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Enter The Afro-Futuristic World of 2023
Film
Enter The Afro-Futuristic World of 2023
Film

2023 is a film inspired by the powerful and emotive music of Alxndr London. In it’s essence it is a visual representation of the soundscape in the EP 2023, futuristic in design yet at it’s core very raw, emotive and spiritual

Film
Koby Adom: The Path To His Calling
Film
Koby Adom: The Path To His Calling
Film

For Writer and Director, Koby Adom, the path to his calling is an extremely insightful one. Growing up in Thamesmead, South London, Koby hadn’t always known that making films would become his passion.

Film
Meet CH-V, The Agency Born Out of The Love for The Diverse and The Unique.
Photography, Film
Meet CH-V, The Agency Born Out of The Love for The Diverse and The Unique.
Photography, Film

The agency, established in 2018, embodies diversity, inclusivity and individuality with the models they represent looking more like people you may pass on the street rather than a typical runway model.

Photography, Film
Rosie Foster And The Power of The Female Gaze.
Photography
Rosie Foster And The Power of The Female Gaze.
Photography

I’ve been following Rosie Foster’s photography account on Instagram for over a year now. When I saw that she will be visiting London to shoot new work, I knew I had to approach her to make a behind the scenes film

Photography
Simrah Farrukh is Representing the South Asian Women Who Need To Be Seen.
Photography
Simrah Farrukh is Representing the South Asian Women Who Need To Be Seen.
Photography

There’s a significant gap in representation for darker-skinned folk, and Simrah Farrukh wants to do something about it.

Photography
Talking Cinematography with One of London’s Most Sought After DOP’s, Rina Yang.
Film
Talking Cinematography with One of London’s Most Sought After DOP’s, Rina Yang.
Film

Her mode of storytelling is visceral and captivating, an art form that sets her apart from her peers in her industry.

Film
 
 
 

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Featured
Artist Olivia Brazier Introduces You To a World of Women in a Wildly Outlandish Way.
Arts & Culture
Artist Olivia Brazier Introduces You To a World of Women in a Wildly Outlandish Way.
Arts & Culture

Olivia Brazier’s artwork sucks you in by her use of delicious colours and familiar imagery all applied with the same brush of intelligent mockery from a female stance. 

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Arts & Culture
From Street To Studio, Artist David Shillinglaw Will Rattle Your Brain With Colour
Arts & Culture
From Street To Studio, Artist David Shillinglaw Will Rattle Your Brain With Colour
Arts & Culture

Artist David Shillinglaw takes you on a journey to explore lands of colourful creations that buzz with gentle familiarity.

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Arts & Culture
A Branch of Colour: Step Into a Natural World of Movement Between The Bold and Beautiful
Fashion
A Branch of Colour: Step Into a Natural World of Movement Between The Bold and Beautiful
Fashion

Photographer Kim Lang and stylist Femi Ayo focus on figure and form in their latest collaboration. This imaginative editorial creates a dance between moving bodies, flowing fabric and the crisp winter backdrop.

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Fashion
Spoken Word Performer Koko Brown on Why Political Change May Be a Beautiful By-Product of Her Work
Arts & Culture
Spoken Word Performer Koko Brown on Why Political Change May Be a Beautiful By-Product of Her Work
Arts & Culture

Koko Brown creates experimental pieces of musical performance, resiliently telling her stories through a blend of spoken word and looping sounds.

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Arts & Culture
Enter The Afro-Futuristic World of 2023
Film
Enter The Afro-Futuristic World of 2023
Film

2023 is a film inspired by the powerful and emotive music of Alxndr London. In it’s essence it is a visual representation of the soundscape in the EP 2023, futuristic in design yet at it’s core very raw, emotive and spiritual

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Film
How Soulstress LayFullStop Creates a Relationship Between Poetry and Music.
Music
How Soulstress LayFullStop Creates a Relationship Between Poetry and Music.
Music

She opened for Masego at the Bristol stop of his 2018 UK Tour, and since releasing her debut album Colour Reaction, LayFullStop is definitely one to watch this year.

