South African Musicians' Alliance

The South African Musicians' Alliance (SAMA) is a union, artist collective, and resistance movement formed by musicians in South Africa who opposed the censorship and suppression of the apartheid regime.[1] The alliance was formed sometime before 1983.[2] SAMA musicians flouted the government's imposed racial segregation and restrictions on music content.[1] Three of SAMA's priorities were freedom of speech, freedom of movement, and freedom of association.[1]

South African Musicians' Alliance

Abbreviation	SAMA
Region	South Africa

One prominent spokesperson of the organisation was pianist Rashid Lanie.[3][4]

See also

• Internal resistance to apartheid

References

1. Hall, Patricia (ed.). "Censorship from Apartheid to Post-Apartheid South Africa". The Oxford Handbook of Music Censorship. Oxford University Press. p. 597. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
2. Ansell, Gwen, ed. (2005). "Jazz for the Struggle, and the Struggle for Jazz". Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music, and Politics in South Africa. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-8264-1753-4. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
3. Martin, Denis-Constant (2013). "Two Decades of Freedom". Sounding the Cape: Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa. African Minds. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-920489-82-3. OCLC 855547885. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
4. Garofalo, Reebee (1992). Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements. South End Press. p. 196.

Further reading

• Drewett, Michael (2004). "Remembering Subversion: Resisting Censorship in Apartheid South Africa". In Korpe, Marie (ed.). Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today. Zed Books. pp. 88–93. ISBN 978-1-84277-505-9. OCLC 53940612.
• "Simon's Tour Backed in South Africa". The New York Times. 4 January 1992.