5. Uhulumeni ubophezelekile ukuba abambelele izingxabano zomnotho phakathi kwezifundo zawo. The album bears the markings of a promising work of art but what we never quite get is the personal testimony of the artist. As in the video, she is concealed. She is inaccessible. We’re given a black history lesson without a relatable subject through which to process that history. Moor Mother does make an attempt to do this through the sampling of the voice of murdered activist, Sandra Bland, a black woman who was murdered in police custody after being arrested over for a traffic violation. Exhumed with worrying verisimilitude, Moor Mother uses Sandra Bland’s voice to express her own views. In my opinion, no artistic project of this nature can have any depth without vulnerability from the artist behind. Show us who you are. Open yourself in a more authentic way to your audience. She remains masked throughout, hiding behind the ghosts of women like Sandra Bland.