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Music
Witness A World of Hidden South Asian Narratives Within Nabigal - Nayagam Ali's Mesmerising Illustrations.
Arts & Culture
Witness A World of Hidden South Asian Narratives Within Nabigal - Nayagam Ali's Mesmerising Illustrations.
Arts & Culture

Illustrator Nabigal – Nayagam Haider Ali has created a world of characters which shine with childlike appeal.

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Arts & Culture
Stanley Chow's Illustrations Are Bringing Retro Back.
Arts & Culture
Stanley Chow's Illustrations Are Bringing Retro Back.
Arts & Culture

Stanley Chow’s work is both retro and unique. The cartoonist and illustrator has contrived a double decade career out of minimalist portraits that have been seen all over the world.

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Arts & Culture
Koby Adom: The Path To His Calling
Film
Koby Adom: The Path To His Calling
Film

For Writer and Director, Koby Adom, the path to his calling is an extremely insightful one. Growing up in Thamesmead, South London, Koby hadn’t always known that making films would become his passion.

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Film
Meet CH-V, The Agency Born Out of The Love for The Diverse and The Unique.
Photography, Film
Meet CH-V, The Agency Born Out of The Love for The Diverse and The Unique.
Photography, Film

The agency, established in 2018, embodies diversity, inclusivity and individuality with the models they represent looking more like people you may pass on the street rather than a typical runway model.

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Photography, Film
Discover Gold Mining in Ghana with Illustrator George Butler.
Arts & Culture
Discover Gold Mining in Ghana with Illustrator George Butler.
Arts & Culture

British Artist George Butler illustrates stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances in places such as Afghanistan, Syria and West Africa.

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Arts & Culture
The OG Influencer: Erica Bowes.
Photography
The OG Influencer: Erica Bowes.
Photography

2007 brings to mind unforgettable fashion trends and the inception of Tumblr, it would grow to become every alternative teenager’s obsession. This was the case for influencer and photographer, Erika Bowes.

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Photography
Percelle Ascot Talks Passions, Purpose and Plans.
Arts & Culture
Percelle Ascot Talks Passions, Purpose and Plans.
Arts & Culture

From the age of 14 Percelle Ascot was certain he wanted to be an actor. He sure that his early decision would put him four or five years ahead of his peers with the same dream.

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Arts & Culture
Rosie Foster And The Power of The Female Gaze.
Photography
Rosie Foster And The Power of The Female Gaze.
Photography

I’ve been following Rosie Foster’s photography account on Instagram for over a year now. When I saw that she will be visiting London to shoot new work, I knew I had to approach her to make a behind the scenes film

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Photography
The Antagonist.
Editorial, Fashion
The Antagonist.
Editorial, Fashion

Stylist Femi Ayo and Photographer Derrick Kakembo’s new fashion editorial explores antagonist emotions in dystopic world MMXXIII.

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Editorial, Fashion
Simrah Farrukh is Representing the South Asian Women Who Need To Be Seen.
Photography
Simrah Farrukh is Representing the South Asian Women Who Need To Be Seen.
Photography

There’s a significant gap in representation for darker-skinned folk, and Simrah Farrukh wants to do something about it.

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Photography
The Face of the Alternative Nigerian Sound, Kah-Lo
Music
The Face of the Alternative Nigerian Sound, Kah-Lo
Music

Raised in Nigeria, a 16 year old Faridah Seriki famously known as Kah-Lo traversed to New York for study and began her musical career performing in cafés and coffeeshops, with a round the clock pursuit of approval from AnR’s and record label execs without any palpable results.

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Music
Olga De la Iglesia: The Absurdity of Mundane.
Photography
Olga De la Iglesia: The Absurdity of Mundane.
Photography

Olga De la Iglesia enthusiastically uses her eyes as tools to uncover details in the random truths of everyday life.

