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Home > south africa: Poet admits race song went too far

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Thursday, June 20, 2002 - 03:00
Categories: 
Racism & xenophobia [2]
Issue Number: 
69 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Nelson Mandela has met a controversial South African poet and song writer whose latest song has been branded "racism and hate speech". After meeting the former president, Mbongeni Ngema said the debate he had hoped to raise had gone the wrong way and he would not object if the song was banned from sale.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/racism/8327 [5]
Country: 
South Africa [6]

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