Is ‘Kill the Boer’, a real ANC ‘Kill Whites’ struggle song? Or did the ANC sweep it under the carpet once they started their propaganda campaign to pretend to be a ‘non-racial’ ‘liberation movement’ for ‘democracy’? Where does ‘Kill the Boer’ really come from? If Leadership Online's analysis below is accurate, it should be really fascinating to hear the ANC explain in the Equality Court, the ‘struggle’ history of ‘Kill the Boer’! We may find out the ‘struggle’ was never ever about a struggle for democracy -- since poor blacks had more socio-economic democracy under apartheid anyway, which gave them the best living standards of all poor blacks on the continent of Africa -- but all about a struggle for Killing Boere/Whites, after all...
Kill the boer
Who really is attempting to rewrite history?
Thursday, 08 April 2010 00:00
Leadership Online
In none of the sources on the origins of the song which could be identified, could any indication be found that the song has ever been part of the ANC repertoire of songs during the struggle days.Read more »
Although the controversial song sung by Malema is claimed now to be a historical liberation struggle song, it was not included in a 2-CD history and recording of 25 freedom songs released in 2002. Senior ANC and former Umkhonto we Sizwe leaders, including Ronnie Kasrils, Baleka Mbete and Pallo Jordan among others, had collaborated in the production of the collection.
At the time of its release, the CD set was described as a collection of field recordings of songs and chants used in the liberation struggle, complemented by a radio documentary providing an overview of the songs, their history and context in the struggle. These songs were sung in ANC camps, at meetings, mass rallies, demonstrations and other gatherings.
The set, it was said, was designed as an archival and historical document. Nowhere did it mention “kill the Boer, kill the farmer” or “shoot the Boer”.
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