Did Mandela sell us out? No, but it is damn complicated and as always the west and its local agents is culprit number 1. Let's rant in the lead up to the national elections in South Africa.

This episode features the incredible scholar of sound, music, and history, Dr Aidan Erasmus. It starts with me, Wilton, ranting in a part 2 of sorts to the last episode. We discuss punk music and aesthetics, rock and roll, South Africa, jazz, and we absolutely pour out our love for the band Blk Jks. I couldn't bring myself to do another whole episode on Afrikaner nationalism, but I will be teaching a class soon where some of that history will be covered in part. Here are some links to things mentioned in the show.

Black Auralities Substack https://blackauralities.substack.com/p/on-adam-shatzs-vengeful-pathologies

Punk in Africa https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034085/

National Wake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wake

Aidan Erasmus writings https://etd.uwc.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11394/6523/erasmus_phd_arts_2018.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/31495/627442.pdf?sequence=1#page=183

Wilton Schereka MA https://etd.uwc.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11394/6548/schereka_m_arts_2018.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

How did white Afrikaners establish foundational myths about themselves and how were they deployed in the past, in aid of present structures of oppression? In this episode I explore some of the foundational ideas that embolden white supremacist and white nationalist Afrikaner rhetoric, that then gets taken up by people like Bok Van Blerk and his racist anthems, and the imagery and iconography of bands like Bittereinder.