What is Afromodernist Chic?
Exploring the unique response of black African people to modernity, globalization and anticolonialism, artistic innovation and social justice in the face of history and ongoing oppression.
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FREE EVENT: HOW FILMABDI CHANGED HIS PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER IN 4 YEARS
We're hosting a free online event exclusively for GUAP community members with FilmAbdi, the self-taught London photographer who's gone from shooting his friends at house parties to being one of the most recognisable names behind Black London's nightlife and culture, in four years.
Oontz Oontz: The Sound of 2026
Exploring the resurgence of electronic music.
PAID OPP: SHOOT AT THE GABRIEL MOSES V&A EAST EVENT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS /& VIDEOGRAPHERS
The Match-Day Girl
Before football jerseys became a global fashion trend, African women were already turning match day into beauty, style and identity.
The Popularity Cost of Becoming Mainstream
When niches go viral, context gets left behind. An exploration of “The Popularity Cost” and the slow erosion of cultural capital.
Weekly Creative Opportunities
We give opportunities to people who care about the craft, not just the byline. - Ibrahim Kamara
Meet Adebunmi Gbadebo -
Inside Adebunmi Gbadebo’s Biennale installation where Black hair, land, and clay become vessels of memory, ancestry, and resistance.
Exclusive: ODUMODUBLVCK Wants His Chapter of African Music to Be a Renaissance
Halfway through explaining how he wants his corner of African music remembered, ODUMODUBLVCK stops talking and picks up his phone.
Zimbabwean Rock Music In The 1970s.
How 1970s township youths weaponized Western rock and roll into a heavy, psychedelic anthem for anti-colonial resistance.
Can We Humanize Networking?
Creative communities don’t struggle because people don’t want to connect. They struggle because we’ve designed most spaces around showcasing work instead of getting to know the people behind it.
From House Parties to Headliners: How Afrobeats Took Over The UK
From 2010s house parties to a massive summer 2026 comeback, how Afrobeats and Afroswing permanently rewrote the DNA of British pop music.