Category: Arts & Culture
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![Meet Aaron Avont Johnson [@AaronJFans1] The 17 Year Old Award Winning Director & Writer](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lost.png)
Meet Aaron Avont Johnson, the award winning 17 – year old director and writer from Miami who is picking up awards for his new project ‘LOST’. Aaron was a nominee at this years Filmmaker international Film Festival Award, which took place in London, where his film picked up Best New Filmmaker and Best Leading Actress.…
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Black panther lived up to the hype with it’s perfect construction of Afro-futurism in the Wakandan architecture to the modernising of traditional African attire and is ranked the best movie of all time by Rotten Tomatoes. The comic adaptation wowed so many people around the globe and has been applauded for it’s brilliant re-imagination of an…
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![Discover [@UbunifuSpace] A Youtube Channel Bringing Music From The Continent To The ForeFront Of The UK](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/reactionsplaylist_nowords.jpg)
Introducing Ubunifu Space, a platform dedicated to showcasing music from young Africans within Africa and the diaspora. The Ubunifu Space is a youthful, lively and interactive YouTube channel that has managed to hit over 10 million total views and 70k subscribers within the first year of launching back in 2017. With their catchy MHD intro theme…
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![The Inside Out Process: A Mental Health Panel Discussion & Networking Event [@insideoutuk_]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/unnamed2-2.jpg)
The upcoming event presented by Inside Out UK – the positive mental health and well-being organisation. On Saturday the 24th of February Inside Out UK an organisation that promotes mental well-being through all things creative will be hosting ‘ The inside out process’. The event will focus on the topic of depression and how it…
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![[@NikeUK]’s ‘Nothing beats a Londoner’ ad draws unnecessary backlash](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/unnamed2.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0j_CX1S2es&feature=youtu.be Nike’s new advert is proving popular and is highlighting London’s diversity, featuring Micheal Dapaah, Giggs, Skepta and more in 3 min video. This incredible video pays homage to the UK capital and showcases grime artists like AJ Tracey, Santan Dave, and even J Hus alongside 200 young Londoners, celebrating London’s sports and culture, with…
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![The lack of diversity in children’s books and the MYA book series [@effie_bru]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/unnamed.jpg)
Many black children have grown up with a book in hand but how many books allowed them to see themselves in the characters that they’ve grown to love? Growing up in the UK, many Black children can relate to being avid bookworms but when it comes to relating to their favourite characters, chances are close…
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Last night saw the star-studded cast of the new Marvel film Black Panther grace the black carpet for the European premiere in London. The film represents a pivotal moment for Holly-wood as this is the first all-black cast to grace the big screen in a Marvel release. The underlying tone of the film resonates with…
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On Twitter, nothing is forgiven. It’s an online world where twitter handles are the judge, the jury and the executioner. Anything you tweet will be used against you. You could lose your job (and possibly) a future because of a tweet you tweeted at the young and dumb age of 13. When you thought your…
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This amazing idea was made to happen earlier this Friday by the Comedian Dennis Banks , when the realisation dawned upon him after going through his pictures, that actually, he was not smiling in any of them. “In places where I’m definitely happy, like I remember that as a happy time, my face didn’t…
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![JME [@JMEBBK] : A Counterculture Icon Through Social Media](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/JME-featured.jpg)
Grime is a genre associated with power-packed lyricism, hard-hitting beats at 140 BPM and individuality expressed through style and substance. It’s no surprise then, how the relationship between Grime and social media (another medium of individual expression) has only strengthened over time. Whether it’s the mid-2000s when Tinie Tempah was vlogging on YouTube, or…