This thesis focuses on songs by Mzwakhe Mbuli during and after apartheid South Africa to illustrate the importance of songs and cultural orature in the context of a struggle. Analysis is based on...Show moreThis thesis focuses on songs by Mzwakhe Mbuli during and after apartheid South Africa to illustrate the importance of songs and cultural orature in the context of a struggle. Analysis is based on three songs, one during Apartheid and two post-Apartheid. One of the songs is in Zulu to analyse significancy and differences in communication. Mzwakhe Mbuli was considered to be the people’s poet in South Africa, an iimbongi, who had a significant status between South Africans. He has used his music as a cultural resistance against state policies. Mbuli’s music embodies social comments on themes such as peace and nation-building during Apartheid. However, he also remained remarkably critical in the new South Africa because of the government’s broken promises as well as the ills of the society.Show less
