Black President (Brenda Fassie album)

Black President
Black President
Studio album by Brenda Fassie
Released	March 9, 1990
Recorded	1989–1990, Johannesburg
Length	37:30
Label	CCP Records
Producer	Sello Twala
Brenda Fassie chronology

ReleasedMarch 9, 1990

Recorded1989–1990, Johannesburg

Length37:30

LabelCCP Records

Black President is the sixth studio album by South African singer Brenda Fassie. It was released on March 9, 1990, by CCP Records. The album was her sixth release for the CCP Records and is her more political record to date.

Black President was generally received with favorable reviews by music critics. The album is especially notable because it features the Anti Apartheid anthem the title song of the albums Black President, a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and his comrades by the apartheid government.^[1]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Won't Run"	Colbert Mukwevho Sello "Chicco" Twala Brenda Fassie	5:07
2.	"Bump Bump"	Twala Fassie	4:52
3.	"Stay Away [From My Man]"	Brenda Fassie Twala	3:33
4.	"Heroes Party"	Colbert Mukwevho D. Nkosi Fassie	5:11
5.	"Shoot Them Before They Grow"	Mukwevho Twala	3:01
6.	"Black President"	Fassie Mukwevho Twala	4:26
7.	"Street Girl"	Twala	3:34
8.	"Bump Party Time"	Twala	3:27

v t e Nelson Mandela
18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 President of South Africa (1994–1999) President of the African National Congress (1991–1997)
Life	Early life Mandela and Tambo law firm UMkhonto we Sizwe 1955 Congress of the People Freedom Charter Treason Trial Rivonia Trial Robben Island Pollsmoor Prison Victor Verster Prison Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa Liliesleaf Farm Mandela House and museum Nelson Mandela Children's Fund Nelson Mandela Foundation The Elders 70th Birthday Tribute 90th Birthday Tribute Awards and honours Death and state funeral state memorial service attendees funeral attendees
Presidency	1994 election Presidency Government of National Unity Reconstruction and Development Programme Truth and Reconciliation Commission Constitution of South Africa 1995 Rugby World Cup Intervention in Lesotho Mahlamba Ndlopfu
Books and speeches	"I Am Prepared to Die" (1964 speech) Long Walk to Freedom (1994) Mandela: The Authorised Biography (1999) Conversations With Myself (2010) Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years (2017)
Legacy and namesakes	Mandela Day Nelson Mandela Forum Nelson Mandela Institution 46664 concerts Mandela Rhodes Scholarship Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules) Nelson Mandela Challenge Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate Nelson Mandela Invitational Nelson Mandela International Airport Nelson Mandela Square Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Mandela National Stadium Nelson Mandela Bridge Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital Ponts Nelson-Mandela Nelson Mandela University Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
Film depictions	Mandela (1987) Death of Apartheid (1995) Mandela (1996) Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation (1996) Mandela and de Klerk (1997) Goodbye Bafana (2007) Endgame (2009) Invictus (2009) Winnie Mandela (2011) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) Mandela's Gun (2016)
Family	Ngubengcuka (great-grandfather) Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (father) Nosekeni Fanny (mother) Evelyn Mase (wife) Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (wife) Graça Machel (wife) Makgatho Mandela (son) Makaziwe Mandela (daughter) Zenani Mandela-Dlamini (daughter) Zindzi Mandela (daughter) Ndileka Mandela (granddaughter) Mandla Mandela (grandson) Zoleka Mandela (granddaughter) Ndaba Mandela (grandson)
Related	African National Congress history International Tribute Concert Madiba shirt "Free Nelson Mandela" (song) "Mandela Day" (song) "Rise Up" (song) "Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)" (song) Nelson Mandela (EP) Atlanta sculpture Cape Town City Hall statue Johannesburg statue London statue Pretoria statue Washington, D.C. statue Ismail Ayob
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