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toy-toy, toyi-toyi South African a dance expressing defiance and protest How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was able to reach and politicize people who might not be moved by speeches and pamphlets; it served as a source of strength, pride, and support; it boosted morale and inspired action; it served as a secret communication tool among activists; it chronicled the history of the Struggle; and it even acted as a weapon in itself, as with the fear-instilling Toyi-Toyi dance-song combination. And others reveled in scaring whites by any means necessary (the mass toyi-toyi dances, in which hundreds of marchers kind of hip-hopped toward police barricades in unison, were mighty effective ways to do this). |
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