Track and Video Credits: Produced by iainEWOKrobinson, Raheem Kemet and Colin Peddie Track recorded, mixed and mastered by Colin Peddie for Sonic Studios Durban Beat written by Veranda Panda Video edited by Karen Melissa Logan for Amehlo Productions Director of Photography - Donovan Fletcher [audio download and lyrics link - https://soundcloud.com/creamy-ewok-baggends/intifada-intellect] Intifada Intellect is the first collaboration between long-time contemporaries in the Durban Hip Hop scene, Raheem Kemet and iainEWOKrobinson. These two "poison city" poets have faced each other as battle cats, played the same festivals, held down similar ciphers, and finally found themselves together on a track, committed to the same cause. The track "Intifada Intellect" speaks about the rise of fascism in Israel, the growth of this Apartheid state, the similarity to the South African situation and our unique position as a people that have battled this system and won once before. The track goes into the nature of Israeli Apartheid as being non-religious, affecting diverse lives in its all encompassing process of ethnic exclusion, driven by a Zionist agenda that mirrors the racially divisive structures of South Africa pre-democracy. Ewok speaks about the title "Intifada Intellect" meaning "a study of struggle", specifically "My generation of South Africans were children when Apartheid here was in its death throes. We have gone on to learn about it, both at school and in our homes, as our parents generation began the difficult process of healing age-old wounds and coming to terms with, in the case of the white South Africans, the part they played in this oppression. We are literally students of the struggle. It informs the politics of our daily lives, and we have to understand it in order to make sense of the democracy we are currently trying to build." The track was produced as a call to this generation, out of respect for the struggle our parents lived through, to take up the cause of the Palestinian people who are also victims of this oppressive crime against humanity. The video illustrates the study of Apartheid, and highlights various powerful contemporary sources of study, in the various film and print media publications and productions that have informed the authors of the lyrics. Raheem Kemet: The South African scene has long been stimulated by the presence of this 30yr old Islamic MC, an artist hailing from Durban, who first entered the psyches of heads as CHILDOSYLENZ in 2003. A gifted freestyle artist and acapella lyricist, Raheem made his mark in the street ciphers and on the "Open Mics" of a burgeoning scene. The first Durban head to feature in HYPE MAGAZINE, his career has developed through various projects, culminating in the release of a full length album with the award winning band Tree Houses On The Sea (T.H.O.T.S.) entitled "The return of the Book Thief". The album is based on the best selling novel of that name by Markus Zusak, dealing with the loss of childhood innocence in Nazi Germany during WW2. This artist continues to take strides forward along his solo path, and can be experienced in his current manifestation as Raheem Kemet. twitter: @RaheemKemet facebook: www.facebook.com/TheRaProjekt soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/raheemkemet iainEWOKrobinson: 32yr old iainEWOKrobinson defines himself as a Spoken Word flavored Hip Hop activist. A student of Hip Hop culture since his initiation into the scene as a graffiti writer in his junior years at high school, this east coast native first appeared as one half of original Durban Hip Hop crew ILLUMINATING SHADOWS in 2003. Collaborations during his tertiary studies with KZN based FLATFOOT Dance Company set him up in the Spoken Word scene, from where he has built an international career as a performance poet and MC. A signee member of South African Artists Against Apartheid, Ewok has worked consistently with the South African BDS movement on producing cultural solidarity work in the form of poems, music and videos in support of the Palestinian cause. twitter: @ewokessay artist page: www.reverbnation.com/creamyewokbaggends soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/creamy-ewok-baggends [audio download and lyrics link - https://soundcloud.com/creamy-ewok-baggends/intifada-intellect]

• published: 12 Mar 2014
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