Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has shared a new song – listen to ‘Melanin’ below.In the singer’s words, the new track “questions the idea of race and education in Britain”.“I believe that if we truly want to dismantle the racial division in this country then it starts with the education system,” he said.“We all need to study a syllabus that tells the truth about the reality of Britain’s colonial past, that isn’t just a celebration of the “glory days” but that looks unflinchingly at the horrors this country has perpetrated in the name of empire.
For if we are to learn anything from Britain’s past, we need to have an honest and open dialogue with it.Kele continued: “Melanin was a song originally meant for my album ‘2042’, but we weren’t.
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