They have sentenced the men of Rivonia,
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
The comrades of Nelson Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
He is buried alive on an island
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
He is buried alive on an island
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Verwoerd feared the mind of Mandela (1)
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
He was stifling the voice of Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Free M'Beki, Goldberg, Sisulu
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Free M'Beki, Goldberg, Sisulu
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
The crime of the men of Rivonia
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Was to organise farmer and miner
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Against baaskap and sjambok and kiri (2)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Against baaskap and sjambok and kiri
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Set free the men of Rivonia
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Break down the walls of their prison
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Freedom and Justice, Uhuru! (3)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Freedom and Justice, Uhuru!
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Power to the heirs of Lutuli!
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
The comrades of Nelson Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Spear of the Nation, unbroken! (4)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Amandla Umkhonto we Sizwe (5)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
The comrades of Nelson Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
He is buried alive on an island
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
He is buried alive on an island
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Verwoerd feared the mind of Mandela (1)
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
He was stifling the voice of Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Free M'Beki, Goldberg, Sisulu
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Free M'Beki, Goldberg, Sisulu
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
The crime of the men of Rivonia
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Was to organise farmer and miner
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Against baaskap and sjambok and kiri (2)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Against baaskap and sjambok and kiri
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Set free the men of Rivonia
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Break down the walls of their prison
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Freedom and Justice, Uhuru! (3)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Freedom and Justice, Uhuru!
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Power to the heirs of Lutuli!
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
The comrades of Nelson Mandela
Rumbala, rumbala, rumbala
Spear of the Nation, unbroken! (4)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
Amandla Umkhonto we Sizwe (5)
Free Mandela, Free Mandela
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(1) Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901-1966), sudafricano nato ad Amsterdam, boero, psicologo, nazionalista e ideatore del sistema dell’apartheid. Fu assassinato nel 1966 non da un nero ma da un immigrato greco, Dimitri Tsafendas. Si legga al link indicato la storia molto emblematica dell’attentatore, dichiarato completamente pazzo ma lasciato marcire in galera per 30 anni. Tsafendas è morto in prigionia nel 1999, quasi 10 anni dopo la liberazione di Mandela.
(2) baaskap: ideologia politica che prevede la dominazione completa e assoluta del padrone bianco; sjambok; uno dei nomi con cui in Sudafrica viene indicata la frusta in cuoio, simbolo dell’oppressione sui neri; kiri: non ne sono sicuro, ma credo che kiri sia il nome dato in Sudafrica ad una specie di bastone o mazza ferrata, un altro simbolo di oppressione.
(3) Uhuru: Libertà, in lingua Swahili
(4) Spear of the Nation: Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Lancia della nazione", abbreviato in MK), nome del braccio armato dell’African national Congress
(5) Amandla: Potere, Forza, nelle lingue Xhosa e Zulu, Si veda Amandla! di Dick Gaughan