Singers use artistic conversations to construct marketable music personas. But that’s not the full picture. In the US, for example, most American hip-hop and rap songs are also a reflection of the artistes’ living experiences and social communities. These mainly involve…
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On the death of Ivy Wangeci and why we should never ‘sweep under the rug’ societal issues that have been silenced by tradition and trauma. There are several stories about her death populating social media and I don’t know which…
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Our culture does not encourage seeking psychological richness – because seeking it comes across as a weakness or in extreme cases as queer [witchy]. We are encouraged to seek wealth, health (new), fame (sometimes), education (always – never wavering) but…
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I don’t, normally, discuss fashion [maybe I should], but some items of clothing out there are so much ‘what the hell is that monstrosity’ that it’s hard and painful to ignore. Take for example this getup trending on social media…
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“Overcome the devils with a thing called love.” Bob Marley In recent months this country (UK) has seen a major rise in knife crimes and young lives have been cut short and families devastated by this. As we speak there’s…
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