From Okay Africa:
Nigerian singer Temi DollFace‘s new video is brilliant — plain and simple. The song “Pata Pata” is a confident blend of attitude and ironic humor, and describes (as Temi explained) the inevitable end of an unsatisfying relationship. The video plays with the tropes of a 1950s commercial instructing women how to “cut off your wahala sharp sharp.” Immaculate retro styling plus Temi’s hyperfeminine performance of frustrated domesticity brings to mind Beyonce‘s performance as the manic and mascara-smeared B.B. Homemaker in “Why Don’t You Love Me?” But this is an original Naija/UK production and there’s nothing not to love about it. Here are a few reasons why we’re addicted to the video, and why you should be too...[continue reading]