Category: Arts & Culture
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![Look out for the next step of social media innovation in the form of Chune [@Chune_App]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Chune-app-1.jpeg)
This is one you’re going to want to Chune in for. We all know about Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and the many other social media platforms, but what is the future going to look like? Well, look no further as Chune looks to be just that. Every social media platform has at a time had it’s…
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![Discover [@4FrontProject] empowering young people to live free from violence and aiming to provide a platform for authentic voices to be heard](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-4front-project.jpg)
The media has been in an uproar against knife crime recently in London as death rates have soared to high numbers, with the capital claiming around 49 young lives just this year. And it has only has been 4 months since the start of the year. Let that sink in. London is one of the richest…
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![Discover Kenya’s very own [@taralightart] incorporating ethereal backdrops to her stunning visual Art](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/26863230_375737222895018_107593144127717376_n.jpg)
With her carefully curated pastel background and her candy floss themed Fan Art, her angelic backdrop to her beautiful images is guaranteed to impress you. 19-year-old Tara Zaidi, born and bred in Nairobi, Kenya, first started drawing at an early age when she got into Manga and Anime. Inspired by them, she began to create her own…
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Introducing Our Brand New Weekly Show #BigMatter – This part of the series puts an array of people with opposing views together to discuss ONE big culturally relevant topic that we feel needs to be discussed . This week the Cast discuss: ‘Men Are Trash? Challenging Misogyny’ Show will air every Wednesday & Friday. You…
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![Tarajosu [@Tarajosu] creates Art that centers prominent people of colour as royalty and they’re breathtaking](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/002.jpg)
Revel in these bright pieces made by the fine artist/ graphic designer Tarajosu. He brings photographs to life with his vivid use of colour and his eye-catching afro-futuristic designs. With its gold themed, bright background while incorporating people of colour in their glory, it borrows significant cultural notes from Black Panther, which make his work both…
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![[@legallyblackuk] replaced white actors with Black people and people are impressed](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/legally-black-movie-posters-remix-1-5a9f3eaa6d8f2__880.jpg)
LegallyblackUk is made up of four advocates of social justice from South West London and have come together to combat the way black people have been portrayed in the media. The media in general either misrepresents black people and doesn’t give them diverse roles. There is usually that one black character thrown into a show for the…
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![[@MomoUhOh] created a game for Black women who are tired of people touching their hair](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hair-nah.png)
And it’s priceless! So I made a game cause I got tired of women putting their hands in my hair. 🤷 https://t.co/q0M3i4Pwoh #donttouchmyhair #hairnah pic.twitter.com/9wsvIHbEMe — ✨Momo Pixel✨ (@MomoUhOh) November 15, 2017 For the longest time, Black women have been dealing with aggressions on their bodies in their day to day lives and one…
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Introducing Our Brand New Weekly Show This new series puts an array of people with opposing view together to discuss some of the most culturally relevant topics that transpire throughout the week. This week the Culture Matter cast discuss KSI vs Logan Paul, R.I.P. NME, Racism at Nottingham Uni and its relevance to culture. Show will air…
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This makes him the 5th black man to die at the hands of the police this year. And it’s a shame that he didn’t get the coverage that he truly deserved. This might come as a shock to anyone reading this but unfortunately, this incident occurred a few months back. Originally from Angola, he came…
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Introducing Our Brand New Weekly Show #BigMatter – This part of the series puts an array of people with opposing views together to discuss ONE big culturally relevant topic that we feel needs to be discussed . This week the Cast discuss: ‘The Culture vs The Industry‘ Matters discussed include: The Culture vs The Industry, Who…