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Afrikaansalternative Popular Music 1986 - 1990 : Ananalysi.S of -,,' AFRIKAANSALTERNATIVE POPULAR MUSIC 1986 - 1990 : ANANALYSI.S OF -,,', . THE MUSIC 'OF BERNOLDUS" NIEMAND . AND JOHANNES KERKORREL. ' ~. .--: I ' ~ [\, - BRENDAN:, " "~ iSMIT , !l.' " ,' 1£~ , ;, THIS LONG ESSAY IS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF A BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE I CERTIFY THAT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THIS LONG ESSAY IS MY OWN ORIGINAL WORK. 1 In t.he la"Le 19805 Lne South African alternative media documented Lne emergence of a small but popular music movement WlLn~n Afrikaans youth culturec By movement pnenomenlc. - generaLing musical events of the magnitude of Houtstok (South Africals first rack festival wnlcn was attended by more Lnan twenty thousand people)i and the Voelvry tour (a national by In 199t) even Newsweek documented Lne significance 0: Aflikaans ffiLtsic Afrikaans alternative ffiLtsic made a deep impression on the Afrikaans and~ aLSO White English South consciousness. 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