Freddie Marquet
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People refer to it as South Africa's second national anthem.
It was sung in a call and response style by the workers to kind of, you know, generate a rhythm and also to alleviate stress from working long hard days underground.
Shoshaloza means go forward or make the way for the next man.
And famously, Nelson Mandela spoke about how he would sing this song while he was imprisoned on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, along with many other political prisoners, and the ways in which the song reflected the struggle during apartheid.
Yeah, we're here and, you know, we're really loud and we're going to let you know.