File under Found Objects, No. 13


The UK (via Jamaica) toaster, Tapper Zukia's "MPLA" off the album from the same name. Because the song (and the album) came out in 1975, some made links to the Angolan liberation movement, the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, who that same year formed Angola's new independent government (after a protracted liberation war against Portuguese colonial rule). This fan video–with its Cold War and anti-colonial images–contributes to that myth I suppose. Instead, the song was more about Rastafarianism and a reflection of 1970s London black identity politics.


H/T: Tony Karon.



 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 20, 2011 14:00
No comments have been added yet.


Sean Jacobs's Blog

Sean Jacobs
Sean Jacobs isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.
Follow Sean Jacobs's blog with rss.