'Stop this filth': The censorship of Roger Lucey's music in apartheid South Africa

‘Something else is possible’: transcultural collaboration as anti-apartheid activism in the music of Juluka

“…The apartheid regime's antagonist treatment of Juluka was not a reaction to any provocative activism. From the early 1970s onward the government banned albums on the grounds of indecency, blasphemy, disturbing peace, threatening the state and more (Drewett 2005, p. 55; Byerly 1998, p. 14). As a result, the members of Juluka addressed politics cautiously and did not mention apartheid.…”

Ghosts of the Popular: The Hidden Years Music Archive and the Interstices of South African Popular Music History

“…PJ Powers, affectionately known as Thandeka by Soweto crowds, was one of the earliest white female crossover artists who enjoyed a fanatical black township following (Powers and Thamm 2014). Also on stage was Roger Lucey, one of the most politically outspoken artists of the 1980s, who was closely monitored and regularly harassed by the Security Police (Drewett, “Stop This Filth”).…”