Talking about decolonising...

 

After my guest lecture today on "Decolonising the Everyday", we discussed music videos and post-colonial awareness...

Here is probably one of the most powerful ones ever made:

M.I.A. - 'Borders'

This video reminds me of so many episodes of my journalism journey... In Somalia... in Dadaab, Kenya, one of the largest refugee camps in the world... in Iraq... In Ventimiglia, north of Italy at the border with France... And of course in Calais.

Strangely, as a woman who often had to accept to be told off by men, as a North African, who often had to accept to be silenced in my own country, this video makes me feel empowered. So thanks to MIA.

Here is also the trailer to her film:

matangi/Maya/M.I.A.