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Showing posts with label cheer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheer. Show all posts

Saturday, July 31, 2021

events x music : the NewsBuka story ... How NewsBuka started TEN YEARS AGO 💥💤😁🌱👽 How tall oaks from little acorns grow

As part of the 10th anniversary celebration, I've written a brief history: Part One, Part Two, and now we have Part Three of Three! 
MUSICAL INTERLUDE <== Yeah, love music on this blog!  
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Annnyway, here we go: 

Nigerian Youth, irrepressible in the face of economic recession, kept creating and connecting till we started hosting end-of-year musical showcases that just grew and grew in popularity.  
Long Live Detty December.  
 
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What else happened at the blog formerly known as Nigeria News Buka?  
Of course, 
Dance, Dance, Dance.  
I noticed that facebook blocked this blog, maybe because it had been posted too many times for free :-)  It's still blocked.   How could I forget this seismic, global, and ongoing event: CORONAVIRUS.  
Then Nigeria had protests as well.  It's best to not delve into that.  I changed the blog name, and the tag line too.  It used to be "I love my country, I no go lie" - great song - and now it is "serving everybody."  You know what a buka is, right?  A local restaurant, hence "serving" 😁 

All day today, I have looked at hundreds of past posts to create this post and now I feel tired.  Suddenly I'm overwhelmed with the Old Testament Proverbs' conclusion that  All is vanity.  
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Of course there'll be more posts.  
( Let me drink more water. ) 
I look forward to it all.  
( I need to rest. ) 

Let me be more upbeat to close: 
Beauty happens here, excellence happens here, good things are curated here and offered with great cheer - love it, will be back!  



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Friday, July 30, 2021

NewsBuka's origins, continued ... How NewsBuka started TEN YEARS AGO 💥💤😁🌱👽 How tall oaks from little acorns grow

Part Two of Three.  
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In 2012 and for a few years after, I wrote roughly one to two posts per month.  
Usually it was just a summary piece with links to a "popping" or popular matter in the country.  

Sometimes it was something outside of current affairs, but usually it stayed within the themes of policy or politics, or history or civics.  
There was also the occasional feature on tourism, geography, family life, literature, or the media.  
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Other favourites: Africa and the AU, commemorating Nigeria's independence on October 1st, big news from other African countries, Youth, Women, sports, World Cup football, Christmas, elections, and other events.  
I started adding a smattering of music on occasion in 2013.   
2014 brought scary  news - remember ebola?  I thought we were going to die.  

In case all of this bores you, please bear with me:  
In 2015 I tried even snappier posts (two pictures, the headline asks you to pick one ) and music posts, with nice music videos.  I called this the great pivot and as you know NewsBuka would evolve (today) to feature music posts about half the time.    
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2016 is notable for the great acceleration then.  
Attention spans in the world were going down, fast, and so the less any item demanded of a visitor the better.   It took a while, but I finally learned that I could loosen up and just share tiny posts containing no true editorial, no new writing, but just other so-called "content" - 
music or snippets of almost anything, like great photos, the pick-one format from before, tweets, or instagram or even facebook items.  
Also (now I remember) I stopped working at my 2012-2016 job that February.  
For these two reasons I started posting far more than before, up to about 10 posts per month.    

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

H O T M A I L I N B O X - part one

Rema, Jemima Osunde, Mr Macaroni, Odunayo Eweniyi, others make The Future Awards Africa nominees list… all nominees are under the age of 28



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The Diversity Summit 2020 will be part of 3-day TV & Digital The Future Festival. 
It will air live from 12 – 6pm on Pop Central Channel 165 DSTV 
and 
online via https://hopin.com/events/the-diversity-summit-2020

Panel sessions include topics such as; Toxic Environment: Climate change and African governments; Nigeria is not America: Importing Western battles into Nigeria; The Vagina Dialogue: The line from purity culture to rape culture; The Turning Point Generation: Will Gen Z succeed where millennials are failing?; Love does not win elections: The only way young people can actually take over power; Not too young to run: Will young people in government actually change anything?; What were you wearing?’ How not to talk about rape; Wokespaces: What companies need to do about a socially engaged workforce; and Be a man!’: The trap of toxic masculinity.






