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JOHNNY CLEGG Musician (South Africa)01 January 2001 "Censorship is based on fear. It is conservative and wants to preserve a particular set of values," says Johnny Clegg who discusses censorship in a larger context: "Censorship is a brute blind reaction to a brute blind recognition that information is not neutral..." Johnny Clegg was interviewed in South Africa in 1998 by Mr. Ole Reitov. Listen to interview Related reading: South Africa: 'The Censored meet their Censor' 1998: Sipho Mabuse and Ray Phiri, musicians from South Africa, in a first face to face meeting with former censor, Ms. Cecile Pracher, manager of the record library at SABC. 01 January 2001 1960s Freemusepedia timeline: Africa: 1960s: South Africa: Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, and Dorothy Masuka. National anthem: 'Nkosi Sikele Africa'. Zimbabwe: Stella Chiweshe and Beuler Djoko 01 January 2001 Roger Lucey Video interview with musician and journalist Roger Lucey about his personal experience of music censorship in South Africa in the 1970's. "It is death to the artist", he says. 06 February 2007 South Africa: Public radio bans Zulu hit song The title track from the South African album ‘Msholozi’ by Izingane Zoma has been banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation 04 April 2006 Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material 18 May 2005 Shoot the Singer! Book "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. 25 May 2004 Cultural Boycott - of any use? Freemuse Conference The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. Yet the cultural boycott on apartheid South Africa did have an effect. And what about Cuba? Listen to the panel discussion from WOMEX 2003. 30 November 2003 Sipho Mabuse Interview with Sipho Mabuse. Music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded 1998) 11 July 2003 Anton Goosen Interview with Anton Goosen about music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded in 1998) 01 January 2001 Hugh Masekela Interview with Hugh Masekela about music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded in 1998) 01 January 2001