It's for Life 11 - Episode 9: Music then and now
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Channel: SABC Education Shows · 2016 · People & Blogs
In this episode, Lumka, Precious and Mashudu meet one of our great icons whose songs were famous during the struggle, none other than Babsy Mlangeni. And that’s not all, to bring us up to date, they are treated to a song and conversation with Vusi Nova who is a huge fan of Babsy. Their task is to come up with their own song which they achieve quite admirably with the help of former It’s for Life participant and hip hop artist, Dezry Kgoshigadi Kekana. The three participants in this series are Mashudu Luthanda from Thembisa, Precious Sefulavo from Zuurbekom and Lumka Menye from White City, Soweto. Catch It's for Life Wednesdays at 10:30 on SABC 2. Welcome to our 11th series of It’s for Life, the show where three worthy young participants embark on a journey not only of self discovery but also discovery of the world around them. This time, we’re going to focus on the changes, good and bad, in that have taken place in South Africa over the last 40 years. On June 16th 2016, we commemorated the 40th Anniversary of the Soweto student uprising. Young people had valid reasons for stepping into revolution: Bantu Education and the enforcement of Afrikaans as the language of instruction were a reflection of those dark days where Black people lived chained by the shackles of Apartheid.
