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    Apartheid in South Africa led to the creation of dances that expressed resistance to the oppressive government. Pantsula emerged in the 1950s-1960s in response to forced evictions, spreading popularity as a way to protest poor living conditions and other issues. Toyi-toyi was described as the "war dance" of Black South Africans, symbolizing unity amid poverty and instilling fear in colonial forces but also hope in protesters facing harassment or death for demonstrating. These dances brought people together in their opposition to apartheid.

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    Apartheid in South Africa led to the creation of dances that expressed resistance to the oppressive government. Pantsula emerged in the 1950s-1960s in response to forced evictions, spreading popularity as a way to protest poor living conditions and other issues. Toyi-toyi was described as the "war dance" of Black South Africans, symbolizing unity amid poverty and instilling fear in colonial forces but also hope in protesters facing harassment or death for demonstrating. These dances brought people together in their opposition to apartheid.

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    Apartheid in South Africa led to the creation of dances that expressed resistance to the oppressive government. Pantsula emerged in the 1950s-1960s in response to forced evictions, spreading popularity as a way to protest poor living conditions and other issues. Toyi-toyi was described as the "war dance" of Black South Africans, symbolizing unity amid poverty and instilling fear in colonial forces but also hope in protesters facing harassment or death for demonstrating. These dances brought people together in their opposition to apartheid.

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    Apartheid or ‘apartness’ as it means in the Afrikaans language was a system of racial

    segregation that existed in South Africa from the late 1940s to early 1990s. It was characterized

    by white man supremacy and national oppression of the non-whites; black Africans and

    Asians[CITATION May99 \l 1033 ]. During this period the colored population especially black

    South Africans experienced a lot of suffering and brutality. Creativity in terms of art, music and

    dance was and still is their greatest source of comfort.

    Pantsula is one such dance that dominated during apartheid. The modern day Kwaito

    music is a typical music for this quick stepping, low to the ground, rhythmic footwork that

    translates to a dance. It emerged back in the 1950s and 1960s just after the apartheid system of

    governance began in response to the forceful evictions carried out by the authorities[ CITATION

    Myb93 \l 1033 ]. Its birth was at local dance competitions conducted by groups of old men in

    Alexandra and Sophiatown areas of Johannesburg. With time it spread like a bush fire and

    gained popularity not only among blacks of all ages and sexes living in other towns but also

    whites. The main aim of this dance was to express resistance towards the oppressive

    government and create awareness on existing issues such as poor living conditions as well as

    emergent problems like the HIV/AIDS pandemic[CITATION Ger \l 1033 ].

    Toyi-toyi dance is described as the “war dance” of Black South Africans and shares a

    link with the Mau Mau fighters of Kenya who fought against the Briton colonialists. The chants

    and dance symbolized unity and togetherness amidst abject poverty and heartbreaking

    conditions. It instilled fear in the armed colonial forces but distracted it among the protesters who

    would move while chanting political slogans. In as much as they knew they would be harassed or

    worse, be killed in the process it gave them confidence. This dance brought together leaders and
    Dances created in response to Apartheid

    their followers. It could be both constructive and destructive. It could symbolize war and

    celebration as well[CITATION cap18 \l 1033 ].


    Dances created in response to Apartheid

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    Mayne, A. (1999). From Polititvcs Past to Politics Future:An Intergrated Analysis of Current and

    Emergent Paradigms. Westport, Conneticut.

    Myburgh, C. V. (1993). Pantsdula Dance- Case studies on the origins and making of a township

    artform. Johannesburg.

    Samuel, G. (2001). Shifts in Pantsula in a Performance context of KwaZulu Natal:a case study of

    Pearl Ndaba's Golden Dancers Between 1998-2001. Footsteps across the landscape of

    dance in South Africa, pp. 53-58.

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