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Photography
Estere and The Beat.
Music
Estere and The Beat.
Music

Singer/songwriter and producer Estere (born Estere Dalton) grew up with a fondness of music, listening to her parents’ old cassettes and records in the beautiful city of Wellington (capital of New Zealand).

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Music
Talking Cinematography with One of London’s Most Sought After DOP’s, Rina Yang.
Film
Talking Cinematography with One of London’s Most Sought After DOP’s, Rina Yang.
Film

Her mode of storytelling is visceral and captivating, an art form that sets her apart from her peers in her industry.

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Film
The Je Ne Sais Quoi of Afropunk Paris.
Photography
The Je Ne Sais Quoi of Afropunk Paris.
Photography

Afropunk Paris. The annual and infamously black arts festival has been celebrated in Paris, France for the past two years; 11 years after it’s initial debut in Brooklyn, New York.

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Photography
Capturing Identities with Photographer David Kasnic.
Photography
Capturing Identities with Photographer David Kasnic.
Photography

When does a photograph become something more than just photography? Chicago-based photographer David Kasnic answers this question with the authentic images he captures which reveal stories of individuals in a genuine way that depicts realities rather than forced assertions.

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Photography
Explore the Soulful Expression of Deva Mahal.
Music
Explore the Soulful Expression of Deva Mahal.
Music

Our conversation with Deva Mahal (pronounced Diva) is very telling of the profundity she beholds as a person, and her ability to peel back layers of herself just to bare her soulful reveries, is as if sacrificial.

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Music
   French Artist Alix Marie Explores Body Experiences Through Photographic Sculptures.
Arts & Culture
French Artist Alix Marie Explores Body Experiences Through Photographic Sculptures.
Arts & Culture

London based French artist Alix Marie works interconnectedly between the two creative fields of photography and sculpture; producing her exceptional three-dimensional installations and objects which hint to a single specific notion: TOUCH.

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Arts & Culture
Ones To Watch Part II: The Newest Models Fashioning London Culture.
Fashion, Photography
Ones To Watch Part II: The Newest Models Fashioning London Culture.
Fashion, Photography

We talk to 7 models to watch from some of London’s most ethnically diverse modelling agencies. They discuss their ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and their colourful, layered London realities.

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Fashion, Photography
The Truth About Sex Through Fiction.
Arts & Culture
The Truth About Sex Through Fiction.
Arts & Culture

Kayleigh Daniels Dated is a series of short sex stories drawing attention to the realities of female sexuality.

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Arts & Culture
Girma Berta and iPhone Gazing.
Arts & Culture
Girma Berta and iPhone Gazing.
Arts & Culture

Born in 1990, self-trained Ethiopian photographer Girma Berta, utilizes the camera of his iPhone to capture unique images which record the daily lives of people of his hometown, Addis Ababa.

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Arts & Culture
 Afrobeats Dancer, Nqobilé Danseur, on Going Solo and Her Responsibility to Represent.
Arts & Culture
Afrobeats Dancer, Nqobilé Danseur, on Going Solo and Her Responsibility to Represent.
Arts & Culture

One-third of the female dance group, CEO Dancers, who found fame as 2013 semi-finalists on Britain’s Got Talent, she remembers that period as an opportunity to fly the flag for African dancing.

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Arts & Culture
Spectrum: Exploring Masculinity Through Dance.
Arts & Culture
Spectrum: Exploring Masculinity Through Dance.
Arts & Culture

SPECTRUM is reinterpretation of the dated archetype of a man, which operates in the mainstream culture.

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Arts & Culture
 In Conversation with Soulful Ghanaian Songstress, EFYA.
Music
In Conversation with Soulful Ghanaian Songstress, EFYA.
Music

Ghanaian singer and songwriter, Jane Awindor, better known as EFYA transcends the scope of Afrobeats in a romantic applaud to a genre so rigid in its rhythm and drum melodies that she dictates a whole new sound veritable on every body of work she puts out, be it features, refixes or her own music.

