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This Sunday digital artist @isaac.docx and @lofi_odysseys delve the weird and wondrous world of #nollywood @sundayservicelondon. Expect a talk on #africancinema with #nadiadenton, a rescore of the classic #DangerSignal 1&2 and after #parry with #vhs visuals. Oya tell your friend, to tell dere friend this is not one to miss 👀💅🔮🔫 Read more on soobax.co.uk #palmwinebeats @sundayservicelondon #sundayservicelondon #naija #nollywoodglamour #nollywoodmovie #london #nottobebroadcast

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#SoobaxLoves: @eugyofficial We held our breath as we watched him drop #TwiRap bars over Justin Bieber's 'All That Matters' track. The way he blends his #Twi and #English together gives us goosebumps! Watch out for this London-repping- Ghana smooth rapper... We predict big things! 🙌 Stay locked on Soobax.co.uk for more info. #SoobaxLoves #Soobax #Ghana #Twi #TwiRap #RawTalent

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tzu (via themeanone)

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Calling all contributors! 📢📢📢 So since we've launched we've been overwhelmed with the positive response to our efforts so far - Thank you! We realise that there is a vast pool of amazing creators out there that dig what we do and get what we're trying to achieve - we want you! Soobax is a platform where you talented Londoners should share your experiences while you're out in London soaking up all the culture that you've found...on soobax.co.uk ;-) So if you want to share your experiences/opinions/or suggestions with us and the world, following the link in the bio! Have a great day! #Soobax (at Box Park)

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“First Gen” is a sit-com in development, which, judging from the trailer below, could have the potential to be a real hit. The creation of three first generation women Nigerian-Americans, the show aims to give a satirical view of the complicated joys of being someone of their background.

Starring and written by Yvonne Orji, the show takes inspiration from her real life experiences; After getting her college degree in sociology and a Masters in Public Health with the intention of heading for medical school, Ms. Orji decided to do what she really wanted to do, and moved to New York to pursue a career as an actress and a stand up comic.

Interesting. Leaving my reservations until it premiers. 

Gazi makes an appearance at the 3:02 mark.

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It’s been 8 years since I spent a summer in Nigeria, so I was a bit hesitant to make the trip. I had a couple projects I wanted to execute. ‘Something to do’ was not on that list

Every time people living overseas visit Nigeria, there’s a tendency to take pictures of people on the streets of Lagos. Pictures of hawkers, wheel barrow pushers and buses are some of the common ones you’d see.This time around, I just felt doing that would be typical and pointless. One fateful afternoon, stuck in traffic, I noticed a street hawker selling Calculators. I thought to myself, “on a hot day like today, why on earth would you be out selling calculators”. Then It dawned on me. He’d rather walk around in the hot sun cause there’s a possibility he might sell one calculator, than sit at home doing nothing. Though you could say he should choose some other, more profitable, product, at the end of the day, it’s Just Something to do. Ah! 

From there, it was all about challenging myself to take portraits of  locals in the area, craftsmen, sellers etc. I aimed to showcase a wide array of jobs people take on, regardless of how non-profitable it might seem. I always assumed that this would be easy, cause Nigerians are generally happy people. I was spectacularly wrong. Nigeria is in a state of paranoia at the moment. You point a camera at anyone without permission, and you just might get attacked. I didn’t get attacked, but I was reported by a mallam whom I thought was just ‘unlooking’. Some portraits were easier than others because my parents are frequent customers of these traders. Some took a lot of convincing, like the tailor.

All in all it was an experience I was/am thankful for. Getting out of my comfort zone, and convincing strangers to have their picture taken is not something I thought I was capable of.

'Something to do' speaks to the character of the citizens. With an almost non existent middle class, it could be so easy to look to crime as a resolve. But these people, and others out there choose to use their hands to make an honest living, no matter how little the income might be.

