The Cape Town artist continues to push his wish for a borderless utopia with his latest visuals. The video opens with an aerial shot of an onshore breeze. Abospitter’s solitary frame ambles as he starts raping, decked in all black. Nquml’umqala is an emotional video that tugs at your heartstrings and ultimately asks: who are you and do you know where you come from? The visual component of Nquml’umqala resists the impulse to frame Abospitter’s experiences as exclusively traumatic. Instead, what gives the video its emotional currency is its restraint. Its message is always implicit. The characters navigate Cape Town in...