Express Yourself: Changing Perceptions Through Art
A
South African singer, an Indonesian photographer and a Somali filmmaker use
their talents to challenge the status quo.
They are Wicked
South African musician
Fiesta Black is fed up with corruption. She
releases a track with an unflattering message about the elites who have gotten
rich at the expense of others: They are wicked.
Fiesta Black hopes
her music will inspire South Africans to fight back against corruption
[Screengrab/Al Jazeera]
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"Corruption is
destroying everything. It's destroying the country as a whole. People have lost
hope. They just don't feel there can be change."
Follow her journey as she urges
millions of South Africans to stop paying bribes and fight back.
"I want to remind them that it's either we do something
about it or just leave it to get worse than it already is. I think music is the
best way to do it. It's a powerful tool."
Indonesia's Unlikely
Shutterbug
Twenty-four-year-old
Dzoel has no hands or legs, but he doesn't let that get in the way of his
photography.
"It's ridiculous when people see me as disabled. I have my
own way of doing things."
In a vehicle he designed himself, he cruises around Banyuwangi, photographing engagements and weddings and teaching photography classes.
"In the beginning, it started as a hobby. The slowly,
people started using my service. Nobody had the slightest idea that I would go
this far."
Eastleighwood
Hollywood, Bollywood
and now ... Eastleighwood. Iman Burhan and a collective of young Somali
filmmakers in Eastleigh, a neighbourhood in Nairobi, are tackling the question
of how to correct negative perceptions about their culture head-on.
"In Western media,
whenever they cover Somalia, they usually cover war. [For] Somalis, there was a
positive story to tell. We felt that we needed to communicate to the
world."
Through the
collective, Iman mentors young people to become role models in their
community [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]
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The group are taking
on the roles of writers, directors and actors to make their first
feature-length film using only one camera, hoping it will change perceptions of
Somalis in a neighbourhood blighted by attacks blamed on al-Shabab.
Source: Al Jazeera
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