Last photo shoot for my Fela Kuti’s Legacy project! This time I had the pleasure photographing the talented dancer Shakira Marshall in Brooklyn, NY. She’s plays one of Fela’s Queens in the Broadway Musical ‘Fela!’. Â Thank you Shakira for all your support!
Behind the scenes during the video take of Shakira dancing on Fela’s music.
Tzedakah Rahab, is a talented singer, on the rise and to look out for.
While in Los Angeles I met with two wonderful artists, Marije Kuiper and Bas Berkhout. They interviewed me for their amazing project ‘Like Knows Like’. More coming soon!
Photography: Marije Kuiper
For my Fela Kuti’s Legacy project I travelled to Los Angeles to photograph Sandra Smith, aka Sandra Izsadore. Sandra was an active member of the Black Panthers and played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Felas political ideas changed radically while living with Sandra during the early 1970’s in Los Angeles. She talked about her experiences growing up in the US and gave him the autobiography of Malcolm X. “I talked about my ancestral background. I was trying to let him know that we too are African. We might be a watered-down version but African all the same” (excerpt out book: Fela, this Bitch of a Life).
Thank you Sandra, for opening your heart and becoming my new American family!
Photo shoot Sandra Izsadore, the mother of Afrobeat | Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles
