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I make cinema.

Making A Scene
Joined March 2009
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Stream Paapa's Life Lessons 📍🕰️🎬youtu.be/4UB2x59f6ek?si=KtAg…
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I have been watching this every morning for 11 months now.
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Brilliant.
HEAR ME OUT…..JAFAAR JACKSON AS NIGHTCRAWLER
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This video never gets old
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Kpanlogo dance performed by Frank Laine and Gifty Collins in Ga Mashie, Accra, in 1984. Filmed for the documentary Repercussions: Africa Come Back, the footage features members of Otoo Lincoln’s Kpanlogo Special group and preserves one of Ghana’s most influential post-independence dance traditions.
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Nima, Accra, early 1960s: Rare archival footage capturing everyday life in one of Ghana’s oldest communities.
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Archival footage of a market scene in Accra, Ghana, 1971 — showcasing traders, vibrant textiles, and the energy of Ghana’s capital.
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books are amazing because a stranger from 150 years ago can still ruin your afternoon emotionally.
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Wrote about the partisan theatre surrounding the anti-LGBTQ bill for @openDemocracy. The flip-flopping across the change in government makes it more apparent that the bill is a mere game for political actors, while peril ramps up for queer people: shorturl.at/ehz6Y
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keke palmer talking about living with her sisters reminded me that almost every culture in history understood something we’ve somehow forgotten:
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chale, you people are quick! @kwabenaess built a dumsor tracker. dumsor-tracker-peach.vercel.… you can sync the schedule with your calendar and receive alerts of outages an hour before it happens. it’s very cool and thoughful! 😂
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People really forget this bit fr.
“We are already born. We are going to die. So you have to do something interesting that you respect in between.” - Toni Morrison
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He literally explained why practicing art grows your soul, not your status.
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Gene retweeted
I had no idea Kojo Antwi was on his MF DOOM shit in his early days.
Getting into it
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“When every single person having sex uses the same vocabulary, when does it become obvious that sex has become a choreography?”
my new essay: ‘the westernization of moaning’ i wrote about how western influence has removed identity and authenticity from our everyday activities, including & especially sex. read here: medium.com/@simikunleoni/the…
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still chasing a creative career as the world ends
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Sometimes watching Industry is like listening to the gossip in a Chinese nail salon. I have no idea what they’re talking about but this shit is riveting
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Can we normalize returning summaries to the backs of the books again instead of reviews and praises? I just want to know what the book is about.
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Well looks like I’m also on a haitus from Katseye till Manon is back .
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wanting to go to the cinema but there’s nothing you want to see
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Gene retweeted
"Good writing doesn't make you look smart; it makes readers feel seen. You can't win people over with intellect. You do it by describing something they've felt their whole life but never had the words for. "
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