's body to ease his own heartache; it is the only way he can express his anger without disrupting "white bossman." But in the eyes and ears of a strange Xhosa tribesman (Willie Jonah), Lena finds truth and independence, and her journey towards wholeness and humanity begins. This three-person cast carries the weight of apartheid and oppression on their tired and bruised shoulders. After a storm, Lena finds herself fully clothed but naked to the truth. She tells Boesman that...
...activist Stokely Carmichael. Now single, she laughs and says she is "too old to marry again." In 1990, after Nelson Mandela's release from prison, Makeba returned to South Africa. On Homeland Makeba's music sounds timeless and tireless. The succulent African pop songs are in English and in Xhosa (Makeba's native tongue). The first track, Masakhane, is a stirring call "for unity and hope in the postapartheid era." Another track, Lindelani, is a gentle ballad written for and named after her great-grandson...