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Music
 
 
Featured
Dance The Light Away with Luis Alberto Rodriguez.
Arts & Culture
Dance The Light Away with Luis Alberto Rodriguez.
Arts & Culture

Luis Alberto Rodriguez, New York born and raised creative, has managed to depict this link between dancing and photography using the human body as his key tool.

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Arts & Culture
To Be Conscious of Colonialism.
Think
To Be Conscious of Colonialism.
Think

Students at the University of Manchester have become the subject of controversy after defacing a mural of Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’, painted on the wall of a newly renovated student union, and replacing it with Maya Angelou’s ‘Still I Rise’.

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Think
Trap House Jazz, Masego Soulfully Breaks Genre Conventions.
Music, Film
Trap House Jazz, Masego Soulfully Breaks Genre Conventions.
Music, Film

There’s a certain whimsicality to Masego that is present in everything the hip-hop and jazz multi-instrumentalist does.

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Music, Film
Pride Is A Riot: Meet the London Club Kids Who Continue The Fight.
Arts & Culture
Pride Is A Riot: Meet the London Club Kids Who Continue The Fight.
Arts & Culture

Pride is over; and for most that means their yearly quota of rainbows, sparkles, drag queens and club kids has officially been fulfilled. However, what always gets lost in pride season, particularly in recent years, is that pride, the event, started as a riot.

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Arts & Culture
A Group Like CUTWITH.
Music
A Group Like CUTWITH.
Music

A group like CUTWITH, on paper, shouldn’t work. The members, Sean, Shem, and Betty Adewole, who met through nights out and mutual friends, began freestyling together and knew instantly there was a music chemistry they wanted to tap into. 

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Music
Inji Seo and Her Curvy Creations.
Arts & Culture
Inji Seo and Her Curvy Creations.
Arts & Culture

South Korean based illustrator and animator Inji Seo’s creates characters who are bold, curvy and beautiful.

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Arts & Culture
Reaching Europe: Sofie Amalie Klougart Photographs Young Men from West Africa.
Photography
Reaching Europe: Sofie Amalie Klougart Photographs Young Men from West Africa.
Photography

‘Reaching Europe’ is a photographic series by Danish documentary photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart. The series documents the conditions of African migrants after arriving on the Italian coast of Sicily.

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Photography
Talking Diversity with Model Lauren Lambert.
Fashion
Talking Diversity with Model Lauren Lambert.
Fashion

We caught up with model, personality and winner of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model 13 to discuss diversity, ageism and being a model of colour in the fashion industry.

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Fashion
Meet CupcakKe, The Rapper We Love That DGAF.
Music, Film
Meet CupcakKe, The Rapper We Love That DGAF.
Music, Film

Within the past two years, Cupcakke has released five bodies of work; two mixtapes – both of which were featured in Rolling Stone’s Best Rap Album of 2016 - and three studio albums. To release music so frequently and have it acclaimed is no easy feat.

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Music, Film
Explore the Futuristic World of Planet Ninalem.
Fashion, Editorial
Explore the Futuristic World of Planet Ninalem.
Fashion, Editorial

Planet Ninalem, a futuristic world where there are no conventions or responsibilities; a place where the only gender and currency permitted is artistic liberation.

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Fashion, Editorial
Jessica Gao and the Cachet of Hollywood's Minorities.
Arts & Culture
Jessica Gao and the Cachet of Hollywood's Minorities.
Arts & Culture

Jessica Gao is an American screenwriter of Chinese descent who first chiselled her way into the industry when she won Nickelodeon’s screenwriting fellowship.

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Arts & Culture
Jonny Negron's Artwork Embodies Curves and The Feminine Form.
Arts & Culture
Jonny Negron's Artwork Embodies Curves and The Feminine Form.
Arts & Culture

Jonny Negron is a Puerto Rican born artist whose illustrations are an intriguing and fresh stylized take on sexuality, featuring nude curvy women.  

