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A fact from Johannesburg (song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Gil Scott-Heron's 1975 song "Johannesburg" was banned in South Africa during apartheid?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:35, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Gil Scott-Heron's 1975 song "Johannesburg" was banned in South Africa during apartheid? Source: Baram 2014, p. 243

ALT1: ... that Gil Scott-Heron's anti-apartheid song "Johannesburg" parodied a jingle for Thunderbird wine?

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vincent Ialenti
- Comment: Other hook suggestions are welcome

Created by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:13, 19 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and long enough (just moved to mainspace from userspace), no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources, hook cited in-line, QPQ done. No alts come to mind, but I prefer nominator's original hook as the info it contains is both interesting and socially significant. Ready to go. Topshelver (talk) 19:47, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]