Intergalactic video for the mystical song “Here,” from, “If You Ask Me, Yes”
A reimagining of the 1962 documentary “Khaney Syar Ast” (The House is Black) by Iranian poet Forrough Farrokhzad. Yusuf re-redited her beautiful documentary in an optimistic light and set it to music.
An oil painting from Yusuf’s time in Africa, 2011-12
2nd novel, written in 2008; Nominated by Penguin for a ‘Best Novel’ Muslim Writer Awards 2011; urban contemporary / existential; story of an Indian man who works in Hounslow train station.
4th solo LP; a gargantuan 19-track sprawling epic of happiness that travels through landscapes of future hip-hop, experimental world-folk, dub, spoken-word, foundsound & far beyond
Music video from Yoshi’s 2013 LP, ‘If You Ask Me, Yes’; filmed in Malawi, 2012