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![Pass The Meerkat [@passthemeerkat] Is Back For Season 5](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ptm-gif.gif)
After four successful seasons, Pass The Meerkat is back for a fifth season. The hit short animated series will be released on August 16th, with new episodes released weekly. Each 15-minute episode brings no holds barred group chats to life with humorous storytelling and conversations with nine friends who live in London. This season, the show covers hard-hitting…
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If you haven’t yet heard of Natanya, you may want to tap in to the 20 year old’s universe of captivatingly sincere alternative R&B that’s capturing the hearts of her agemates. Classically trained and with a voice as smooth as butter, Natanya is not just stepping into her stride with a delicately relatable pen and…
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![21 Questions with Len : LEHGOLAND, TATTOOS AND MEDITATION [@rubiangozai]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/COLLAGE-4-1-1140x850.jpg)
Fresh off the release of his latest project ‘LEHGOLAND’ , London’s Leading new age rapper Len is on an upwards trajectory. Known for his playfully bold lyricism and nonstop infectious energy we got everyone’s favourite rapper to sit down for a nostalgic game of 21 questions where he tells us about his favourite lyrics from…
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I first met Abdourahman Njie AKA Yagamoto (or Abdou, or Yaga for short) in Gambia in 2011 or so, in my living room. My brother had said he met someone like us, someone from the UK, at school. I heard him before I saw him, his loud voice with the slight Essex cockney twang to…
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The moment we have all been waiting for is here! The GUAP Gala 2023 theme is out. Last year’s theme Fairytales and Folklore was perfect for the first ever gala. It brought glitz and glam, royalty and hood-tale inspired looks to the beautiful halls of the Natural History Museum, transforming it into a magical world…
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![#GUAP32 FROM THE ENDS TO GLOBAL RECOGNITION: NIPPA’S EVOLUTION [@NIPPA.AD]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RYO_7132-1140x850.jpg)
Nippa, embraces his journey and community, as he gears up to unleash his expanded sound… It’s the first signs of summer in London, the sun has started to show its face and with one arm draped over a wrought iron fence, Nippa fawns over a brown Avirex jacket that’s been handed to him, behind, his…
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Nana Esi’s short film poses a subtle challenge to the narratives of what it means to love and who is deserving of love. On Valentine’s day, Nana Esi released her film, ‘Is it my turn 4 love?’. She comments on “black love and what you feel when you’re in love from the physical aspect to the spiritual aspect.”…
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It isn’t an old Indian romance without the tall, dark, and handsome leading man coyly stringing a gajra or garland of jasmine flowers in the heroine’s braid. Or maybe, as warm rain brushes the roof of a black Ambassador, the leading man runs out to a flower stall to return with a gajra wrapped in…
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Over the last three decades, streetwear in Africa has morphed from a niche and DIY-centric movement into a booming market that is quickly catching the attention of the rest of the world. African streetwear, although often inspired by styles seen more frequently in the West, also has its roots in African culture. It represents a…
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The face of GUAP’s 31st cover is the British-Nigerian figurative painter Sola Olulode. A rising star in the professional art world, Sola attained a good spot at the world-renowned 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair last year in London with her solo show at age 26. Her recognisable art style blends layers of indigo, rays of…