Is De La Rey the revolt of the advantaged?

Question

I sense that the advantaged of this country are becomming too arrogant with their little song. Are they planning the revolt?

Answer 1

Do you honestly believe that a "revolt" is possible in the South Africa that we are living in today... really?? Perhaps you should consider listening to the lyrics of this song or have a friend translate them for you. Bok van Blerk is merely singing about the plight of a young soldier in the Anglo - Boer war. It angers and saddens me to hear about all the attention and criticism that is directed at this song! Are you guys just bored or vengeful? Please take my advice and listen to this song so as to form your own opinion, instead of just jumping on the racial bandwagon. Why is it that the feelings and opinions of the few people who carry the old South African flag are automatically assumed to be the feelings and opinions of the entire Afrikaner nation? As for your statement about the "advantaged" of this country, I challenge you to prove to us all who exactly these individuals are as I am an Afrikaner, enjoy the song very much, have an average job and find myself quite broke at the moment!

Answer 2

I gave this same answer to someone else asking about the song:

The song is De La Rey and is performed by Bok Van Blerk. It deals with an historic period in South Africa and a leader at the time, De La Rey. The song is merely a recounting of that period and the leader mentioned. The song was never intended as a clarion call to arms. The government has not slammed the song nor the artist but have rightly expressed concerns that members of the white supremacist minority in South Africa will interpret the song as some kind of call to arms, even as some have already done. The misguided right wing racists at the The Right Perspective blog as well as Jan Lamprecht of AfricanCrisis have both made it out to be a call to uprising. So too have those at Stormfront.org. The writer and performer Bok Van Blerk denies what the right wing sites claim about the song – that he wrote it to incite an uprising. This can be seen to be true as the singer also performs a song in praise of the non-white SA rugby player Bryan Habana. If Bok Van Blerk was a racist he would not have written the song praising Habana.

Answer 3

for all those out there who think de la rey is a racist song against the blacks, here's a wake up call for u!!! its a song about wen the boere fought against the british!! its all about the british so i wish the gov and everyone else who believes the things they say would get their facts straight. i hope i dnt sound rude, this isnt directed to u im jst cross tht a afrikaans white sings a song about the british and theres this huge up roar. but zuma can sing bring me my machine gun and thts fine.

i agree with inn. u go girl

Answer 4

Even though I am not Afrikaaner, I felt the same as sweet-angel when I heard it. It is a song of belonging. I agree with alot of the others, it is just a song, let him be.

AA does not only affect the whites. I am waaay down on the list, so don't make assumptions.

Answer 5

I love the song De La Rey and I always think of it as a war cry!

Answer 6

i am a white Afrikaner living in south Africa. i love the song DE la ray every time i hear this song i get this feeling of belonging and i am proud of who i am today. it doesn't make we want to take my "arms" kill every one on site. my forefathers fought the British (kakies) for this land that we call south Africa. we are not planning to revolt we are just celebrating our history. or aren't we allowed to, aren't we allowed to have a history, aren't we allowed to tell the world about our pain and what happened to us in the past,

get a life wake up and smell the coffee.

maybe you must do some research on Generaal De la Ray, he was against war he was for peace!

Answer 7

you probably mean: "the currently disadvantaged".
Either way I dont see it that way. The song does make me feel proud as an Afrikaner and hopeful that we'll get good leaders from the Afrikaner people to help give us and the whole SA direction. If you have a problem with our pride in who and what we are, go wet yourself somewhere else.

Answer 8

You are the advantaged with your BEE and racist employment laws but I dont hear it sung in the Townships. The one thing the ANC is scared of is a revolt led by Afrikaaners and not without due cause given their history. The ANC have never fought a Battle so it would be a new experience for them. Not being able to hide behind their Communist Masters and scrounge off the Liberal West would be something they would find very unpalatable.

Answer 9

It is just a song about the british and the boer war. do you know your history?

Answer 10

come on Frank... let it be
a song is a song...
once some dude said "mshini wami" meant bring my gun so i can shoot the whites... how ignorant. lets just leave it be and not make assumptions about peoples music and what they mean...