Strange Fruit - In Remembrance of The Victims of Hate Crimes and Xenophobia

Uploaded on 15 Aug 2008

Unlike the others, this PSA does not attempt to address HIV directly. Rather, it aims to shock us into taking responsibility for Hate Crime; specifically anti-lesbian and xenophobic hate crimes.

This PSA features Odidi ODIDIVA Mfenyana singing Billy Holiday's siren protest song Strange Fruit.

 Although the song originally referred to the grotesque lynching of blacks in the United States, this version aims to prevent us becoming habituated and de-sensitized to the occurrence of violent hate crimes in South Africa.

 "Strange Fruit" is intended to cause a measure of discomfort and to call us to action.