The collapse of the BNF anthem

These are the words of USA-based Nigerian scholar, Associate Professor Uche T. Onyebadi of Texas Christian University.

The words of this scholar resonate well with the situation of Botswana National Front (BNF), a member of the ruling coalition party, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). For many years, the BNF relished moments of glory through an anthem composed by the party’s former scribe, the late Palapye-born Klaas Motshidisi. The anthem according to those in the know was compiled around 1969. The late Motshidisi is also credited for having authored other liberation songs for the trade unions in the country around the time he did the BNF popular anthem.