Life & Soul Magazine will be changing its focus from Sustainable Lifestyle & Living (plus Entertainments) to an Entertainments & Storytelling blog focused on bringing you news, features, profiles, and reviews on storytelling and storytellers of all kinds. So Music; Film & TV; Poetry, Performance & Arts; Games; Books and more. Since I started this blog, the world has become a different place and sustainable … Continue reading Changes to Life & Soul Magazine
Teenagers in northern Nigeria are aiming to “change the narrative” by making sci-fi films with their smartphones. The Kaduna-based teens, known as The Critics Company, learned how to create science fictions special effects and film on YouTube. The Kaduna-based film-makers made their first film, ‘Redemption’, in 2016, after saving up for a month to buy the green fabric needed to create their own greenscreens.. The … Continue reading The Critics Company: Teens in Nigeria making sci-fi movies on their phones “changing the narrative”
Some of you know me as an intuitive reader and some as a writer. Truth is, I do both and much more. One of my most recent writing projects is a fiction book called Tarot Tales Vol I: The Major Arcana. The book follows the journeys of Leo, a charming Italian teen born-and-raised in London, […] Tarot Tales: My journey combining storytelling and tarot to write … Continue reading Tarot Tales: My journey combining storytelling and tarot to write a series of fiction short stories — Rosalind Medea
Sci-fi comic, Mulatako stands out from the comic book crowd for numerous positive and life affirming reasons. Comic books are most certainly plentiful, however when you find that which calls out to you, features characters that resonate with you, and who are females, persons of colour, have realistic shades, shapes and forms, and which put… Afiri Studio: Female storytellers bringing African and Afro descendant inspired tales … Continue reading Afiri Studio: Female storytellers bringing African and Afro descendant inspired tales to comic books and more — Medea’s Media
Make time for and give gratitude…Blocks the intentions of the ineptitude,Balances out the excessive cattitude,Brings justice to the blood feud,Ensures projects reach that time to conclude,It’s the only one worth having, you know…attitude,Helps Gaia heal herself in quantities of magnitude. Poem: Gratitude — Medeacine Continue reading Poem: Gratitude — Medeacine
You’ve read the stories,Watched the movies,Now take heed of the warning,Of those who can’t stop singing their illusionary glories,Slimy, slippery and a scent like yesterday’s sushi,Face them with your truth, sense them scorning. Egos higher than endless storeys,Bragging about diamonds, pearls and rubies,Psychic vampires….zzzz. Nah, they just goddamn’ boring,Trying to snatch others’ inventories,Can’t pull a […] Poem: Know Thy Enemy — Medeacine Continue reading Poem: Know Thy Enemy — Medeacine
Spitting bars in his mama’s wombA bonafide wordsmith, profusely sweating rhymes“What are you? Make up your mind” olde fart English-Lit teacher asked, for his crimesCan’t fit this brother into a tomb. Some sit in a lecture hall poncing over ProustWhile Ed’s ticked off TikTok with his YouTube comedy shortsSome laugh, some cry, some get on […] Poem: Bard to the Bone — Medeacine Continue reading Poem: Bard to the Bone — Medeacine
The Wagadu Chronicles is an African-inspired role playing game (RPG) steeped in the folklore, magick, history, and indigenous traditions of the continent – creating “an authentic experience for underserved and underrepresented players”. The Afrofantasy massively multiplayer online game (MMOPRG), which is entirely focused on roleplaying, combines the mythologies of Africa with the fantasy storytelling tradition of Europe into a new and vibrant world. In order … Continue reading The Wagadu Chronicles: Afrofantasy video and offline role playing game changing the face and accessibility of gaming
Is it poetry? Is it a story? No..it’s storytry – a mixture of poetry and story with a moral to the tale… There was a young lady nicknamed Candy Lips,Who liked nothing more than sweet tea and sweeties,Fruit chews, toffees, honeycomb and sherbert pips,She had a taste for sugar and an eye for the cuties. […] Storytry: When Candy Lips Lost Her Sweet Tooth Habit — … Continue reading Storytry: When Candy Lips Lost Her Sweet Tooth Habit — Medeacine
Have an idea,Put it into action,1,2,3 steps forward, my dear,Easier than fractions. Gracefully, roll with it,Don’t run it off a cliff,Stop…come back later, candle’s already lit,This is the start of a new hieroglyph. Let go of the rush,This isn’t a hectic newsroom,Express the truth, no hush hush,Less of the Zoom, more of the va-va-voom. Relax […] Poem: The Storyteller — Medeacine Continue reading Poem: The Storyteller — Medeacine
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