Une Hommage à Goddy Leye
With his imagination, sharp wit and all-round uncontournable wholesome beautyness, Goddy Leye has been a major inspiration. When he passed in 2011, he left a wealth of work and influence which resonates on. As part of the Boda Boda Lounge Project, we present a retrospective of Goddy’s films (along with texts by and about him and […]
The G.Spot Protagonists
by Goddy Leye I am sitting in front of the Cologne cathedral, amazed by this architectural masterpiece. Wondering, like dozens of passers-by, how this was done without modern building materials and tools. At the foot of the cathedral is an artist miming an Egyptian sculpture, perfectly establishing connections with similar mysteries surrounding the construction of the pyramids. He is covered with silver coloured […]
Honouring Somaliness
Binyavanga Wainaina and Diriye Osman sit down in south London to speak of honouring Somaliness, navigating the globe as a homeless writer, freedom and love. A short film by Bahareh Hosseini.
Poets Pressing Record(s)
by Harmony Holiday Privacy is dead and the word itself sounds a lot like poetry if you don’t listen for the overthrown delta the v makes between ripples and vowels, between voyeurs and those who look away. Poetry is obsessed with our most intimate resurrections and dances on the confused remains of our privacy. I […]
Mythscience Records
Mythscience Records, a label arkiving necessary voices for us all to learn from. Poet Harmony Holiday spearheads the venture and has assembled a taster of the poetry and jazz featuring Amiri Baraka and other master-teachers. We urge you to donate generously and download the drum talk. An essential sanity, black and electric by Mythscience Records curated by Harmony Holiday […]