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Unchained Vibes Africa’s Press Statement on the Recent Harassments and Threats to Davido and Logos Olori – Press Release

Unchained Vibes Africa notes with concerns, the excesses of religious fanatics who, over the past few days, have harassed, intimidated and threatened the lives of multi- award winning Nigerian singer David Adeleke, a.k.a Davido and Olamilekan Taiwo, a.k.a Logos Olori, one of the artists under his Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) record label. The cyber harassments, censorship and threats to the artists’ lives are in connection with a music video titled ‘Jaye Lo’ by Logos Olori, under the DMW label. The 45-second teaser of the new music video was posted on 21st July 2023 by Davido on his social media platforms, promoting the work ahead of its official release.
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Paradise Air: Longstay Residency Programme (Japan)

Paradise Air has held the Longstay Program under various themes and with different application requirements. The 10th edition of the program – under the theme ‘Puzzling Poly+Semy’ – is open to all people of all nationalities working in the arts field. The application will take place in two phases, with a shortlist of finalists invited to create a ‘video letter’ in early 2023 and final selected artists invited for a residency of 70-90 days in Matsudo, Japan.
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Unchained Vibes calls on the police to embrace dialogue with artists

The Executive Producer of Unchained Vibes Africa, Ayodele Ganiu, has called on the Nigerian Police Force not to enforce its new policy aimed at prosecuting movie and skit makers for using police uniform or portraying the police institution in movies and comedy skits without authorization. Speaking at the Youth and Policing Summit for southwest region hosted by the Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN) in Lagos from 31st October – 1st November 2022, Ayodele advised the Police to change their approach from coercing artists to embracing dialogue. He noted that skit makers and filmmakers have massive followers and can be strategic partners with the police in improving the relationship between the police and the people, especially the youth, if properly engaged.
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The Unveiling of Eedris Abdulkareem Colloquium

Thank you for honoring our invitation. On behalf of Unchained Vibes Africa (UVA) and our partners, I welcome you to this press conference. We’re unveiling the plan to host a Colloquium in honour of Nigeria's Hip-hop icon and Activist Eedris Abdulkareem. UVA, in partnership with Lakreem Entertainment, uses this medium to invite the general public to the Eedris Abdulkareem Colloquium, a special edition of Freedom Vibes, the sixth in a series of events geared towards promoting artists’ freedom of expression, and the use of music and artistic expressions for civic engagements.
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Celebrating Taiwo Ajai-Lycett

The management and staff of Unchained Vibes Africa congratulate our matriarchal Dame Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, OON on winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) on Saturday 14th May 2022.  The award is a recognition of her exceptional talent and many years of positive and impressive contributions to the creative sector. We are excited to see her reap the fruits of her efforts and wish her many more lifetime achievements.   Congratulations!
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Freedom Vibes Poetry Concert Report

On April 30, 2022, at the end of the Democracy Vibes Summit organized by Unchained Vibes Africa, a special edition of Freedom Vibes Series was hosted – the Freedom Vibes Poetry Concert. The concert brought together leading Nigerian spoken word poets for a convergence with Afro-pop musicians to promote freedom of expression. It featured the best of performance poets in Nigeria including Dike Chuwumerije, Sage Hassan, RezThaPoet, Iquo Diana-Abasi and the invigorating spirit of the fast rising Victory Ashaka.
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF DEMOCRACY VIBES SUMMIT ON THE THEME “PROTECTING CREATIVITY THROUGH PARTICIPATORY REFORMS”

On Saturday, 30th April 2022, Democracy Vibes, a summit on censorship and artistic freedom, was organized by Unchained Vibes Africa at the Freedom Park in Lagos. It was a hybrid event with many delegates physically in attendance and others participating virtually via Zoom webinar. The theme of the summit "Protecting Creativity through Participatory Reforms" inspired meaningful policy dialogues and debates among stakeholders and delegates revolving around censorship, actions and inactions of state and non-state actors as well as laws and regulations hindering artistic freedom in Nigeria.
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The Democracy Vibes: a one-day summit on censorship and artistic freedom as well as Freedom Vibes 5.0, a poetry concert.

The summit is bringing together musicians, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, comedians, poets, cultural policy experts and other practitioners in the Nigerian creative sector as well as civil society organizations to facilitate meaningful dialogue with government officials on the need for policy reforms that will address issues and concerns around recent government actions and policies that may undermine creativity and threaten artistic freedom.
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Call for Entries | Freedom Vibes Open Mic

Unchained Vibes Africa is calling on talented upcoming artists to submit entries for the Freedom VibesOpen Mic session. The aim of this exercise is to create opportunities for young artists who create sociallyconscious works with interest in freedom of expression and democracy to showcase their talents andaccess local and international opportunities. Benefits of participating Platform […]
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