Watch MIA's audiovisual venture Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border

The artist returns with a short film shot in West Africa and India, and a score featuring new track Swords Earlier this year, MIA told followers on Twitter that plans for a new music video shot in Ivory Coast were being prevented due to charges of “cultural appropriation.” Never one to back down in the face of authority, it’s possible her new audiovisual project - entitled Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border - features that aforementioned footage.Filmed in locations in West Africa a