Can I get some?

For your viewing and listening pleasure, "Black Girl, White Boy" by Ludik and Gal Level.

Stefan Ludik is a Namibian-born-and-raised actor, singer, and media personality, well known in southern Africa (the obsession continues . . .) as a contestant on the regional edition of Big Brother, for various TV acting gigs, and at least three music albums, two in Afrikaans, one in English.

This little ditty comes from his latest release, Burn This Town, which is apparently not available north of the Equator--even though one of his Afrikaans-language albums is. But, oh, I'll keep trying . . .

I like the song--very catchy, very sensual, very melodic--but along with the song and the production, I like the provocative message. Here is a song and a video featuring an ode to interracial sex and love, produced in a country that barely 20 years ago rejected a severely encoded and enforced policy of racial segregation. Amazing in one sense how short a time it's been. Amazing in another sense of what took them so long? It's not like sex and love between people of different ethnicities hasn't been known in southern Africa since Jan van Riebeeck's arrival at Cape Town in 1652 . . .

Nevertheless, do feel free to take a moment to look around your own world and see how well you and your fellow citizens have dealt with integration in your workplace and neighborhood, let alone your living room and your bedroom.

I don't know too much about either Stefan Ludik or Namibian "girl group" Gal Level. However, you might find of interest Mr. Ludik's personal website, available here.

While I think Mr. Ludik's music is definitely proof that Namibia's got talent, our dear Stefan has also made an impression in the past with his appealing visuals. And while I generally frown upon making a fuss over men who display their abs in public (especially their undoubtedly waxed abs), I am willing to reconsider this prejudice for the sake of supporting Stefan's art.

That's just the kind of guy I am, Ludik. Ring me up sometime, and we'll chat up the matter further. In Afrikaans or English . . . or another tongue of your choosing.