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Arts & Culture
 Rapper Saba's 'Care For Me' is Eulogy and a Breakthrough.
Music
Rapper Saba's 'Care For Me' is Eulogy and a Breakthrough.
Music

Saba’s newest album, CARE FOR ME, just might be the breakthrough of dreams. Deeply confessional poetry over caramel brown neo-Soul piano vibes makes the rapper’s fifth release to date a record you’ll marvel over, even if it besets you with a vague, nagging melancholy.

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Music
Theresa Lola is Making Waves in the Poetry Scene.
Arts & Culture
Theresa Lola is Making Waves in the Poetry Scene.
Arts & Culture

It was a primary school story writing competition that sparked Theresa Lola’s love of writing. The British based Nigerian poet is now, amongst numerous other titles, the current champion of the Hammer and Tongue National Slam.

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Arts & Culture
Inside The Erotic World of Yu Dori.
Arts & Culture
Inside The Erotic World of Yu Dori.
Arts & Culture

South Korean based illustrator Yu Dori has made her name creating sensual, exotic and erotic art.

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Arts & Culture
Bisi Alimi Broke Barriers To Become The Voice Of The Unheard.
Arts & Culture
Bisi Alimi Broke Barriers To Become The Voice Of The Unheard.
Arts & Culture

Bisi Alimi probably carries more courage in his pinkie fingernail than most of us do in our entire bodies. In 2004, Alimi made headlines both locally and abroad when he became the first Nigerian to openly come out on national television.

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Arts & Culture
Ingrid Silva, the Ballerina Inspiring Brazil.
Arts & Culture
Ingrid Silva, the Ballerina Inspiring Brazil.
Arts & Culture

Born and raised in Brazil, Ingrid Silva began dancing at Dançando Para Não Dançar, a favela based programme that offered training to children who could not afford dance classes. Ingrid was 8 years old when she began training in ballet and although she had always dreamed of becoming a doctor, by age 13 she had decided to dedicate herself to dance.

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Arts & Culture
Meet Prince JayJay, The Club Kid DJ Defying Convention.
Music
Meet Prince JayJay, The Club Kid DJ Defying Convention.
Music

Even in 2018 we’re desperate to put people into boxes. You’re either this or that, known by your career goals or sexual orientation. However at the forefront new wave of London Club Kids is Prince JayJay, who simply defies any box you’d like to try and fit him in.

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Music
Mad Over Runtown; The Afrobeats Star Bringing Sounds For The Summer.
Music
Mad Over Runtown; The Afrobeats Star Bringing Sounds For The Summer.
Music

Nigerian music artist Runtown seemed to swan out of nowhere, creating unimaginably influential waves on the Afrobeat genre with relaxed, summer-smooth rhythms and his native patois.

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Music
Chloe x Halle Release Dreamy, Soul Inspired Album “The Kids Are Alright”.
Music
Chloe x Halle Release Dreamy, Soul Inspired Album “The Kids Are Alright”.
Music

In their just released album, ‘The Kids Are Alright’, Chloe and Halle create an airy, wide open space with plenty of distant, dreamy synth and rich, lilting vocals where the sisters illustrate the full range of their vocal capacity.

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Music
Visual Artist Meera Sethi Celebrates the South Asian Auntie in “Upping The Aunty” Project.
Arts & Culture
Visual Artist Meera Sethi Celebrates the South Asian Auntie in “Upping The Aunty” Project.
Arts & Culture

Meera Sethi is a Toronto based visual artist. Sethi’s artwork explores relationships between, migration, diaspora, fashion and identity.

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Arts & Culture
Ones To Watch: Meet Some of London’s Newest Models.
Photography, Fashion
Ones To Watch: Meet Some of London’s Newest Models.
Photography, Fashion

Photographer Kim Lang caught up with some new faces that are currently breaking into the modelling industry.

