Rhodesians Never Die

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{{Infobox song

| name = Rhodesians Never Die

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| type = single

| artist = Clem Tholet

| album = Songs of Love and War

| B-side = Hey, Hey, Jerome

| released = 1973

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| genre = Folk

| length = 2:24

| label = Teal

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| prev_title = Vrystaat

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Peace Dream

| next_year = 1977

}}

"Rhodesians Never Die" is a Rhodesian patriotic song, written and first recorded by Rhodesian singer-songwriter Clem Tholet in 1973.[https://books.google.com/books?id=JkwqAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Rhodesians+Never+Die%22++ African Affairs], Volume 87, Royal African Society, 1988, page 66

Though originally released as a pop song, its lyrics caused it to gain an iconic status amongst Rhodesians during the Rhodesian Bush War of the 1970s.{{cite book | last1=Frederikse | first1=J. | last2=Partridge | first2=B. | title=None But Ourselves: Masses Vs. Media in the Making of Zimbabwe | publisher=Heinemann | year=1983 | isbn=978-0-435-96201-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wd0AAAAMAAJ | page=51}} It caused the phrase "Rhodesians never die" to become a popular patriotic phrase amongst Rhodesians, especially during the Bush War.{{Cite book |last=Godwin |first=Peter |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/1969 |title=‘Rhodesians Never Die’: The Impact of War and Political Change on White Rhodesia, c.1970–1980 |last2=Hancock |first2=Ian |date=1993-03-25 |publisher=Oxford University PressOxford |isbn=978-0-19-820365-0 |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203650.001.0001 |access-date=15 October 2024}} That phrase also became a slogan amongst white supremacists.{{cite news |last1=Ismay |first1=John |title=Rhodesia’s Dead — but White Supremacists Have Given It New Life Online |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html |access-date=11 April 2024 |agency=The New York Times Magazine |publisher=The New York Times Company}}