How did popular musicians in Nigeria and South Africa respond to repressive political conditions?

How did popular musicians in Nigeria and South Africa respond to repressive political conditions?

Introduction

The analysis of the history of the Nigeria and all over the South Africa has shown that the political conditions in Nigeria and South Africa have never remained favorable for the economy of the countries for many years. Many criticisms were made upon the political conditions by various means upon the political situations and the authorities involved in it. The criticisms were also made by the analysts of the political situations, by other countries as well as many musicians also contributed in making the criticisms upon the political conditions of Nigeria and South Africa and due to the efforts of the multiple groups, the political conditions revealed some changes thus contributing to the positive factors and impacts upon the countries.

The musicians of Nigeria and South Africa have played their great role in making the political powers realized about their inefficiency and about the negative impacts that are creating negative impact upon the economy and upon the people of the region. The following section aims at discussing in detail with the help of examples that how the popular musicians in Nigeria and South Africa did respond to the repressive political conditions.

Discussion

When we talk about the musicians who contributed in making the political situation better, the two names cannot be forgotten. The first is of the Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti and other one is of the South African musician, Miriam Makeba. Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti was a brave personality who was not scared of the impacts that would have been by responding to the political situations through his music influences. He was a frank supporter of the human rights. The Fela Kuti was also sent to ...