Tag: Black British culture
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Media and adverts have ingrained into popular imagination that only skinny White people surf. However, Diana Cardwell notes in a New York Times article that there is a growing community of Black surfers because “surfing with other Black people can foster a profound sense of healing.” Therefore, filmmaker Bola Adeoshun and director Lolly created the short documentary…
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![A QUICK TING WITH TSKENYA-SARAH FRAZER [@tskenya]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BBB-cover-1140x850.jpg)
Giving an education where it’s needed, Tskenya-Sarah Frazer is the most recent author in the series to debut her ‘Quick Ting On‘ Black Business. The groundbreaking non-fiction book series created by publisher Magdalene Abraha in 2020 is the start of something great. Focused on covering topics specifically aimed at the Black British community, the A Quick Ting On series…
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This October, GUAP had the great privilege of meeting Ebinehita Iyere’s Milk Honey Bees, young girls from across London who have come together to leave a literary legacy, narrating and documenting the real life experiences of Black Girlhood, Unfiltered.
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The majority of London is in the process of gentrification; the accommodation of middle-class citizens at the expense of the working class. On a tangible level this is a hipster boutique replacing a local resident’s cafe (pronounced ‘kaf’), a Starbucks replacing an Afro-Carribbean hair shop. Or the local Bashment nightclub gradually playing less Bashment. The…
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![Afrobeats musical ‘Oliva Tweest: The AfroMusical’ [@OlivaTMusical] announces groundbreaking UK tour](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Oliva-Tweest-Poster-180x180.jpg)
Introducing the exciting Afrobeat musical returning for a second time for a UK tour across London, Coventry, and Manchester in October 2018. Following its sold-out West End debut at the Lyric Theatre as the UK’s first ever Afrobeats musical in 2013, and a short-run at the legendary Hackney Empire in 2014, as well as a…