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Nels Abbey

London
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Writer, author of ' Think Like A White Man' (don't panic, its a satire) & 'The Hip-Hop MBA'. Former banker Founder @UppityHQ
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‘I’d introduce aliens to shito sauce.’ Items our panel would take into space

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By Maggie Aderin, Sheila Hancock, Michael Akadiri, Michael Rosen, Athena Kugblenu, Nels Abbey
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A purple cloth alien to remind me of my daughter’s love The item I would take with me to the moon would be a little alien that my daughter made for me. She is studying textiles for GCSE and she used a loom to make a beautiful piece of purple cloth, my favourite colour. She then sewed this into a little alien creature. I would love to take this with me because the moon would be the furthest the creature would get from Earth.
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‘I’d introduce aliens to shito sauce.’ Items our panel would take into space

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By Maggie Aderin, Sheila Hancock, Michael Akadiri, Michael Rosen, Athena Kugblenu, Nels Abbey
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The hill I will die on: That stone-cold classic you love isn’t a party starter – it’s a party destroyer

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By Nels Abbey
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It’s that moment at a Black party you either love or hate. Cameo’s Candy, one of the all-time great funk records, comes on and everyone lines up to do the dance. Maybe you throw yourself into it, maybe you are a white friend who looks around in confusion, or maybe, like me, you just sigh in resignation. The dance is a US import, beginning life as the electric slide in the mid-70s, and eventually becoming the Candy in Britain, thanks to its appearance at the end of the 1999 movie The Best Man.
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