Joined October 2021
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๐ŸŽถ "Allow me to reintroduce myself..." ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ My name is Gesila. I'm a photographer. I love people & photography (introvert-hermit tho ๐Ÿ˜‚โœจ) I shoot as Lightplay Society & my favourite things to shoot are people, performances & products. Tell your friends about me. ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ“ธโœจ
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Her name was Sophie Oluwole
By placing Nigeriaโ€™s Yoruba thought in dialogue with the famed western philosophers like Socrates, she challenged the assumption that African philosophy was merely folklore theconversation.com/sophie-oโ€ฆ
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
if you are a creative person you deserve more than just a lover who appreciates your art. you deserve a whole life that feeds it. spaces that inspire you, people who push your thinking, and a daily existence that feels purposeful.
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Pls take two minutes to listen to her entire response not just the one sentence highlighted in the caption. She lays it out PERFECTLY. "I'll first say a big shout out to Mike and Delroy, like let's continue to honor them for how they handled that in real time, the grace and the dignity that they exercised, and the whole home team, everybody that was out there, like really carried themselves well. I think the events this weekend exposed a couple things - Institutionally, we still don't understand what inclusion means." "Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don't provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that's not inclusivity. That's exploitation." "That man's disability got exploited that night, and it led to multiple offenses. That's the BAFTA's fault. And then the BBC, to air what they aired is careless." "And not like some haphazard accident, no, like a real lack of care was exercised for those two Black men. And we know the BBC knows how to take care of what they care about, right, because they censored a bunch of other... they went so far as to make sure certain things weren't topics of conversation." "They censored Akinola's speech, the director of My Father's Shadow, which is an amazing film, by the way. So you censored one Black man, you failed to protect two others, and our production designer, Hannah, you do not care for our dignity, our humanity." "You want to celebrate our art, but you won't protect, and that's why we celebrate sinners. That's why we celebrate Ryan. That's why we show up to the NAACP, because those are spaces where we felt safe, where we feel safe." - Jayme Lawson
"You want to celebrate our art, but you won't protect it." - Jayme Lawson calls out the #BAFTAs slip up at the #NAACPImageAwards
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I am so proud of Jayme. She didn't hesitate to call out BBC and BAFTA for the harm caused to Michael, Delroy, and John and intentionally setting him up to exploit his Corprolalia showing they don't care about and understand true inclusivity and creating safe spaces for people.
"You want to celebrate our art, but you won't protect it." - Jayme Lawson calls out the #BAFTAs slip up at the #NAACPImageAwards
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
4AM House welcomes Member Gesila at @lightplay_soc ๐ŸŽ† Reach out to her for any collabs, bookings and to say hello! ๐Ÿ‘‹ #4AMHouse
๐ŸŽถ "Allow me to reintroduce myself..." ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ My name is Gesila. I'm a photographer. I love people & photography (introvert-hermit tho ๐Ÿ˜‚โœจ) I shoot as Lightplay Society & my favourite things to shoot are people, performances & products. Tell your friends about me. ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ“ธโœจ
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
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In conversation with Polly Irungu, founder of Black Women Photographers vogue.com/article/women-by-wโ€ฆ
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
You're allowed to do creative stuff even if you don't think you're good at them. Do it because it moves something stuck inside you. Because creativity isnโ€™t about being impressive, itโ€™s about being expressive. Create badly. Create awkwardly. Thatโ€™s not failure, thatโ€™s freedom.
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
being a creative requires a lot of research, in order to create things you simply have to know things.
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whenever im around creativity, im reminded that its where i need to be
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This one goes out to all the lovers...A gentle reminder that Valentine's Day is 3 weeks away... ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’– Hit me up, let's make some future memories, hehe! ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ“ธ
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
Cheat sheet for whatโ€™s happening in Kenya 1. Kenya is owning billions 2. Kenya decides to raise taxes to cover debt 3. Protesters who are taxpayers say No. The protesters tell their government to โ€œcut spending instead of raising taxes.โ€ 4. Government and taxpayers disagree 5. Taxpayers protest 6. Their government kills them for protesting
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
Snipers at KICC Shooting Live Bullets....SHARE WIDLY!! #RejectFinanceBill2024
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
I justโ€ฆ Imagine if they just let us protest in peace. Or better yet, if they actually listened to the will of the people. Now thereโ€™s bodies in the street and they donโ€™t expect a reaction? They donโ€™t think people will burn it all down? #RejectFinanceBill2024
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Gesilayefa @ Lightplay Society retweeted
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To everyone protesting in Kenya, please stay safe. Your courage is inspiring us all globally. I am with you in seeking a better situation for Africans in Africa. #RejectFinanceBill2024 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช
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RT @Tanyaalih: Horrific update from Save the Children today. This is tragic beyond words and a stain on all of us. reliefweb.int/report/occupieโ€ฆโ€ฆ
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2,187 Kenyan women accused British soldiers of rape. The British investigated their own military & concluded that โ€œthere was no reliable evidence to support any single allegation.โ€ They didnโ€™t DNA test 69 mixed-race kids. Then Kenya lost the case files cnn.com/2024/06/17/africa/brโ€ฆ
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RT @khadljasays: Those families followed evacuation orders. They built and set up tents. They were in the โ€˜safe zoneโ€™. They are as โ€˜perfectโ€ฆ
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