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UMLILO - Out of My Face Music Video

Link to video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU60E_Glpro

Official music video for Umlilo’s ‘Out of My Face’ directed by Tlhonepho Thobejane is the third single off of Umlilo’s ‘Shades of Kwaai’ EP. The song is produced by Umlilo and mixed by Ross Dorkin.

Download the single here: http://bit.ly/1d0hof8 Download ‘Shades of Kwaai’ for FREE: https://soundcloud.com/umlilosa Directed by: Tlhonepho Thobejane Director of Photography: Christian Denslow Styling: Art Mataruse Lighting and Photography: Mads Norgaard Edited by: Lukas Kuhne Assistant Editor: Sisanda Msimang Production Assistant: Zandile Mjekula Umlilo costume design: Maxinne Friesnieg Makeup: Charli JVR and Liandi Ahlers Location: Triplane Studios Special Thanks to the fierce all stars: Phoenix Norgaad, Soneda, Angelo Valerio, Devan Hendricks, Amogelang Lebethe, Zani Moleya and The Ragdollz (Alex Alfaro, Keelin Simmons, Wentzel Ryan, Darion Adams, Sheldon Michaels) Follow UMLILO: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmliloSA Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UmliloSA

UMLILO - Out of My Face Music Video

Link to video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU60E_Glpro

Official music video for Umlilo’s ‘Out of My Face’ directed by Tlhonepho Thobejane is the third single off of Umlilo’s ‘Shades of Kwaai’ EP. The song is produced by Umlilo and mixed by Ross Dorkin.

Download the single here: http://bit.ly/1d0hof8 Download ‘Shades of Kwaai’ for FREE: https://soundcloud.com/umlilosa Directed by: Tlhonepho Thobejane Director of Photography: Christian Denslow Styling: Art Mataruse Lighting and Photography: Mads Norgaard Edited by: Lukas Kuhne Assistant Editor: Sisanda Msimang Production Assistant: Zandile Mjekula Umlilo costume design: Maxinne Friesnieg Makeup: Charli JVR and Liandi Ahlers Location: Triplane Studios Special Thanks to the fierce all stars: Phoenix Norgaad, Soneda, Angelo Valerio, Devan Hendricks, Amogelang Lebethe, Zani Moleya and The Ragdollz (Alex Alfaro, Keelin Simmons, Wentzel Ryan, Darion Adams, Sheldon Michaels) Follow UMLILO: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmliloSA Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UmliloSA

UMLILO - Out of My Face Music Video

Link to video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU60E_Glpro

Official music video for Umlilo’s ‘Out of My Face’ directed by Tlhonepho Thobejane is the third single off of Umlilo’s ‘Shades of Kwaai’ EP. The song is produced by Umlilo and mixed by Ross Dorkin.

Download the single here: http://bit.ly/1d0hof8 Download ‘Shades of Kwaai’ for FREE: https://soundcloud.com/umlilosa Directed by: Tlhonepho Thobejane Director of Photography: Christian Denslow Styling: Art Mataruse Lighting and Photography: Mads Norgaard Edited by: Lukas Kuhne Assistant Editor: Sisanda Msimang Production Assistant: Zandile Mjekula Umlilo costume design: Maxinne Friesnieg Makeup: Charli JVR and Liandi Ahlers Location: Triplane Studios Special Thanks to the fierce all stars: Phoenix Norgaad, Soneda, Angelo Valerio, Devan Hendricks, Amogelang Lebethe, Zani Moleya and The Ragdollz (Alex Alfaro, Keelin Simmons, Wentzel Ryan, Darion Adams, Sheldon Michaels) Follow UMLILO: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmliloSA Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UmliloSA

Steven Biko was an anti apartheid revolutionary from South Africa. Steven Biko was a very important figure to South Africa’s anti apartheid movement. Why? For those who don’t know of him. Well ya gone learn today! (Lol)

I’m pretty sure many of you have heard of Nelson Mandela, but while Mandela was in prison Biko was the major anti-apartheid revolutionary figure. He started the Black Conscious Movement in South Africa. Biko had two main objectives to empower black consciousness; liberation for South Africans physical and liberation South Africans psychologically. Biko’s ideology compares to Franz Fanton of Algeria. Through his life, Biko wrote and said many things in attempt to empower black people, and he was famous for his slogan “black is beautiful”. Which he explains as: “man, you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being”

The best way I can describe Steven Biko is having the mind of Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, and Franz Fanton, but having the approach of Martin Luther King. Biko used the non- violent approach to try to end the apartheid. Ultimately in the end it was unsuccessful. Steven Biko became known as the martyr of the anti-apartheid movement. Biko was killed by Port Elizabeth Police. On August 18th 1977, Biko was arrested under the “Terrorist Act”, during the interrogation Biko endured 22 hours of torture and beatings which resulted in a coma. On September 12th, 1977 he was pronounced dead. Biko passed away at the young age of 30.

A couple days ago, two plainclothes police officers shot and killed 16 year old, Kimani Gray, in Brooklyn. The officers claim that young Kimani had a gun with him that he pointed at them, which prompted them to shoot him. Now another witness, Tishana King, says that she saw the entire incident and is sure that Kimani had no weapon. She says that police executed the young black teen while his hands were in the air. Now I’m not here to engage in a he say she say battle but I have noticed another issue. The boy was shot seven times by police officers and THREE of the bullets were in his BACK!!! Now currently there has been several stand offs between the police and local residents which the media has deemed a “riot”. Numerous pictures have been seen of officers slamming black men and woman but what drives me crazy is the reaction of some people. I’ve read FB statuses of people saying they hate “stupid angry black people”. Now instead of speaking about the tragedy that just occurred, you’d rather spread that nonsense as if we don’t have the right to be angry.  How common is it for police to kill blacks? The NYPD has a well-known reputation for shooting black men and woman.  How would you feel if that was your son or daughter that was just shot?  It kills me that black youth are being taken from us so often by police with no consequences and then you say we have no right to be angry? I’m not condoning what is taking place but eventually people get tired of marching and preaching. My heart goes out to Young Kimani’s Family and Friends.  As always, share your thoughts

“When Darkness arises, sins will be committed. The guilty person is not he who commits the sin, but he who created the Darkness.”

This is an edited version of a talk I gave on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 in Harlem. I was speaking alongside educator and parent activist Diana Zavala.