South Africa

Art, Music and Sport

South Africa

Art

• world`s earliest art• over 15000 paintings • some are 40000 years old• pigments: made of burnt

bone, fine clay• materials: fingers, animal

hair, sticks, feathers• Kamberg San Rock Art

Centre, Drakensberg

Rock paintings Local art Apartheid Black artists Ndebele Wood Galleries and

museums

• colonists painted their „new world“

• formal end of colonial era: begin of own national identity

• establishing a locally rooted art towards the end of the 19th century


museums

• only white artists build South African art

• black artists were largely neglected

• protest with their pictures


museums

• black creativity was not encouraged

• first art school for black people• concentrated on depicting their

realities• „Township Art“: own

experiences painted in the townships


museums

• artists have no formal training• bright colours, geometric

designs• Ndebele villages


museums

• bowls, masks, chairs, animal carvings

• for sale at special stores, flea markets and at the side of the road


museums

• offer world-class fine art experience

• many commercial galleries in tourists spots

• flagship museum: South African National Gallery in central Cape-Town


museums

Music

• multifarious music scene• creative means of expression in the

cultural tradition• feelings are handled in singing and

dancing

MUSIC

General Introduction

Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

MUSIC

General introduction

Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Beginning

• Dutch colonial era: indigenous tribes people adapted western music instruments

• 1912: South African music became popular

• San people: the first musicians in South Africa

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Marabi

• a style from the slums of Johannesburg

• played on pianos

• 1930: marabi had incorporated new instruments

• popular

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Jazz

• long tradition

• it was already played in 1930

• especially swing music

• first point of origin: Cape province

• Johannesburg became capital for South African jazz

• 1960-1970: from Jive to South African Pop

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Miriam Makeba

• born in 1932 in Prospect Township

• international star

• stood up against Apartheid politic

• musical career in the group „Cuban Brothers“ and “Manhattan Brothers”

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Miriam Makeba

• married Stokely Carmichael

• central figure in the jazz scene

• produced by Soweto

• one famous song is „Pata Pata“

• got the “Grammy” and the “Polar Music Prize”

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

National Anthem

Nkosi sikelel' iAfrikaMaluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,

Yizwa imithandazo yethu,Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.

Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,

O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.

Uit die blou van onse hemel,Uit die diepte van ons see,Oor ons ewige gebergtes,

Waar die kranse antwoord gee,

Sounds the call to come together,And united we shall stand,

Let us live and strive for freedom,In South Africa our land.

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

National Anthem

Lord bless AfricaMay her glory be lifted high

Hear our petitionsLord bless us

Us your childrenLord we ask You to protect our nation

Intervene and end all conflictsProtect us, protect our nation

Protect South AfricaFrom the blue of our skies

From the depths of our seasOver our everlasting mountains

Where the echoing crags resoundSounds the call to come together,

And united we shall stand,Let us live and strive for freedom,

In South Africa our land.

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

National Anthem

• contains of 4 of 11 official languages

• composed in 1897

• became an act of political defiance against the apartheid Government

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Idiophone

• oldest type of musical instrument

• different uses: signalling, get the attention, assemble people, transfer information, point out movements, scare away birds

• musical: rhythm-instrument melody-instrument

• xylophone

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Kwela

• also called Pennywistle Jive

• popular since 1940

• modern flute music

• different Jive-versions

• collective term Mbaquanga

MUSIC


Beginning

Marabi

Jazz

Miriam Makeba

National Anthem

Idiophone

Kwela

Song

Song

Eddy Grant

“Gimme hope Jo’hanna”

Sport

• national religion• unites the country• has the power to heal old

wounds• South Africans are very

exciting fans

Sport

A general introduction

Apartheid Kinds of Sport: - Cricket - Rugby - Soccer Some achieved

successes

• Happenings after a victory of a South African team:

Everybody is…- celebrating the whole day and night - Is dancing and singing- Is banging on dustbin lids and

trumpeting on cow horns- and sometimes you can see fireworks in

the largest cities

Sport



successes

• racially segregated sport • Black people weren’t allowed to do

sport in a sports club• only white sports clubs received support

from the government

the sport unions around the world agreed that South African teams weren’t allowed to join international competitions

• In 1992 the country returned to the Olympics

Sport



successes

- For many years cricket was regarded as the game of the privileged white man

- A lot of talented black cricket player - South African cricket was isolated from

the rest of the world for 21 years because of the apartheid politics

- South Africa had only ever played against Australia, England and New Zealand.

- the country was

readmitted to world

cricket in 1991

Sport



successes

- the Proteas became one of the elite teams of world cricket.

- South Africa made their debut at the World Cup in 1992 and went all the way to the semi-final

- 2003 South Africa was the home team of the Cricket World Cup

- South African cricket will be able to challenge the world by

drawing on all the talent

available in the country

Sport



successes

- Was a British public school invention, played by colonialists

- Black South Africans thought it was a white man‘s game

- The South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) is the custodian of the Game of rugby in South Africa

- SARFU was established in 1992 - The Springboks Rugby World Cup victory

in 1995 did much to popularise and grow the game in South Africa.

- South Africa plays a pivotal role in the growth and development of rugby on the African continent.

Sport



successes

Sport


Apartheid Kinds of Sport: - Cricket - Rugby - Marathon - Soccer Achieved

Successes

- 1860 imported by British colonists - 1892 the South African Football

Association was founded- it was an association only for white

people- Member of the FIFA - 1976 SA was excluded, because of the

apartheid politics- 1970 the Football Associaiton of South

Africa was founded for the majority of the black people

- 1992 SA was admitted to the FIFA again- 1994 the SAFA represents all South

Africans

Sport



successes

- The South African National team demonstrates the strength of its play

- 1996 South Africa won the African Cup of Nations

- 1998 it joined the WM-final- 2000 participation in the Olympics- 2002 Champion of the Confederation of

Southern African Football Association- South Africa is chosen to make the

arrangements for

the FIFA World

Champion Chip in 2010.

Sport



successes

Sport



successes

• 1996 Josiah Thugwane won a gold medal for winning the marathon

• 1996 Penny Heyns won 2 gold medals for winning the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke

• 1995 the Orlando Pirates won the Africa Champions League and the African-Super-Cub

• 2001 Mike Horn won the Laureus World Sports Award

• 1998 and 2004 South Africa won the Tri Nations Series

Sport



successes

Documents

South Africa