Grace Quansah's video: AKUBA s CONTEST MESSAGE AWARD WINNING STANDOUT WAPPY WORKS 2010-2019

The video includes a personal message from me to past, present & future WAPPY members, perhaps struggling to be creative during the current Lockdown. It also features the outstanding public performances/poetry and artwork of 36 WAPPY participants from 2010 to 2019. The accompanying soundtrack is 'Three Little Birds' by Maroon 5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUYsp5baMXo0). A cover of Bob Marley's iconic 1977 hit. I wanted to include more youngsters but had to draw the line somewhere! This doesn’t mean those youngsters are forgotten! Thank you for all the wonderful poetry & artwork received by WAPPY for the ‘Don’t Worry/Be Happy’ Arts Expressions Contest. We’re extending the deadline to Monday 11th May to give more time to anyone else who would like to enter a poem or art work (i.e. a sketch, drawing, painting or graphic) from the following categories (4-7s, 8-11s, 12-15s, 16-19s & 20-26s). You can access the full rules via https://www.wappy.org.uk/post/creating-mindfully-don-t-worry-be-happy-arts-expressions-contest-see-the-vid-below-for-details. A special thanks to: David Larbi -Too Late (2010) Michael Larbi - One Fine Day (Reciting Edward Lear ‘s poem, 2009) Cassius Jackson-Callen - Don’t Believe the Hype (2010) Benjamin Jasinski-Eshun - Recycled Information (Inspired by Charles Dickens, 2012) Georgiana Jackson-Callen - Young, Black and British (2010) Nathan Warner - (Inspired by Charles Dickens -One Eyed Blind, 2012) Benjamin Jasinski-Eshun - An Honest Tribute (Inspired by the late Jessica Huntley, 2014) Maia Hicks - The Tortoise & the Hare (2014) Sara Abed - Trust & Genders (2014) Maisa Abed - One Day Too Late (2012) Lindsay Warner - Tell Me (2013) & Pen (2014) Jai Blue - Cold Smile (Debuting her song, 2014) Honey Ryder - I’m Afraid of Blank Paper (Performed for Benjamin Zephaniah at a collaborative event hosted by WAPPY, Cultural Community Solutions/Ealing Libraries & Hot Key Books, 2014) Shangwe Thomas - ‘What inspires your poetry?’ Her Interview question to Benjamin Zephaniah, 2014) Izoje Owaka - A Different Me (2015) Effie Quansah-George - Gangster (2015) Gerda Kleinberga - I Asked My Mum and the Answer is “No!” (2015) Lola Joshua -The Life of Bob Marley (2015) Jessica Howard -Bob Marley I will Miss You (2015) Renée Dawkins - Bob Marley (2015) Mark Mwangi - To Love or To Loose (2017) Ricari Wilson - Diversity (2018) Ivy Oppong - The World Has Hope (2018) Sasha Vaughan - People (2018) Riley Vaughan - Here Forever (Inspired by the Windrush Generation, 2018) Kyra Nelson - Black is the New Black (2018) Girls - T-Khai James-Palmer-Wahome-Kellehey (2018) Christian Ferguson - Dawkins - Love and Peace (2018) Effie Quansah-George -Wonderful Tings (2018) ALKM aka Acquaye Lionel Kweku McCalman - Why? (Musical Composition, 2019 Artwork by Jai Ellis-Crook, Acquaye McCalman, Grace Simons, Maisa Abed, Effie Quansah-George, Ida Mwangi, Sara Abed, Kai Sim, Ivy Oppong, Leilani Drummey, Athena Ioannou, Seren Sim, Ashley Robert-Halloween-Wadsworth, Teeannalee James-Palmer-Skeete & Nyah Walcott-Quansah Enjoy! Stay well and Safe! Akuba Grace Quansah