“Siyahamba” is a traditional South African song that became globally popular after it was published in 1984 as part of a songbook, Freedom is Coming: Songs of Protest and Praise from South Africa. In the 1980s, it was often used in the international effort to end the regime of racial discrimination in South Africa. Today “Siyahamba” is a liberation song, performed in church and at concerts, at rallies, demonstrations, and processions, sometimes with the lyrics modified to match the cause of the