Selema Writes
Wretched of the Earth

Music Video

The music video for “Wretched of the Earth” features Selema Writes delivering a politically charged performance over a boom-bap production by Versatile Beats. The visual and lyrical content draw heavily from the themes of Frantz Fanon’s 1961 book of the same name, addressing colonialism, mental emancipation, and the struggle for black liberation. With references to “black skins, white masks” and the “land of Khem,” the video serves as a call to consciousness and a fight for freedom “by any means necessary.”