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Jan 17

The Age of African Music (2024-2025)

From 1980s Guinea Orchestras to the Symphonic stages of Brooklyn: An era review of the music defining the new age of African Sound.

The image is generated by the Google AI tool, nano banana. It contains a map of Africa with the words Afrobeats written on a highlighted section of West Africa. The words Amapiano is written outside of the map and there are cartoon-like images of Africans holding instruments such as drums and pianos while celebrating to the tune of music.

Jay Ogukah

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Nov 29, 2024

A Sky Full of Stars

They say when you find a solid connection, you go into a state of wellbeing and the need to hang-on to it kicks in (Attachment Theory). I…

A Sky Full of Stars

Jay Ogukah

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Jan 30, 2023

Social Connections make us Moving Clouds.

Thousands of meters up in the sky, clouds are always in motion, even when the wind appears still. They are part of an always-moving…

Social Connections make us Moving Clouds.

Jay Ogukah

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Jan 17, 2023

I went out for a walk and ended up walking into a ditch.

I left the house last night contemplating whether I was going for a run or a long walk. On my way down, I noticed a new spot had opened up…

I went out for a walk and ended up walking into a ditch.

Jay Ogukah

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Oct 12, 2022

The Morning Person: Coffee vs Tea

I do not consider myself to be a morning person. I would rather stay longer in bed than get up early.

A cup with “ugh” written on it is placed on a hard surface and coffee is being poured from a jug into it.

Jay Ogukah

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Sep 27, 2022

Surrender Control; Find Peace Within You.

There is a man in a Zen tale: He has a horse that escapes from his stable one day, and the neighbours come to visit him and say, “Oh, what…

Surrender Control; Find Peace Within You.

Jay Ogukah

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Aug 17, 2022

Your Challenges can help you Emerge like a Butterfly.

There’s this story about a caterpillar suspended on a tree branch in its chrysalis. A man casually walks by and sees it wriggling inside…

The stages of metamorphosis of a butterfly

Jay Ogukah

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Jun 21, 2022

A Guide to Open up your Creative Mind

The Earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus about 50 million years. In all this time, humankind has evolved from…

A Guide to Open up your Creative Mind

Jay Ogukah

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Jun 14, 2022

Awareness

I once heard awareness described as a light bulb shining on the areas in which the mind is present at any given time. Jeff Warren defined…

A man holding a tool box looking into the mind and seeing a kid sitting

Jay Ogukah

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Mar 23, 2022

The Observer Technique

Imagine a pool, beautiful and blue with its colors reflected in the morning sun. You’re fully submerged at its epicenter and slowly falling…

The Observer Technique

Jay Ogukah

Jay Ogukah

Hi there, I express myself in whatever medium appeals most to me at the time. Be it writing, video making or talking. Feel free to share your thoughts with me.

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