Special AKA
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On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison after spending 27 years behind bars. His release marked a pivotal moment not only for South Africa but for the entire world. It signified the beginning of the end of apartheid, the brutal system of racial segregation and oppression that had governed South
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In March 1984 the British Ska band ‘the Special AKA’ released a song titled “Free Nelson Mandela” It was written by British musician Jerry Dammers. Dammers told Radio Times: “I knew very little about Mandela until I went to an anti-apartheid concert in London in 1983, which gave me the idea for ‘(Free)Nelson Mandela’. I
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