GracelandUnder African Skies Politics in Music Discuss in your group the film Under African Skies about the making and aftermath of Paul Simons album Graceland. Prepare to record your discussion by making informative and instructive bullet points. Consider the following: What was apartheid, and what does it translate as? The The State Of Being Apart was a system to segregate people though race. In South Africa the NP forced rules and legislation upon three different types of people with different races (Black, Indian and Coloured) Who were/are the ANC? African National Congress, to support the rights of Black Africans (South Africa) What was the boycott the ANC and Artists Against Apartheid wanted enforced? That segregation in general is wrong and equal rights should be obtained.What were some opportunities for employment in South Africa for the black population during apartheid? Low Wage income, money was spent in shops that were allocated for the race. Food would often be scarce and would be basic rations when available. Manuel labour would be a custom and !!!!!!!!!!!!!How successful do you think black musicians could become? Black musicians would struggle to find a place in the music industry and would often have to play to all black crowds. Such as Stimela an African Afro-fusion local band would be often playing to crowds whilst the crowd were severely beaten during and after the show. The band were also often wanted by the White Police of South Africa. What opportunities did Paul Simon offer the musicians he worked with on the album? Paul Simon helped fuse the African musical styles and elements, to the American and British Pop Media scene. He also helped show how much talent African musicians have. This then proved that despite race there is no difference between Musicians from across the world. Why do you think the ANC wanted the black South African musicians to go home during the Graceland tour? They wanted to keep as much peace as possible people were being killed daily, and this gave a wrong idea, getting in the way of the politics. White and Black south africans saw this as a threat, as they felt as if the White people where getting their way and saying that even with rules that they can still make music. This wasn't needed the rules needed to be stopped completely rather than covered up. What are Paul Simons views on when politics and music clash? He didn't know is views and didn't want to harm anyone when creating Graceland. Do you think the Graceland concert in Zimbabwe proved that the making of the album was a good thing or should Paul Simon still not have gone to South Africa? Yes as it allowed everyone to enjoy music together despite their race, the timing wasn't good but i think in the long run it really helped the segregation however in the long run this really pushed the anti racist movement and because the album was so widely publicised this really showed people how bad the situation was over in south Africa.Who was Dali Tambo and what was his overall opinion of Paul Simon recording Graceland? deli thought what Paul simon done was a good thing i think that be just though it was at the wrong time and that he should of stuck to not engaging to south Africa because by him going over there i think it showed some people that it was alright what was going on out there. Paul didn't help himself either because i think that he thought that he didn't want to get into the politics because it was not his place but by him staying quite it showed some people it was ok what was going on out there.The album introduced South African music to many other countries, was this a good thing for the anti-apartheid movement? yes i think this is because it publicised what was going on out there and i think that it brought more people to the anti-aparthied movement Should Paul Simon have gone to South Africa to record the album Graceland? yes i do think that paul simon should of gone over there because he brought so much publicity to the anti apartheid movement. however he did break a huge un boycott to enter into south Africa. furthermore although he ignored the UNs boycott he showed that music had nothing to do with race or colour and he was only over there for the music although he did fall for the music and culture. Unit 19 GC3 comment critically, with reference to examples, on how politics has affected music makers and users in society.