Words by Chinonyelum Iwu
Illustration by Dane Thibeault
Interview by Michael Zarathus-Cook
oSHAMO’s unveiling of “Superfuji (GOBE)” as a standalone single in June of 2025 was a statement piece about what could become of Fuji as a composite genre when explored by a mind that is eclectic in its cultural rootedness. In a viral video series recorded in the streets of Peckham and Birmingham we see spirits lifted through the percussion of “Superfuji” even though it is a rather unusual sound for an especially non-African crowd. We see white, brown, black and people of other ethnicities move their bodies to its cadence, and this Afro-fusion is just right.
