![]() ![]() Kudos to U2 for having the balls to tackle apartheid. Amy Friel from Barrie, CanadaI like the "Money, money, money, money" line.Marius from Lüneburg, GermanyAmy, don't you confound that with "desire"?!.Bono and U2 have always been good for songs about human rights violations and this time it paid off and in 1994, Mandela became the 1st Black president of the new South Africa, that was NOT under apartheid. He really wanted the world to rememeber Mandela. This is what Bono says after preforming the song. A man who has lost faith in the peacemakers of the west while they argueĪnd while they fail to support a man like bishop Tutu and his request for economic sanctions against South Africa." He is ready to take up arms against his oppressor. A man who's sick and tired of looking down the barrel of white South Africa. "This is a song written about a man in a shanty town outside of Johannesburg. at the end, bono explains the significances of the song. On the album rattle and hum, the song is preformed live. ![]() Being written in 1988, this song is about him. He was imprisoned for 27 years, which would have him coming out in 1987. Nelson Mandela had been arrested for his Anti-Apartheid actions in the ANC in the 1960. Bono wanted to remind the people of the world that there were still human rights violations going on around them, and even though the Soviets had just about split up and the troubles in Europe were just about over. It was written in 1988, just before the "iron curtain" was lifted from Europe and the Berlin Wall was taken down. Peter from Buffalo, NyAfter doing a project for my 10th grade global class, i came to realize that Bono wrote this song to remind the world of the Apartheid that was going on in South Africa. ![]()
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