Okayafrica's Top 15 Music Videos of 2015
From clips that highlight the migrant crisis to female empowerment anthems, see our picks for the Top African Music Videos of 2015.
Petite Noir “Best”
Yannick Illunga aka Petite Noir explores perceptions of Africa in the music video for “Best,” a standout single from his Domino Records debut La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful. The Travys Owen-directed clip looks at Africa’s split identity as both a beautiful and unforgiving place, and presents a new forward-thinking African aesthetic of “Noir wave.”
“We wanted to make 4 distinct ‘tribes’ of people,” explains director Travys Owen. “This allowed us to create the visual journey that Yannick is on, running through all of these different landscapes, and allowed us to create these rich scenes which were very different from each other. The four main elements in the video are Fire, Malachite (earth/rock), Water and Gold. The video is about Yannick’s journey through all of these landscapes meeting all of these different tribes.”
-Killakam
