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A song from the Grenada Revolution which criticises the effectiveness of the United Nations in preventing crimes like Apartheid and Zionism from taking place despite most UN members voting against them.
Notes:
• Kurt Waldheim — The Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, later found to have been an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. He later served as the president of Austria despite this.
• Calypsonian — A performer of calypso music, AKA this song's genre.
• Viljoen — Marais Viljoen, the leader of Apartheid South Africa at the time.
Performer/Composer: Black Wizard (Elwyn McQuilkin)
Year: 1980
Source: Vinyl Record "Jour Ouvert"
Image: Soviet poster "To Account! The evil-doers will not escape the furor of the peoples!" (К ответсту! Не скрыться злодеям от гнева народов!), Nikolai Dolgorukov (Николай Долгоруков), 1952.
A song from the Grenada Revolution which criticises the effectiveness of the United Nations in preventing crimes like Apartheid and Zionism from taking place despite most UN members voting against them.
Notes:
• Kurt Waldheim — The Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, later found to have been an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. He later served as the president of Austria despite this.
• Calypsonian — A performer of calypso music, AKA this song's genre.
• Viljoen — Marais Viljoen, the leader of Apartheid South Africa at the time.
Performer/Composer: Black Wizard (Elwyn McQuilkin)
Year: 1980
Source: Vinyl Record "Jour Ouvert"
Image: Soviet poster "To Account! The evil-doers will not escape the furor of the peoples!" (К ответсту! Не скрыться злодеям от гнева народов!), Nikolai Dolgorukov (Николай Долгоруков), 1952.
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The available recording of this song on YouTube is incomplete, missing the second stanza and the very end of the final one. In addition, the pitch of that recording is unusually high. Here is the full version with the correct pitch.
Year recorded: 1945
Lyricist: Johannes Semper
Composer: Gustav Ernesaks
Year written: 1944")
