Sunday, May 1, 2011
Pink Floyd banned
On 2 May 1980 the South African government banned Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)", being blamed for inciting riots among pupils. Black children who boycotted schools during the "Elsies River" uprising because of inferior education standards had adopted the song as their anthem as the song includes children chanting the chorus, "We don't need no education".
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