Using the case of South Africa in the face of apartheid, this paper underscores the fact that, with the right education, young people are and can be very instrumental in the struggle for liberation. This is captured in their struggle for liberation throughout the film Sarafina. The use of songs, especially Sarafina, The Lord’s prayer and Freedom is coming tomorrow in the film helps them push through with their idea of having the right education and liberating themselves from society problems. Our analysis of the songs in this film is guided by the Semiotics Approach with the backing of the Marxist theory. These three songs do not emphasize the issue of public violence but articulate resistance. Our analysis thus evinces that in the film Sarafina the South African youth are educated and encouraged to rise and fight for their rights in the face of a brutal and faceless inhuman white regime, and this suggests that youths can resist situations in life not necessarily through violence but peaceful protest.