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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1997|1997]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Africa|Africa]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music | |||
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'''Artist:''' Mbongeni Ngema | '''Artist:''' Mbongeni Ngema (b. 1955) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' African language radio-stations at the South African Broadcasting Corporation | '''Confronting Bodies:''' African language radio-stations at the South African Broadcasting Corporation | ||
'''Date of Action:''' December 1997 | |||
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'''Location:''' South Africa | '''Location:''' South Africa | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Ngema's track, ''Ubhuti'', reprimands a woman for "killing a man with her vagina." <P> | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Ngema's track, | |||
'''The Incident:''' According to a station manager at Ukhozi FM, the Zulu language was "too sensitive a language" to use in speaking overtly about sex. <P> | '''The Incident:''' According to a station manager at Ukhozi FM, the Zulu language was "too sensitive a language" to use in speaking overtly about sex. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Eight radio stations banned Ngema's song. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Eight radio stations banned Ngema's song. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 2/97 | '''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 2/97 | ||
[[Category:1997]] | |||
[[Category:1990s]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:Africa]] | [[Category:Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
[[Category:Mbongeni Ngema]] | [[Category:Mbongeni Ngema]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:47, 14 January 2012
Date: 1997
Region: Africa
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Music
Artist: Mbongeni Ngema (b. 1955)
Confronting Bodies: African language radio-stations at the South African Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Action: December 1997
Location: South Africa
Description of Artwork: Ngema's track, Ubhuti, reprimands a woman for "killing a man with her vagina."
The Incident: According to a station manager at Ukhozi FM, the Zulu language was "too sensitive a language" to use in speaking overtly about sex.
Results of Incident: Eight radio stations banned Ngema's song.
Source: Index on Censorship, 2/97
