Category: Arts & Culture
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![Creative Consultant and Producer Sharifah Issaka [@wizsharifah] shares how wanting to tell the stories of unserved communities kick-started her creative journey](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0130-180x180.jpg)
Creative Consultant and Producer, Sharifah Issaka currently living and working in Accra, Ghana has significantly influenced the creative space. Born in Ghana and raised between Canada and Saudi Arabia, this cross-continental upbringing ignited her creative pursuits and approach to storytelling—whether through film, tourism, journalism, or design. As a producer, she has worked for the likes…
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![Music Marketer Benewaah Boateng [@stingg_] shares her determination to amplify rare gems in the African music industry](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_9929-180x180.jpg)
Music curator and music marketer, Benewaah Boateng’s love for music blossomed from her father, who had a deep appreciation for music of all genres. Her love for music resulted in the founding of Harmattan Rain, a music curation platform to highlight the amazing new music, discovered while listening and searching for music from blossoming African…
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![Creative G-List 2020: Happy F*cking Holidays from GUAP. Featuring [@nnesaga] , [@okaymaryann] & More](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GUAP-21-COVER-180x180.jpg)
Creative G-List 2020: Happy F*cking Holidays from GUAP. Featuring [@nnesaga] , [@okaymaryann] & More
This year’s Creative G-List celebrates the unconventional Christmas, that many of us will be experiencing this year. The 2020 creative g-list is here! Coming to the end of a year that has transformed our way of life, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate you! Our 21st issue is our first holiday-themed issue and…
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![The publishing industry’s hunger for palatable & ‘instagramable’ feminist voices is the problem, not Chidera Eggerue speaking her truth. [@theslumflower]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cover-180x180.jpg)
Activist, influencer, and writer Chidera Eggerue who founded the SaggyBoobsMatter hashtag and movement has publically accused social activist and author, Florence Given of copying her. Eggerue, who is popularly known as The Slumflower took to social media last Tuesday, to compare the cover and pages of her two books, How To Get Over A Boy and What A…
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Thai-German Photographer and Creative Director Mélanie Lehmann Has Inclusivity At The Forefront Of Her Work Photographer and creative director Mélanie Lehmann exudes control and confidence in front of the camera, as much as she does behind it. As she enters the doors of GUAP studios, the set up is nothing she hasn’t seen before. Colour…
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Michaela Coel Is The First Guest On Podcast Show; Grounded with Louis Theroux. Earlier this year, Louis Theroux announced that he was working on a podcast that would interview high profile figures across popular culture. And after the release of episode 1, we are not disappointed. Speaking on Grounded with Louis Theroux, the first guest…
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A Huge Progression In The Journey To End Period Poverty This week on November 24, the Period Products Bill was finally passed in Scotland. Making the country, the world’s first nation to make period products freely available to those who need them. Monica Lennon, was the one who first introduced the Period Products bill back…
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This year has seen a huge rise in the acknowledgment and awareness of sustainable fashion and the negative impacts of fast fashion on the environment. We’ve seen an increase in resale culture, reusing and reselling old garments on platforms such as Depop as well as a number of smaller creators reworking and designing old garments…
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![Liverpool’s community-led radio Melodic Distraction [@melodistraction] launches month-long fundraiser for new home](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Melodic-Distraction-Venue-Mock-up.jpg)
Liverpool’s Melodic Distraction is an independent radio station that has been broadcasting sounds since 2017. The station launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to help the community hub secure a new permanent space. Supported by Dr. Martens on a range of fundraising activities including one-off broadcasts reuniting station alumni, a limited-edition zine and a huge vinyl…
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Inspired by her brother’s photography exhibition, Video Director, Producer and Screenwriter known as Scilla Owusu during lockdown put pen to paper. Scilla began researching the boxing industry in Ghana and was astonished by the hidden history which encouraged her to write “City of Bukom”. She identified that Bukom had all the ingredients to deliver a…