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Biography
otheruses Radio Freedom was the radio propaganda arm of the African National Congress during the anti- Apartheid struggle from the 1970s through the 1990s. While the broadcasts were from different radio station s (including those of Tanzania , Zambia , Angola , Ethiopia , and Madagascar cite web |url= http://www.intervalsignals.net/countries/african_clandestines.htm |title=Southern African Clandestines of the 1970's |accessdate=2006-10-11), their station identification s all sported the trademark introduction familiar to many from the KLF song " 3 a.m. Eternal ": machine-gun fire, followed by a variation of
This is Radio Freedom , the voice of the African National Congress and its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe ...
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|Winnie Mandela cite web |url= http://www.zambiapretoria.net/news/00006.html |title=Zambia: Midwife of Our Freedom, Says Winni |author=Winnie Madikizela-Mandela |accessdate=2006-10-11Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot and several people featured in Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony credit Radio Freedom as a significant comforting, rallying, and organizing factor in the fight against Apartheid.
Listening to Radio Freedom in Apartheid-era South Africa was a crime carrying a penalty of up to eight years in prison.
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External links
http://library.stanford.edu/africa/history/hiscolonial.html African History on the Internet - Colonial Period
http://www.anc.org.za/htdig/? search=radio+freedom& section=all& method=and& sort=score& summary=show& page=1 Search the ANC website for "radio freedom"
http://www.comatonse.com/writings/lovebomb.html Some music with extensive Radio Freedom quotes
http://www.rounderstore.com/product.asp? P=1166140192 Radio Freedom: Voice of the African National Congress... (Documentary CD)
Category:Radio stations in South Africa Category:Defunct radio stations Category:Anti-Apartheid organisations Category:Pirate radio stations Category:African National Congress
