The Cake

So it was Black Nerds Birthday a couple of weeks ago and it has now become a tradition that BnnGirls bake him a cake. Last year we were inspired by Tatty Devine and all things musical.

This year we were inspired by Afrikanism our Fela tribute and Chris Ofili's exhibition at the Tate








yummy 8)

Afrikanism

We've been feverishly acquiring new skills at our HQ in Dalston! We've been piecing together this old Fela footage and learning how to do animation to bring you this rather nice vid with original music by Ogheno( http://www.myspace.com/ogheno.)

The music and Video are called Afrikanism.

We hope you like.

Afrikanism


Stills from the video

Best Black Wishes

The Art of Lemi Ghariokwu

Tuesday night saw the launch of Nigerian artist Lemi Ghariokwu's at the RichMix . The exhibition brought to life Lemi's work who is most famously known for the album art work of Fela Kuti. After listening to Lemi talk about his inspiration and his time with Fela, the launch night turned into one of the best free nights we've seen in London for a long time. The sounds of live Afrobeat with Nigerian legends Tony Allen and Dele Sosimi with Rich Medina on the decks had us all on our feet.



















The next day we went to collect our print, had a more in depth tour of the exhibition, where we met Lemi and Rich Medina


Lemi signing his limited prints of Felasophy 1 of 7 which is currently at Bnn HQ



Best Black Wishes






Read more about the exhibition here artsownkind.wordpress.com

BLACKtronica

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We finished up the night with cocktails at Milk and Honey.

Fela A New Musical

Just watching the rehearsals and hearing the sounds gives us goose bumps. We hope they can capture the ruggedness of Fela and Nigerian life.

Fela A New Musical


Fela A New Musical website for more info

Fela