Although the effect of blending the music by Shabazz Palaces and the images of documentary-in-the-making Tough Bond escapes me, for now, I am looking forward to seeing the end results (both of the documentary and the Shabazz Palaces first full album Black Up). Shabazz Palaces sure know how to pick their directors.

Remember the video for their ‘Belhaven Meridian’ by Kahlil Joseph:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMZKPaSF0GE

Kahlil Joseph, who in his turn also shot a magnetic short film for Brazilian musician and actor Seu Jorge (featuring a cover of Roy Ayers’s ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’ and Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’):

Further Reading

Kwame Nkrumah today

New documents looking at British and American involvement in overthrowing Kwame Nkrumah give us pause to reflect on his legacy, and its resonances today.

Goodbye, Piassa

The demolition of an historic district in Addis Ababa shows a central contradiction of modernization: the desire to improve the country while devaluing its people and culture.