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Photography, Fashion
Gods Taking Selfies with Indian Visual Artist Adrita Das.
Arts & Culture
Gods Taking Selfies with Indian Visual Artist Adrita Das.
Arts & Culture

Gods Taking Selfies is a personal tumblr project started by Indian visual artist Adrita Das. Adrita reimagines where South East Asian Gods and Goddesses to make them appear as though taking selfies.

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Arts & Culture
In Conversation with Soul Songstress: Deva Mahal
Music
In Conversation with Soul Songstress: Deva Mahal
Music

Despite being a musician since before she can remember, Deva (pronounced Diva) Mahal is surprisingly humble. The soul singer has been surrounded by music her whole life, so it only seemed natural for this to be the path she followed.

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Music
SEVDALIZA - A  Growing Delectable Force of Femininity
Music
SEVDALIZA - A Growing Delectable Force of Femininity
Music

With razor sharp features, chiselled jaw, dark piercing eyes set upon a heavy browed, freckled face, the Persian’s beauty holds a spiritual affectation that encapsulates both the softness and strength of her femininity, oozing through her multi-disciplinary art forms.

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Music
Laura Callagham Illustrates Female Sexuality and Empowerment.
Arts & Culture
Laura Callagham Illustrates Female Sexuality and Empowerment.
Arts & Culture

Laura Callaghan is an Irish illustrator whose work focuses on female sexuality, fashion and feminism. Her work is bold, beautiful and aims to fight against the male gaze and slut shaming.

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Arts & Culture
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Nicole Krystal Crenstil.
Arts & Culture, Film, Photography
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Nicole Krystal Crenstil.
Arts & Culture, Film, Photography

Reform the Funk spoke to Curator Nicole Crenstil about international women’s day, her work and being a woman in today’s society.

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Arts & Culture, Film, Photography
Bollywood Meets Hip Hop in Jasmin Sehra's Bollyhood Series.
Arts & Culture
Bollywood Meets Hip Hop in Jasmin Sehra's Bollyhood Series.
Arts & Culture

Jasmin Sehra is a British-Asian artist who is using art to explore her culture and dual nationality. Her latest collection, BollyHood, is a mash up of Hip Hop and Bollywood, with cultural icons being immortalized as Bollywood movie posters.

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Arts & Culture
Amy Sherald Paints Michelle Obama.
Arts & Culture
Amy Sherald Paints Michelle Obama.
Arts & Culture

For the first time in history, the official portrait of America’s first lady has been created by an African-American artist - Amy Sherald.

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Arts & Culture
Artist Kehinde Wiley Paints Obama’s Official Portrait.
Arts & Culture
Artist Kehinde Wiley Paints Obama’s Official Portrait.
Arts & Culture

The official Presidential portrait has, for the first time in history, been painted by an African American; Kehinde Wiley.

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Arts & Culture
 
 
Featured
Layo and the Joy of Dance.
Arts & Culture, Film, Photography
Layo and the Joy of Dance.
Arts & Culture, Film, Photography

Given that Layo skipped her graduation to attend a dance job, it's fair to say to say that her passion for dance is her number one priority.

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Arts & Culture, Film, Photography
Talking Culture, Art and Mixed Identity with Photographer Ejatu Shaw.
Photography, Editorial
Talking Culture, Art and Mixed Identity with Photographer Ejatu Shaw.
Photography, Editorial

Artist Ejatu Shaw is using photography to explore the elements that define her existence and construct her identity.

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Photography, Editorial
SPACE x LAUNCH
Arts & Culture, Film
SPACE x LAUNCH
Arts & Culture, Film

In October, Reform The Funk held it’s very first exhibition, Space, a celebration and showcase of Black Art.

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Arts & Culture, Film
Nnedi Okorafor: Redefining the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genre.
Arts & Culture
Nnedi Okorafor: Redefining the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genre.
Arts & Culture

Nnedi is a first generation Nigerian-American and rightfully uses her roots to influence her work. Being a University Professor, a PHD holder and having various novels/comics under her belt, it is great to see African imagery within a very white dominated genre.

