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[allAfrica] When President Cyril Ramaphosa quoted -- in his inaugural address to South Africa's Parliament -- the song «Send Me» by Hugh Masekela, he was not only honouring the musician, but evoking the lyrics of an immensely popular traditional cSouth Africa:The Deep Roots of Ramaphosa's 'Thuma Mina'
[allAfrica] When President Cyril Ramaphosa quoted -- in his inaugural address to South Africa's Parliament -- the song «Send Me» by Hugh Masekela, he was not only honouring the musician, but evoking the lyrics of an immensely popular traditional church chorus which highlights themes of self-sacrifice, individual responsibility and the importance of personal change in mindsets. In a guest column for AllAfrica, Professor Tinyiko Maluleke unpacks the full import of Ramaphosa's quotation. Read more