The power of people is in the music that they produce. Culture in society can be used to refer the music, poetry graphic arts theatre dance, crafts and other people arts .Art is used as a symbol of preserving and strengthening culture .For a long time music have been used to bridge people who are not in good terms on the other hand they are used as a mode of communication that may not be available to police and government .Songs were also used to communicate information across the cultural racial borders. In South Africa the culture that is evident in arts songs, dances and crafts played a major role in rebellion process. As Sufis Ntuli says in the film Amandla “the song is something that I used to communicate to the people who will not understand
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Predominantly in the United States, liberty songs have mentioned to protest songs of the opponent, civil rights, and labor movements. Yet, in the context of South Africa, the songs of freedom take on a diverse denotation, in which they are used to refer to a distinctive group of songs that are tied to the fight for racial equivalence during the period of colonial domination. Sadistically, freedom songs invented in choir as an art of bringing people together and prevalent genre that put together southern African signing traditions with Christian hymns. Majority of the song found in this film o have simple tunes and are usually sung a cappella. More importantly, they are composed and sung in groups, and often reflect changing political circumstances and …show more content…
Societies and communities have used songs in the past and bore fruits. Thus the movie Amandla is important to remind the people of South Africa the struggle they underwent so as to gain freedom. These songs will be crucial for future generations who will take time to appreciate the efforts that were done by their fore fathers during the colonization period.by doing so they will be in an opportunity to enhance good relations among the people and thus fostering political and economic development of the people. The society should put all the measures in place so as to ensure that there is art development among the people thus preserving communities’ cultures from one generation to the next. Musicians should be encouraged so as to ensure that information is stored in a long term
Predominantly in the United States, liberty songs have mentioned to protest songs of the opponent, civil rights, and labor movements. Yet, in the context of South Africa, the songs of freedom take on a diverse denotation, in which they are used to refer to a distinctive group of songs that are tied to the fight for racial equivalence during the period of colonial domination. Sadistically, freedom songs invented in choir as an art of bringing people together and prevalent genre that put together southern African signing traditions with Christian hymns. Majority of the song found in this film o have simple tunes and are usually sung a cappella. More importantly, they are composed and sung in groups, and often reflect changing political circumstances and …show more content…
Societies and communities have used songs in the past and bore fruits. Thus the movie Amandla is important to remind the people of South Africa the struggle they underwent so as to gain freedom. These songs will be crucial for future generations who will take time to appreciate the efforts that were done by their fore fathers during the colonization period.by doing so they will be in an opportunity to enhance good relations among the people and thus fostering political and economic development of the people. The society should put all the measures in place so as to ensure that there is art development among the people thus preserving communities’ cultures from one generation to the next. Musicians should be encouraged so as to ensure that information is stored in a long term