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Arts & Culture
Cartèlea and Honour are Black Girls Who Rock.
Arts & Culture
Cartèlea and Honour are Black Girls Who Rock.
Arts & Culture

Cartèlea and Honour are black girls who rock. Based in London and working as a model and artist, respectively, they speak to Reform The Funk about their style, dreams and walking in faith.

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Arts & Culture
Stephanie Kane The Painter.
Film, The Artist Series
Stephanie Kane The Painter.
Film, The Artist Series

Attending a top class art college or university is the holy grail for many aspiring artists but Stephanie Kane decided to go her own way and manifest opportunities within her industry for herself.

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Film, The Artist Series
The Importance of Ava DuVenay in Hollywood.
Film
The Importance of Ava DuVenay in Hollywood.
Film

Born in Long Beach California in 1972, Ava is the director behind, Selma, the 13th Documentary and TV series Queen Sugar; amongst many others. The UCLA graduate made her directional debut with the highly acclaimed hip hop documentary ‘This Is The Life’, Ava DuVernay knew she “just wanted to make films”.

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Film
MOPESOLA
Fashion, Film, Editorial
MOPESOLA
Fashion, Film, Editorial

Photographer Derrick Kakembo and Director Jasper Cable-Alexander present new editorial and experimental fashion film 'Mopesola' for Reform The Funk.

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Fashion, Film, Editorial
Kei Maye: Exploring Life With Art.
Arts & Culture
Kei Maye: Exploring Life With Art.
Arts & Culture

Kei Maye's work is modern and has a focus on real life situations with a light humour– especially with the harsh realities of millennial life.

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Arts & Culture
TED x UCL Women
Arts & Culture
TED x UCL Women
Arts & Culture

Since 2013, Tedx has partnered up with UCL (University College London), to host TedxUCLWomen. This is a movement celebrating the women of UCL and the wider community while looking at the barriers preventing women and girls worldwide from achieving their full potential.

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Arts & Culture
Joe Fox
Film, Music, The Artist Series
Joe Fox
Film, Music, The Artist Series

For rising star Joe Fox his chosen method is to seek solace in the big city.

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Film, Music, The Artist Series
Samuel Ross: Challenging Social Systems through A-COLD-WALL.
Fashion
Samuel Ross: Challenging Social Systems through A-COLD-WALL.
Fashion

Samuel Ross has created a signature for himself through his urban luxury clothing brand, A-COLD WALL*.

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Fashion
‘Rainbow Girls’ – The Defiant Lesbian Community of South Africa  
Photography
‘Rainbow Girls’ – The Defiant Lesbian Community of South Africa  
Photography

Julia Gunther’s photographic documentary series Rainbow Girls takes us to South Africa, where she explores the oppression experienced by lesbian women in the townships of Gugulethu and Khayelitsha.

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Photography
Mthuthuzeli The Dancer. 
Film, The Artist Series
Mthuthuzeli The Dancer. 
Film, The Artist Series

We caught up with African ballet dancer Mthuthuzeli November. Ballet is changing and Mthuthuzeli is excited at changes within the art form.

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Film, The Artist Series
Yumna Al-Arashi – An Intimate Portrayal of the Hammam  
Photography
Yumna Al-Arashi – An Intimate Portrayal of the Hammam  
Photography

Yumna Al-Arashi is a female photographer resculpting the parameters of understanding that surround modern Muslim women with her latest project entitled “Shedding Skin”. 

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Photography
Sophia Thakur The Poet. 
Arts & Culture, Film, The Artist Series
Sophia Thakur The Poet. 
Arts & Culture, Film, The Artist Series

We’re all artists at heart and at one time or another it’s likely we’ve used either writing, music, art or dance as a form of self-expression. One rising artist taking her writing to the next level is poet Sophia Thakur.

