Inside: Issue 20

Preview: Into the Hoods

“I feel nervously excited. We’re dancers, we all love to perform. We just want to get out there and give 100%.”
I’m on the phone with Andre Oporia, a Canadian professional dancer who’s snatching a lunch break between rehearsals for the fourth season of award-winning dance production, Into the Hoods.
In addition to popping and locking in [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

African Literature Book Club: Review of Girls at War by Chinua Achebe

Hosted by Alice Gbelia, featuring Elizabeth, Aminata, Grace, Tope, Kazvare , Sharon and Gabrielle
Achebe’s Girls At War is not a well known collection of stories as Things Fall Apart has become the focal point of Achebe’s work and a seminal text when exploring African Literature. However as Achebe states himself in the introduction to the [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

Summer Books

Whether it is a hot day in the park or evenings chilling in the back garden or a way to pass those hours on the way to and from work, a book is always the perfect companion. Now that London has been blessed with long hot summer days, we decided to give you a taste [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

Soundtrack to Your Summer: Vocal Slender

What would you be willing to do to make your dream a reality? It wasn’t until BBC 2 aired Welcome to Lagos a three-part documentary about life in the slums of Lagos, Nigeria that I considered the question more deeply. In the first part of the series I—like millions of viewers in the UK— was [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

Black Books Review: Hair Power, Skin Revolution

Is Black beautiful?  When faced with messages coming from the media and beauty industry that tell us that being black is not really beautiful unless it is packaged in the lightest shade of brown and accompanied by hair that lifts with the slightest puff of wind, it’s no surprise then that [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

Soundtrack to Your Summer:Benin City

Benin City is a collective of spoken word artists and musicians hailing from the UK who have united to offer audiences a truly unique experience.  Catch A Vibe spent an hour with Josh, one of the band’s vocalists to discover more about Benin City and get a taste of some “Invisible Cake”.

CAV: Tell me about [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

London’s Coolest Bars

It seems too good to be true what with all the good weather recently in London. In a city like this, you need to enjoy the longer warm evenings – and perhaps a bit of relief from the heat – at a nice bar or summer terrace, with a good drink and company at hand. [...]

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Inside: The Vault

Top 10 Sexiest Black Footballers

In keeping with the World Cup spirit, here is our totally biased Top 10 Sexiest Black footballers playing in the World Cup. Drool over the pics, check their pedigree, discuss their playing skills and tell us which one is your favourite!
In alphabetical order:

Carlton ColeAge: 27 | Club: West Ham United | Team: England | Playing [...]

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Inside: Issue 20

Discover African literature with Catch a Vibe Book Club

At Catch a Vibe we like to read and we’ve reviewed the most exciting new voices in African  literature: Lola Shoneyin, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Chika Unigwe, Marguerite Abouet, Brian Chikwava, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and many more who have achieved critical success on the international literary scene.
But they [...]

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Music Review: Nas and Damian Marley – Distant Relatives

Nas and Damian ‘Gong Jr.’ Marley
Distant Relatives
Republic Records
Out now
Super-groups rarely equal the sum of their talented parts on a whole album, so excuse me if the idea of Nas and Damian Marley didn’t send me into an orgasmic tailspin of joy. Nas has saddled “The Great Horse of Average” since 2002’s God’s Son, while Damian [...]

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Inside: Reviews

Black Theatre Review: Ruined

One night during the raging civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, salesman Christian (Lucian Msamati) sells Mama Nadi (Jenny Jules) two young women, Sophie (Pippa Bennett-Warner) and Salima (Michelle Asante). Both women have been ostracised by their families and villages because they have suffered the disgrace of being raped by soldiers in [...]

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Inside: Interviews

The Talent Pool: B-Side by Wale Adeyemi

Catch a Vibe is introducing The Talent Pool, which highlights talent in London’s fashion industry.
Wale Adeyemi’s clients include Alicia Keys, Mos Def, Beyoncé, Missy Elliott and the Beckhams.
He is an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, owns his own clothing label and in 2008 was bestowed with a MBE.
Wale discusses the inspiration behind his designs, his [...]

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Inside: Interviews

Spotlight on Ony Uhiara

British Nigerian Ony Uhiara is no stranger to the spot light. For many she is most famous for her role in the ill fated BBC sitcom The Crouches which made its way to our screens back in 2003. But she has also appeared in Doctors, Walking the Dead, Holby City, Rosemary and Thyme and The Bill.

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Black theatre review: Eurydice

Over the past two years ATC Theatre Company have created some award-winning work. From the Olivier-Award winning Gone too Far! by Bola Agbaje to the Oliver nominated and critically acclaimed The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the company have helped place Black Theatre well and truly on the map.
Their latest production is an American [...]

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The Best of British Film & TV Talent

These are the names and faces that most can identify as some of the best examples of black British talent. They grace both the small and the big screen using their craft to tell stories and bring characters to life. Find out what they will be doing next.

Noel Clarke is the poster boy for sheer [...]

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