摘要：Politics and music: a double edged sword25 years ago, Paul Simon released his platinum-selling and critically adored album Graceland. For the album's anniversary Paul Simon, to-gether with filmmaker Joe Berlinger, travelled to South Africa, where the singer revisited the making of the album from an artistic standpoint, as well the controversy it generated. During the making of Graceland, Simon was accused of breaking the United Nations' cultural boy-cott of South Africa, which was a major part of the UN's strategy in the fight against apartheid. A remarkable part of the documentary - which is titled "Under African Skies" - is Si-mon's meeting with Dali Tambo, the founder of Artists Against Apartheid (AAA) and son of ANC president Oliver Tambo. Back in the ear-ly '80s when, against many people's advice, Si-mon decided to go to South Africa, he was not only struck by the extreme racial tension - what greeted him as well was the backlash from the ANC and the African freedom movement. The African media criticized him for breaking the cultural boycott. One of the loudest voices of criticism came from Dali Tambo
