Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
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Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid was a 1985 protest supergroup and musical project organized by Steven Van Zandt that united prominent musicians to oppose South African apartheid and the Sun City resort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5862590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Context triple: [Silver and Gold, associatedWith, Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid]
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A.
God Bless Africa
God Bless Africa is the English translation of the title of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," a famous African hymn that has served as a national or pan-African anthem in several African countries.
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B.
The Call of South Africa
The Call of South Africa is the English version of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika," the former national anthem of South Africa that celebrated the country’s landscape, heritage, and Afrikaner nationalism.
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C.
Chaka Zulu
Chaka Zulu is a music industry executive and artist manager best known for co-founding Ludacris’s Disturbing tha Peace record label and helping shape early-2000s Southern hip hop.
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D.
Goapele
Goapele is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter known for her socially conscious lyrics and smooth, jazz-inflected vocal style.
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E.
Proud to Be Black
"Proud to Be Black" is a politically charged, pro-Black empowerment track by Run-D.M.C. that closes their influential 1986 hip hop album Raising Hell.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Target entity description: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid was a 1985 protest supergroup and musical project organized by Steven Van Zandt that united prominent musicians to oppose South African apartheid and the Sun City resort.
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A.
God Bless Africa
God Bless Africa is the English translation of the title of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," a famous African hymn that has served as a national or pan-African anthem in several African countries.
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B.
The Call of South Africa
The Call of South Africa is the English version of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika," the former national anthem of South Africa that celebrated the country’s landscape, heritage, and Afrikaner nationalism.
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C.
Chaka Zulu
Chaka Zulu is a music industry executive and artist manager best known for co-founding Ludacris’s Disturbing tha Peace record label and helping shape early-2000s Southern hip hop.
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D.
Goapele
Goapele is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter known for her socially conscious lyrics and smooth, jazz-inflected vocal style.
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E.
Proud to Be Black
"Proud to Be Black" is a politically charged, pro-Black empowerment track by Run-D.M.C. that closes their influential 1986 hip hop album Raising Hell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-apartheid campaign
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musical project ⓘ musical supergroup ⓘ protest supergroup ⓘ |
| benefits | anti-apartheid organizations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
hip hop music
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pop rock ⓘ protest music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasMainWork | Sun City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Afrika Bambaataa
NERFINISHED
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Big Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby King NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ Bonnie Raitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Bono NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruce Springsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Clemons NERFINISHED ⓘ Darlene Love NERFINISHED ⓘ David Ruffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Bootee NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Kendricks NERFINISHED ⓘ George Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil Scott-Heron NERFINISHED ⓘ Hall & Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackson Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Cliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey Ramone NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurtis Blow NERFINISHED ⓘ Linton Kwesi Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm McLaren NERFINISHED ⓘ Melle Mel NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nona Hendryx NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Benatar NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Garrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Run-D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Stiv Bators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalPosition | anti-apartheid ⓘ |
| hasProducer |
Arthur Baker
NERFINISHED
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Jimmy Iovine NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
boycott of the Sun City resort
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opposition to South African apartheid ⓘ |
| hasShortName | Artists United Against Apartheid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity | Sun City, Bophuthatswana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sun City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes |
Sun City resort
NERFINISHED
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apartheid in South Africa ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Little Steven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EMI
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Manhattan Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Description of subject: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid was a 1985 protest supergroup and musical project organized by Steven Van Zandt that united prominent musicians to oppose South African apartheid and the Sun City resort.
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