Since the end of European colonialism, musicians have often served as voices of conscience and protest in independent African nations, criticizing corruption and dictatorship.
First, it's not clear that protest is independent of blame, such that one could specify what it is to protest without appealing to blaming attitudes.
She also might protest that independent of afterlife benefits, accepting Jesus makes people happy in this life, here and now.
This touched off a firestorm of protest from independent oil well owners, including boycotts and vandalism, which eventually led to the discovery of Standard Oil's part in the deal.
Organisers and participants insisted the protests were independent of the Republican party, which has at every turn attacked the Obama administration's budget and economic stimulus policies.
A rare West African ivory mask, taken by the British during a 19th-century invasion of the city-state Benin in present-day Nigeria, was withdrawn from a Sotheby's sale after online protests, The Independent reported.
So any echo of such awful times makes Mozambicans nervous.A few blocks away from the protests in Independent Square at Renamo's Maputo offices, Mr Mazanga (speaking through an interpreter) qualified his earlier statement.
Apple will pay royalties to music labels and publishers during the three-month free trial of its Apple Music streaming service, the company has confirmed, after protests from independent labels and musician Taylor Swift.
A crackdown on political protests, opposition dissent and independent journalism since last year's military takeover has brought relative quiet to the streets of Bangkok in recent months.
Now, in both criminal proceedings of protesters charged with crimes and in civil suits brought by protesters alleging police abuse, it's likely that any significant protest will have independent video shot from multiple angles to ferret out what actually happened.
