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Audio Buffet: "Rockin' the Boat - The Long Road to Freedom" (1996) by Elly Wininger and Jennifer Ryan
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Nona Hendryx. (Feb 05, 2025)
Produced by many contributors.
From chants broadcast illegally on ANC radio to the songs of international recording artists, "Rockin' the Boat - The Long Road to Freedom (1996) hosted by Nona Hendryx and produced by Elly Wininger and Jennifer Ryan, interweaves music with various interviews that chronicle the journey of South Africa's struggle in ending apartheid. Featured are the voices of ANC Cultural Ambassador Pal Jordan and singers/activists Miriam Makeba, Johnny Clegg, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, among others.
Nona Hendryx is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter and former member of the '70s megagroup LaBelle featuring Patti LaBelle. Elly Wininger is a former Afropop Worldwide project manager. Jennifer Ryan is an historian, scholar, and Peabody Award nominee.
Sounds, songs, and radio art from a variety of contributors. Tune in for something you've never heard before with familiar classics and transmission art mixed in.
Playlist:
- Countdown In Heaven / Countdown To Life
- Another One Bites the Dust (Remastered) / Queen
- When You Come Back / Vusi Mahalasela
- Nomathemba / Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Jika Spokes / Spokes Mashiyane
- Mbaqanga / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
- Nontsokolo (Hamba Nontsokolo) / Dorothy Masuka
- Ndenzeni Na / Father Huddleston Band
- Miriams's Goodbye to Africa / Miriam Makeba
- Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika / Teal Choir
- Coming Tomorrow / Sarafina
- Inkunzi Ayihlabi Ngokumisa / Johnny Clegg & Juluka
- Universal Men / Juluka
- We miss you Manelow / Chicco
- Ngobamakhosi / Mbongeni Ngema
- The Last Struggle / Mzwakhe Mbuli
- Now Is The Time / Mzwakhe Mbuli
- Your Time Will Come / Johnny Clegg
- Asimbonanga (Mandela) / Johnny Clegg
- Give Us Power a.k.a. Ndiphe Amandla / Sarafina! Original Stage Show Cast
- Mmalo-We / Bayete
- Shwele Baba / Rebecca Malope
- Shosholoza / Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Peace / Dolly Rathebe
- Taketina / Tananas
- Don't Tramp on me / Vusi Mahlasela