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We know when it's Christmas
Dec. 19th, 2024 12:24 pmI wanna post about my favourite Christmas music and ask about yours, but I think this needs to be a post of its own:
Fuse ODG just released a reply to Band Aid, which I think might become a new fave. It’s making an important political point, about the damage done by the image of Africans as starving victims and Africa as this place of inherent famine and poverty rather than somewhere for tourism, business, joy; about how far things have come. But mostly I just like its groove and its celebration of Ghanaian culture and independence. My dad’s an academic who specialises in Ghanaian history and took me when I was ten; I’ve grown up around Ghanaian art, fashion and music a lot more than most white British kids so this made me really happy even beyond the shining optimism for Ghana (and Africa, and black people) more broadly.
Fuse ODG just released a reply to Band Aid, which I think might become a new fave. It’s making an important political point, about the damage done by the image of Africans as starving victims and Africa as this place of inherent famine and poverty rather than somewhere for tourism, business, joy; about how far things have come. But mostly I just like its groove and its celebration of Ghanaian culture and independence. My dad’s an academic who specialises in Ghanaian history and took me when I was ten; I’ve grown up around Ghanaian art, fashion and music a lot more than most white British kids so this made me really happy even beyond the shining optimism for Ghana (and Africa, and black people) more broadly.