This is a very interesting project I did for Talib Kweli, together with dreambear productions.
I based my idea on black and white images, like Sin City, and then put them against the colorful african patterns, as a symbol of the girl´s triumph. I also used many hand-drawn typography to support the intense and meaningful lyrics.
As lyrics are so important in this video, I built a lot of hand made typography to enhance Talib's lyrics: