Senzeni Na?

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Title

Senzeni Na?

Subject

South Africa
apartheid

Description

Translated into English as "What Have We Done?," this song was very popular song at funerals and gained greater popularity due to its use by anti-apartheid activists. It is compared to the Civil Rights Movement song "We Shall Overcome." Anti-apartheid movement used music heavily and these songs commonly used rhetorical questions. "Senzeni Na?" was featured at the end of the album version of the Peter Gabriel song "Biko," which in turn was a tribute to anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and sung at his funeral.

Creator

songwriter: unknown

Date

unknown

Rights

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Language

Xhosa
Zulu

Type

genre: folk

Coverage

South Africa

Is Referenced By

Nkoala, Sisanda Mcimeli. "Songs that Shaped the Struggle: A Rhetorical Analysis of South African Struggle Songs." African Yearbook of Rhetoric 4, no. 1 (2013): 51-61. Accessed July 15, 2020. http://www.africanrhetoric.org/pdf/6%20Mcimeli%20Nkoala.pdf.

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