KINGSWOOD RESIDENCY  *PRODUCTION


Make space, a residency settled in Londons Kingswood House. A Victorian estate protected by government funding, nestled between council housing. A backdrop which invited a collective of creatives to participate in collaboration, underpinned by mixed heritage, transformation and the windrush generation. 














“I always told myself at some point that I want to start incorporating my background into the music because a lot of the time people who listen to my music are Nigerians as well. So I want them to relate to what I’m singing about. I've listened to a lot of Nigerian music since growing up. And there’s even a lot of artists from Abuja, who I’ve been making music with for a long time, and Abuja is a melting pot, you have all types of people there with different backgrounds, different religions, different music tastes, different cultural essences. And it just grows into something different and unique. So that shapes my mind and my sound as well.”   -   G.J the Caesar


“Seeing the people behind this and working with them. This collective effort going on right now based on some of my ideas and them bringing it to life just shows that everything is possible. It’s gotten me gassed for the future.”    -    Ginn Soul






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 “I think being mixed heritage as well, when you're from two different cultures and you're from a culture in London, where there's so many different cultures. I was so proud of that. I was so lucky to be able to express that side of myself and every part of me. 


I didn't feel afraid to do that and I feel so blessed for that. Even if somebody was like, “oh you dress a bit weird”. It was never deep like that, you know. I do feel so blessed to be brought up somewhere that I could really truly be myself. I never felt like I had to change who I was. Obviously there's societal things and being mixed, I may not have it as difficult as people that are fully black and those pressures are obviously still there. I think where I’m from, you were allowed to be who you are, which I’m so blessed for, just because there's so much of that like rich Caribbean and African influence in South London.”  
                                                           -  Yigaa







































“Here I witnessed the importance of collaboration and the beauty that follows when you give yourself room to experiment.”   -   Christine Ubochi 








 

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