Ana Tijoux’s ‘Shock’ Becomes Protesters’ Anthem in Chile

Protesters in Chile are calling for educational reforms and Tijoux’s song has generated buzz.

Hip-hop for revolution

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The poetic tradition in North Africa has also woven its way into more modern forms of expression. Rappers and hip-hop artists from Algiers to Cairo have been casting critical eyes on governments and dictators for years now. In the wake of unrest across the region, their rhymes have become a kind of soundtrack for revolution. Now, one group of Libyan exiles has assembled some of the best tracks into a compilation. The World’s Clark Boyd reports. Download MP3

Videos: Soundtracks for revolution

Portuguese petition

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A Portuguese fan of the Lisbon based band Deolinda started a petition. He wants their song to become the country’s new national anthem. It’s a mock petition, but the group’s singer says the song reflects a Portuguese trait. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the petitioning fan and the lead singer.

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• Deolinda’s petition

Global Hit: Deolinda

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A man in Portugal started a petition to turn a song by the Lisbon-based band Deolinda into the country’s new national anthem. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the petition leader — and the band’s lead singer.

Deolinda

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Ana Bacalhau is lead singer of the group Deolinda. And Joao Torgal is a fan of the group. He’s started an online petition to make Deolinda’s song ‘Movimento Perpetuo Associativo’ the new national anthem of Portugal. Marco Werman talked with them. Download MP3

Finding the right words

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Sergei Mikhalkov, the Russian who wrote the words of the Soviet and Russian national anthems, has died at the age of 96. He first wrote the lyrics for the anthem when Stalin was Soviet leader, but later rewrote them to omit references to him. Mikhalkov also wrote the words for the current Russian anthem adopted in 2001. Alex Gallafent took a look at the troubled anthem. >>> BBC coverage

A poet’s songs honor two Russias

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After the death of a prominent Russian poet, The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on the changing shape of Russia’s national anthem.

University anthem

From South Dakota, we go to American University…somewhere in the Middle East— for today’s Geo Quiz. This song— or at least a version of it– the university’s anthem. Recognize it? Well, it happens to be the anthem for hundreds of colleges around the US. Chief among them, Cornell University. But we digress … the specific American University we’re looking for today was founded by a missionary in 1866.