Mobutu Sese Seko

The Misunderstood Farmer Boy

By Xander Ferreira on December 29, 2017

By Xander Ferreira and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) on 29 December 2017 in STORIES

With his project Gazelle, Xander Ferreira aims to show the diversity of cultures in South Africa, and to translate the political strategies of African dictators to the world of pop music. Ferreira is white, which became an issue.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged African dictators, Appropriation, Black Noise, Conceptual Art, Cultural Appropriation, Die Antwoord, Exotic, Exotica, exploitation, Gazelle, Graceland, Idi Amin, Jack Parow, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, London, Mobutu Sese Seko, Mozambique, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nick Matthews, Paul Simons, Radioclit, Segregation, Seismographic Sounds, Sotho, South Africa, The Very Best, Xander Ferreira | Leave a response

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