Category: Review
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Play, dance, party. Piano People defined what it meant to have a good time on the 23rd of August as it disrupted Southwark Park with a star studded lineup. Centring the Piano People in everything they do, the afrocentric dance festival continued their Amapiano celebrations into the late summer night – headlined by Amapiano Godfathers…
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Last week Nike invited the GUAP team down to Paris to witness them launch the Future of Athletes on Air – an immersive and sensorial experience, which unveiled the footwear and apparel that the brand’s athletes will wear this summer — and chile did we have a time! Let me not lie guys, this was…
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![ZINO VINCI’S ‘FILTHY & DISGUSTING’EP BRINGS YOU TO THE CORE OF THE ARTIST [@ZinoVinci]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Zino-4-1140x850.jpg)
Zino Vinci, the slick bar East Londoner, drops his second EP, Filthy & Disgusting —a six-song project that highlights his honest introspection, versatility, & the clear league of his own that he’s in. Filthy & Disgusting is Zino in his element, as he lets us know all about the place that made him and the feelings behind the…
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![AMA LOU’S DEBUT ALBUM, I CAME HOME LATE-IS BEAUTIFULLY HONEST [@amalou]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ama-1-1140x850.jpg)
Ama Lou’s debut album, I Came Home Late, is beautifully structured with moments of sheer transparency and vulnerability from her, with the melodic beats only adding to the thoughtfulness of it. From the stripped-back songs to the meticulous beat production, I Came Home Late—the fifteen-track debut album—is Ama Lou being more honest than ever as she…
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![The Diaspora experience through poetry by Momtaza Mehri [@RuffneckRefugee]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2019_Freedom_of_Expression_Awards_46817713744_cropped-1140x850.jpg)
Momtaza Mehri is familiar with the poetry scene, yet her debut collection brings something unheard of Mehri, a Somali-British Poet, is also the Young People’s Poet Laureate for London. Her dual paths as a writer and political activist merge in her most recent work – ‘Bad Diaspora Poems.’ Mehri’s latest collection is rich both lyrically…
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Kwame Kwei-Armah’s play, ‘Beneatha’s Place,’ spans from the 1950s to the present day, following a black couple who move from the US to Lagos amidst the struggle for Nigerian independence. The couple relocated with hopes of escaping the pains of prejudice. Despite being predominantly set in Lagos with a black protagonist, it would be naive to…
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![The Way of the Birds is A Celebration of Carnival by [@iamdanielobasi]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nigerian-celebrations-carnival-band-14-1920x1280-2-1140x850.jpg)
Multidisciplinary artist Daniel Obasi has created a project that captures the beauty and power of carnival culture. The Way of the Birds project was inspired by the energy and transcendent feeling of Nigeria’s biggest carnival in Calabar. The carnival celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and personality, with performers sashaying through the streets in flamboyant costumes, vibrant body paint, and…
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![Wait…Am I Toxic? podcast’s sensational live debut wows audience [@waitamitoxic]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WAIT-Logo-Final-Original-1140x850.png)
If you haven’t heard of Fola and Rukiya, get to know them. The self-proclaimed accountability babes are making massive waves in the UK podcast scene and putting their stamp on where it matters. The two Black Brits are making big waves and exploring essential conversations with high awareness. The Wait…Am I Toxic?, the first sold-out live show, debuted at…
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“It was sunny, and we were sexy . The perfect recipe for a sensational time” – DLT Malta 2023 Review
Wow, wow, wow! Good morning DLT 2023 Islanders! How are we all feeling? Holiday blues settled in yet? Still going through your photo memories and uploading posts titled ‘take me back’? *sigh, aren’t we all DLT 2023 was truly special, both for our seasoned brunchers, and newcomers alike. Topping last year’s vibes seemed like an…
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Showing this month at St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, Mair Nair adapts Monsoon Wedding, the 2001 beloved Bollywood movie about a cross-cultural wedding, for an off-broadway audience. Arjun Bhasin designs costumes, Vishal Bhardawaj is on the score, and David Bengali designs projections to engulf audiences with Indian color and cheer. But, along the way, Monsoon Wedding…