We take for granted some of the music, literature and movies we are able to experience. Some of these pieces of work can give you understanding, they can plant seeds in your mind that grow. They can promote freedom and equality. Imagine a world where we didn’t have these arts to help us flourish. In this project, I look at three banned and censored mediums during the regime of apartheid in South Africa. A record, ‘Cold Fact’ written and played by Sixto Rodriguez, a book ‘Burger’s Daughter’ written by Nadine Gordimer and a film, ‘Cry Freedom’ directed by Richard Attenborough.
I want to bring into light why the government at the time banned these arts and how by banning them they were trying to stop ideas and new ways of thinking being sparked in people’s minds.