Get the FULL LIST OF NOMINEES/FINALISTS AT awards.thefutureafrica.com

Meanwhile, here are the cool, updated award categories:

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Film: This award recognizes the contributions of professionals in the film industry towards improving the craft of film making and influencing global audiences within the year in review.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Content Creation: The spectrum of new media has changed and this award recognizes the contributions of individuals or teams who have dedicated themselves to creating quantifiable impact using the media as a tool for advancement in their chosen fields.

The Future Awards Africa Prize For Literature: This award is given to a young person who has successfully written, published or marketed books.

The Future Awards Africa Prize For Fashion: This award rewards the work of an individual(s) in the fashion industry who have impacted the industry through his/her chosen medium and created a tangible body of work.

The Future Awards Africa Prize For Acting: This award recognizes the outstanding talent and remarkable achievements of an actor or actress whose work has distinguished them.

The Future Awards Africa Prize For Entrepreneurship: This award is conferred to an entrepreneur who has founded, led and grown a business or private enterprise to measurable success through extraordinary vision, leadership, and commitment to innovation in the year in view.

The Future Awards Africa Prize For Music: This award is conferred to a recording and performing artist whose music has made a significant impact in the industry and earned them local and international repute in the year in review.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Art: This prize seeks to highlight the extraordinary achievements of visual, performance and digital artists in the field of creative and visual arts within the year in review.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Activism: This award recognizes an individual’s contributions to ensuring that their work influences decisions within political, economic, social systems and institutions for the development of the country in their chosen causes.

THE Future Awards Africa Prize For Journalism: This award is given to a writer, reporter, presenter, producer, and other professionals working in the journalism profession who have demonstrated excellence in the storytelling and bringing news to the public.

The Future Awards Africa Prize For Health And Wellness: This award recognizes the contribution of an individual or team who has made tangible impact in the health and wellness industry.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Disruption: This award acknowledges the work of a researcher, scientist, innovator, inventor who have contributed to the advancement and application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) either for personal gain, professional advancement, charity or administrative duties within the year in review.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Lawyers: This award is given to a young person who has recorded remarkable achievement in the legal sector within the year in review.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Beauty: This award is given to a young person who has recorded remarkable achievement in the Beauty industry.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Leading Conversations: This award is given to a young person who is constantly driving positive conversations and shaping the culture.

The Future Awards Africa prize for Intrapreneurship: This award recognizes the contributions of a professional who has dedicated themselves to creating tangible impact in the private sector through innovation and collaboration in the year in view.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Governance: This award is given to a technocrat who has made an outstanding contribution in the public service sector within the year in view (this excludes presidents, governors and senators).

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Service to young people (aged 55 and below): This award is given to an outstanding individual (below 55) who donates their time and money to helping youth across the country, (excluding politicians and people in government).

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Community Action: This prize seeks to acknowledge the contributions of individuals across Africa, to community building within the year in view.

The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year: This prize is awarded to a young person who has become a force for change, capturing the collective imagination of all Africans through their personal achievements, public image, and personal triumphs.



Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Get to know, Dave.




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Friday, June 22, 2018

#music to share with your 5 and 6





Music: Jaded by Aerosmith AND Count on Me by Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans

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Saturday, February 10, 2018

Nice idea


Where is Barbados?  (pronounced bar-BAY-dos)
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Friday, December 8, 2017

Weekend MUSIC: #GoingHome





Home by Chris Daughtry
and Eyo by Asa

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Ranti Sings

click to hear and download IWE KIKO
 @RantiMusic : Neo-Soul, Classical, Superwoman
see more

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Monday, August 31, 2015

Who are D'Tigers? #basketball

http://www.360nobs.com/2015/08/nigerias-dtigers-win-2015-african-basketball-championship/
WIN! FIBA African Basketball Championship, August 30 2015 in Tunisia
Africa's Champions, on their way to Rio 2016.
Team will next play the All Africa Games, Sept 2015 in Brazzaville, Congo

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Nigeria...the movie

Politics and society, live, on NEWSBUKA
http://disabilityhorizons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/news-round-up-e1316003104297.jpg

Good news or bad, we the people will click
http://iseeindia.com/2013/03/13/why-good-news-effect-of-good-news-on-readers/
GeT FREE EmAiL UpDaTeS <--click

Sunday, September 21, 2014

The Young Ones Are Doing Science

There was a contest in 2013-2014








See TECH HUBS @cc_Hub (site) and @ideaNG (site, past) both of Sabo, Yaba in Lagos.







Sometimes I was in the room. Proud :)


Dozens of people and organizations behind the scenes.







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