Terfèle Sur Quatre Feuilles

A Tumblr of what ? A Tumblr of absolutely everything, my dear.

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England: *starts to reopen*

Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland:

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PUHREACH

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Living With Yourself (2019)

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Jackie Cox 📷 by Preston Burford.

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JACKIE SHOULDA BEEN IN THE FINAL

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Lupita Nyong’o x Janelle Monae

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Congratulations to Olivia Colman for her win at last night’s Oscars! She may have won for her portrayal of Queen Anne, but our ‘Favourite’ role of hers will always be Prisoner Zero.

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ACADEMY AWARD WINNER OLIVIA COLMAN ✨

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Aya Nakamura: afropop's reluctant face of empowerment

Her songs have been hailed as anthems against sexual violence, but the French star insists she has more personal goals in sight

While she appeals to the frustrations that some listeners may share about men, Nakamura also has a softer side. Last month, she released a song called La Dot, about falling for a guy, getting a dowry and wanting “the dream life”. This might seem at odds with some people’s vision of female empowerment, but as a young French Malian woman, Nakamura has her own vision of fairytale romance that speaks to a generation of young women from north and west African backgrounds in France. It takes strong sense of autonomy and self-respect and mixes it with traditional values passed on from older generations.

Born Aya Danioko in Mali – Nakamura was adopted as a stage name, inspired by a character from superhero drama Heroes – she came to live in Aulnay-sous-Bois in the suburbs of Paris with her family when she was a baby. Her mother was a griotte, a traditional Malian poet or singer. “If you come from a line of griots you’re automatically categorised by that,” she says. “They tell people’s stories in the villages, and basically performed the role of the media for previous generations.”

This played a big part in Nakamura’s life growing up in France. “On Sundays, the family would come together to eat a big lunch, or if there was a wedding my mum would sing there. They were ‘real’ [traditional] weddings too – that is to say, the groom’s family would have go and pay the family of the bride the dowry in order to marry her.”

In her house, uncles and aunts played a big role in teaching the younger ones about Malian culture. Did these women influence the no-nonsense attitude in her music? “No, that was me,” she says. “I’ve always had quite a strong character, ever since I was little.” She is interrupted by her two-year-old daughter. “It’s like having two jobs,” she says of her life as a parent and a rising star. “I work with my family; it’s very complicated but it’s OK.”

Nakamura pushes back on the suggestion that she is continuing the griot tradition, clarifying that what she does is a little different. Her song about Grammy-award winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré pays homage to a woman who she grew up admiring, and Sangaré features in the video for the track. “She’s a singer, a businesswoman and she really represents Malian women,” she says passionately. “I really went into fan mode when I met her – she was so beautiful and she really got what I was doing.”

Her success over the past year may have pushed her into the spotlight and exposed her to pressure to meet others’ expectations, but Nakamura is adamant that her motivation lies closer to home: “I really want to show my daughter my story and let her know who we are.”

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I'm getting super emotion as my birth country and my new country are together on stage at @celtic_connections, singing songs in #Gaelic and #Bambara. This is the best way for me to spend #BurnsNight! #NgoniBa #CelticConnections #griot #Mali #Scotland #ScotlandIsNow (à The Old Fruitmarket) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEvyHhHNpt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jngle7zjtum7

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Wow, I never thought #Glasgow would be a place where I'd hear a crowd singing Diarabi in Bambara 😊 @sonajobarteh absolutely blew my mind at @celtic_connections tonight! Wonderful tunes, and very wise words on how the transmission of tradition has to evolve if it wants to survive. Also, I agree with what she said about feeling so welcome in #Scotland. That's why I decided to call it home! #celticconnections #kora #balafon #djembe #AfricanMusic #TheGambia (à Queen Margaret Union) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs39-7pHNIK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oyyfx573hg1n

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Super contente d'avoir ENFIN testé @willowtearooms à #Glasgow avec @nous_les_mimibouss! L'afternoon #tea était excellent et l'endroit est magnifique. #Mackintosh #design #architecture (à Willow Tea Rooms) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3i286Ht8H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10dcs4zw7pv75

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full bodied coffee

watch me LIVE on twitch right now as I’m drawing the next comic!

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Pretty Cool

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instagram full of wholesome cinemagraphs

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6 DAYS  UNTL #MWD

Mark your calendars because #MuslimWomensDay is LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY 💃 participate in the conversation by using the hashtag and make your voices heard 👏🏽