Cross-Cultural Awareness

Understanding cultures around the world:  Check out these songs portraying the issues happening in different countries around the world.

Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)

Childish Gambino's song “This Is America,” along with its striking music video, is a unique and powerful comment on gun violence, racism, and the usage of entertainment as a distraction from real problems.

Popular music should definitely tell more stories about our society, and Childish Gambino surely managed to put the spotlight on certain issues with “This Is America.”

Falz - This Is Nigeria

Just as "This is America" showed a different side of its creator Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino, "This is Nigeria" Falz also delivers an important piece of social commentary, often with dark humor to highlight many of the worst socio-economic issues in today’s Nigeria, particularly for the country’s leaders. 

Even in the seriousness of Nigeria’s mounting insecurity issues, Falz again pokes fun at the absurdity of it all referencing a Nigerian police station.

MoGul - Welcome To Mexico

I know this is a parody but for these things are the stereotypes of the Mexican who jumps the wall to be a homie and to commit a crime, the gringos complain about the narco that the drug spends when they consume it, or the typical one who wears a hat and jorongo who takes tequila eats tacos and everything adds chili when it is not like that.

I-NZ - This is Iraq (العراق)

Thoroughly impressed by the details and skills that went into making this video.  It really represents the genius that Gambino's video portrays, albeit with another country and their issues -  which I found interesting and it made me more curious about the country of Iraq, in general and it's history.

Tammy Davis- This is New Zealand

The video portrays New Zealand as a binge drinking culture. Smoke some durries, drug problems, jandal which was corporal punishment in most homes, notice also the reference to parties as well.

J Nel - This Is Jamaica

This is Jamaica's version of the song, even though it is a parody it does shine a light on gun violence and some of the political messages, sometimes making certain situations humorous gets more people attention so that they can become aware of what's really going on; therefore, spreading the information to others and waking everyone up with the truth about gun violence in specific communities.