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She chose her heart. He chose the church Fate reunited them. Can love save them? Esther, a bisexual Nigerian girl with a beautiful voice and a rebellious spirit, and Elijah, the proud Yoruba son of a pastor, fall in love while growing up in Brixton during the 80s. In 1990, Elijah unexpectedly ends their relationship. Heartbroken, Esther travels to Chicago to pursue her music career. 18 YEARS LATER Esther, now a retired R'N'B singer, returns to Brixton. She is searching for her abusive father, who has fled Nigeria under mysterious circumstances. By chance, she reunites with Elijah. He is now a husband, a successful finance director and leader of his late father's church. Yet he is struggling ...
Believe in your sauce Fed up with being broke and overlooked for promotion at work, ambitious 24-year old web developer Yemi Abimbola, with help from his two best friends, music lover Kwesi and sex addict Gavin - who both grew up with him in Hackney - decides to launch a Hip Hop, R'N'B, Bashment and Afrobeats club night called Flavours of Black. It becomes an overnight success, and suddenly the boys are putting on the hottest raves in East London. But it soon comes with challenges. Not only is their friendship tested when they start to attract fame and female attention, but problems in their personal lives begin to spiral out of control. Soon, the three friends find themselves at odds with each other. As the hunger for money, women and clout threatens to destroy their bond forever, will Yemi, Kwesi and Gavin be able to transition from young black boys to responsible black men? Capturing the sound of London's urban black culture, Flavours of Black is an entertaining and heartfelt coming-of-age story. It explores themes of brotherhood, toxic masculinity, relationships, ambition and being black in Britain, all against the backdrop of East London's raving culture.
Following the murder of his best friend, 12-year-old Gavin Campbell is sent away from Brixton by his mum to go and live with his uncle in Hackney, east London. But when Gavin starts his new school, and begins to attract female attention, some of the boys are not happy about the new kid from south London getting with Jamella Greenwood, the most attractive girl in year 7. It's not long before Gavin lands himself in some hot water with Nelson 'Nasher' Ogbodo, a violent school bully in year 9 from the notorious London Fields estate, who begins a personal vendetta against him. The only way Gavin can fight back against Nasher's abuse is with the help of two boys who live on Gavin's estate- the confident Yemi Abimbola and the sensitive Kwesi Adjei. But can Gavin trust them? And even if he doesn't, does he have any choice? Hackney isn't like Brixton, in some ways it's worse, and he's going to need some new friends as he navigates these dangerous new ends... Flavours of Hackney is a funny and heart-warming story about friendship, dealing with trauma, growing up in London and finding your place as a young black boy.
Believe in your sauce Fed up with being broke and overlooked for promotion at work, ambitious 24-year old web developer Yemi Abimbola, with help from his two best friends, music lover Kwesi and sex addict Gavin - who both grew up with him in Hackney - decides to launch a Hip Hop, R'N'B, Bashment and Afrobeats club night called Flavours of Black. It becomes an overnight success, and suddenly the boys are putting on the hottest raves in East London. But it soon comes with challenges. Not only is their friendship tested when they start to attract fame and female attention, but problems in their personal lives begin to spiral out of control. Soon, the three friends find themselves at odds with each other. As the hunger for money, women and clout threatens to destroy their bond forever, will Yemi, Kwesi and Gavin be able to transition from young black boys to responsible black men? Capturing the sound of London's urban black culture, Flavours of Black is an entertaining and heartfelt coming-of-age story. It explores themes of brotherhood, toxic masculinity, relationships, ambition and being black in Britain, all against the backdrop of East London's raving culture.
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