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Arts & Culture, Film, The Artist Series
The Misrepresentation in K-Pop. 
Arts & Culture, Music
The Misrepresentation in K-Pop. 
Arts & Culture, Music

Over the last ten years, K-pop has distinguished itself by appropriating enticing elements of rap, Hip-hop, jazz, and rock; all genres which emerged and was created by black musicians.

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Arts & Culture, Music
The Best Hairstyles At This Year’s Afropunk.
Arts & Culture, Photography
The Best Hairstyles At This Year’s Afropunk.
Arts & Culture, Photography

Festival hair. According to Google images, the trendiest hairstyles for festival flair include glitter partings, space buns and a boho braid or two. However, if you attend Afropunk you will find that the trendiest hairstyles are not those typically found in a festival lookbook.

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Arts & Culture, Photography
Black Women Rocked at Afropunk.
Arts & Culture, Photography
Black Women Rocked at Afropunk.
Arts & Culture, Photography

Afropunk. The one and only annual arts festival that embraces and celebrates black culture and is undoubtedly made for us, by us (FUBU baby). By it’s own definition, it represents spirit and heritage, blackness and rebellion. This is felt not only by the art that is provided, but also by the people who attend.

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Arts & Culture, Photography
Dancer turned director, Rémi  Laudat, on his unconventional journey into film and a fascination with “beauty” that sets him apart
Film
Dancer turned director, Rémi Laudat, on his unconventional journey into film and a fascination with “beauty” that sets him apart
Film

Rémi Laudat, stepping outside the traditional framework

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Film
A recap of Afropunk London 2016
Photography
A recap of Afropunk London 2016
Photography

As Afropunk 2017 fast approaches, we look back on last year’s celebrations of fashion, culture, style and the people who make the festival iconic.

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Photography
Bringing poetry to life with Caleb Femi.
Arts & Culture
Bringing poetry to life with Caleb Femi.
Arts & Culture

It’s this love of literature that led Caleb to being named the Young People’s Laureate in 2016.

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Arts & Culture
Akasha Rabut on how NOLA's street culture shaped her photographic identity.
Photography
Akasha Rabut on how NOLA's street culture shaped her photographic identity.
Photography

Trying to leave your own stamp in the creative industry is a difficult feat for any budding artist, something New Orleans based photographer, Akasha Rabut is very open about.

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Photography
Comfort Arthur Talks Skin Bleaching and Making 'Black Barbie'
Arts & Culture
Comfort Arthur Talks Skin Bleaching and Making 'Black Barbie'
Arts & Culture

The animator and illustrator’s latest animation “Black Barbie” is a story about her own experience with skin bleaching.

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Arts & Culture
Will Prince - A different type of Hip-Hop Artist.
Music
Will Prince - A different type of Hip-Hop Artist.
Music

Although Will Prince does not wish to be known as an artist who solely draws rappers, hip hop is where his art lives.

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Music
Ten Years of Afrikan Boy and staying true to his Art.
Music
Ten Years of Afrikan Boy and staying true to his Art.
Music

It’s been 10 years since Afrikan Boy, the self-proclaimed afro-grime rapper, stepped on the scene

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Music
Nomes Dee - One To Watch
Arts & Culture
Nomes Dee - One To Watch
Arts & Culture

Illustrator and digital artist, Nomes Dee is the latest name to have on your radar. Her work is a bold and beautiful showcase of women of color, as well as figures of popular culture, but it's her futuristic style that separates her work from others

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Arts & Culture
Boys in the Clouds
Photography
Boys in the Clouds
Photography

Sony World Photography Award nominated Sebastian Barros presents Boys in the Clouds, an intimate portrait of the men left behind in one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

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Photography
Skepta - Longest act to breakthrough to mainstream audiences.
Music
Skepta - Longest act to breakthrough to mainstream audiences.
Music

Skepta has only broken through on a mainstream platform where the culture has become watered down and lost to those who grew with the UK Rap scene.

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Music
 
 

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