Swedish-Gambian chanteuse Seinabo Sey has release a video for “Breath,” a visual directed by Sheila Johansson. Shot in Gambia, the video juxtaposes colorful tulle gowns designed by Selam Ghirmay Fessahaye against Gambia’s lush tropical fauna.
The shots of black women walking confidently through the landscape are an apt representation of the black female experience and how it intersects with visibility, acceptance and continuing to pushing forward and more importantly not forgetting to breathe along the way.
While shot in Gambia, the song was inspired by a recent trip Sey took to Senegal. “I wrote it in Dakar, Senegal,” she explained to Okay Africa. “I was just at a point where I didn’t know what to write anymore and didn’t know what my album was about. So I went by myself on a vacation.
“Dakar is really different. I was feeling kind of lonely and a little out of place. Everyone speaks French and Wolof there, and I don’t. Still, I felt like I was supposed to be there. With that in mind took a paper and pen and wrote down exactly why I wanted to be there and why I liked being there and the words just came out in the simplest form.”
“Breathe” is the final in a series of three videos directed by Johansson and shot in Gambia.
Check in out below.
