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5 Facts About Bob Marley's Survival and South African Censorship

  1. The apartheid regime in South Africa partially censored Bob Marley’s album Survival.
  2. The government took issue with Marley’s political lyrics, which criticized racial oppression and called for liberation.
  3. That a government felt threatened enough to silence the album says more about its power than any review could.
  4. The censorship targeted specific songs or passages, not the entire album.
  5. This act of suppression highlights how music can be a potent tool against authoritarian regimes.

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