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On the controversial topic of South African whiteness, Die Antwoord has gone against mainstream views by pushing an uncomfortable version of South African whiteness onto the international stage. In their music, Die Antwoord offers an insight to the daily lives of South Africans, and what it feels like to be there. Since the apartheid, South Africa has been struggling with a national identity, and it is argued that popular music offers communities to take the ‘scraps, patches, and rags of daily life’ and transform these into the signs of a national culture. I’m like all these different people, fucked into one person.” Sorry for the vulgar language there, but Ninja does have a valid point. In this place, you get a lot of different things…Blacks. Ninja states: “I represent South African culture. Comprised of three members, lead man Ninja, Yo-landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek, the bands popularity took off in early 2010. Kinda crazy huh? This is Die Antwoord (meaning The Answer in Afrikaanss), a South African Afrikaans zef-rap-rave band. I want you to watch this music video before I tell you anything about the band: ![]() After Amira’s last post about Marabi music and how it broke through the traditional styles in the 1900s, I thought I would look at similar case in modern day. Hallo, goeie midddag almal! That’s Afrikaans for hello, good afternoon everyone! Since the music I have chose to talk about today contains a mix of different languages and slang, I thought an Afrikaans welcome was appropriate.
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