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#Dangelo is the definition of an artist. Lyrically, vocally, on the keys or the guitar...standing on stage or in the crowd, you know it's a good show when the audience hardly use their seats. With his band #thevanguard, they delivered a funkadelic performance, reverberating the musical visions of #JimiHendrix, #Prince, #JamesBrown and the vintage #neosoul D'Angelo that we first fell love in with back in 1995. Hypnotising the audience with a twenty minute rendition of 'Untitled (how does it feel)', last night D'Angelo reminded his fans that he's never left music, he's just been resurrected. #soobax #blackmessiah #dangelolive #voodoo #howdoesitfeel #chickengrease #brownsugar #eventimapollo #hammersmithapollo #london #hammersmith (at Eventim Apollo)

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The dance #TeamSoobax did when we realised we've reached 2k followers in under 10 months! T H A N K Y O U 👊👊👊 Much more coming your way so don't forget to subscribe, like and share! ✌️ Shout out to @IamDrSid and @DonJazzy for this tune! #Surulere - #PatienceIsRewarding #TeamSoobax #Grateful #ThankYou #Like #Subscribe #Share #Enjoyments

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#SirShinaPeters #ShinaPeters #Afrojuju #Shinamania #NigerianMusic #YorubaMusic

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VOLUME 2 Nigerian/West African Inspired BeatTape Series 1. Fela Kuti interview - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense documentary by Dennis Marks 2. Roy Ayes - Africa, Center Of The World 'Africa, Center Of The World' 3. The Lijadu Sisters - Orere-Elejigbo 'Horizon Unlimited' 4. BattaBox.com - Should Nigeria Divide? {blend} Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey - Ambition [lo-fi odysseys retouch] 5. Fela - Music Is The Weapon Documentary {blend} Sylvia St. James - Ghetto Lament 6. William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind 'Atomic Bomb' 7. A-dots Apprentice : You Remaining Goats clip 8. Emperor Pick Peters and His Seidormatic System - Yewa Lati Owuro 'Omo Ode De' 9. Genocide in Biafra 1967-1970 [Sliver Productions France] 10. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Official Visit to USA July 1961 [U.S.I.S United States Information Service] 11. Biafra (A) – Film footage 902178 Life and activity in the Republic of Biafra 12. The Apostles - Ndi Nkwa 'Black Is Beautiful' 13. Blackman Akeeb Kareem - Sad Memory 'Tomorrow' 14. LO-FI ODYSSEYS - Untitled Beat {blend} Jide Olanrewaju - Politics of the first Nigerian coup 15. The Funkees - Slipping Into Darkness [lo-fi odysseys retouch] {blend} Rudolf Okonkwo and Nnamdi Kanu interview [Sahara TV] 16. Lenny White & Don Blackman - Nocturne {blend} Yomi 'GREEdS' Sode - What It Means [poem] 17. Akintayo Adetokunbo - Nigerian Women {blend} Anita Baker - Sweet Love + The Apostles - My Sweet Girl [lo-fi odysseys re-touch] 18. Ben The Beautiful : stuff african parents say 19. Rufus Adeagbo - Nigerian Leaders 20. BattaBox.com - The Nigerian Dancing Barber Shop in London 21. The Elcados - Chokoi & Oreje 'This World is Full of Injustice' 22. The Lijadu Sisters - Come On Home {blend} Nigeria Pop Idol - Fela audition 23. Fela - Music Is The Weapon Documentary 24. Alhaja Queen Salawa Abeni and her Waka Moderniser – Gentle Lady [lo-fi odysseys re-touch] 25. PBS News Hour/Channel 4 News - Has Nigeria abandoned #BringBackOurGirls?

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I'm gonna implode like a bag full of elves, instantly on instagram it's bad for my health...

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the present tense.

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Original #kooples #takenotes #1960s #london #blackbritain

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A great picture from LA in the mid 60’s. Great style that was shared by British Subcultures over the years.

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Harlem’s Cotton Club (1920s)