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National Wake (often referred to as "The Wake") was an influential mixed-race apartheid-era band based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Wake were active in the late seventies and early eighties.
Digitally remastered National Wake LP now on iTunes
National Wake featured on Public Radio International
National Wake featured in acclaimed documentary Punk in Africa
The Economist: Against All Authority
Ribon Around A Bomb: Film Bombast – Punk in Africa
Everybody Loves Freedom Gary and Punka Khoza/National Wake
Funk Gumbo: Song of the Day – National Wake’s Black Punk Rockers
Institue of Documentary Film: Film of the Week – Punk in Africa
Radio Wave’s Friday Ripple: Punk in Africa, National Wake, and much more
Mail & Guardian: National Wake’s legacy revived
Write up on Punk in Africa at the Incubate Independent Culture Blog
National Wake on the cover of the special music section of Mail & Guardian
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