White pride anthem a hit in South Africa

Scott Baldauf
Christian Science Monitor
Mar. 4, 2007 12:00 AM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - If you don't know Afrikaans, then the hit song De la Rey is just another stadium-rock anthem on the South African airwaves.

But if you do know Afrikaans, it can be a historical song about a heroic Afrikaner general; a longing for cultural pride, public respect, and leadership; or even a political call for action.

In any case, De la Rey is controversial, and it has rapidly become an expression of the Afrikaner people's feeling of alienation from the new Black-dominated South Africa, a country they claim to have built, but where they no longer feel at home.

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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0304safrica-afrikaans0304.html

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I work with a white South African who emegrated here 3 years ago. Top notch guy and he said in some areas things are worse than being reported.