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Give Black DecemberTM

Give Black December

December, the month when the world celebrates both Kwanzaa and Christmas is typically used as a period to give gifts to family and friends. But what about our community? If everyone thought of making a commitment to giving back to the community for the new year ahead will that not create a better community for all of us?

Well, we at Nyeusi believe it will, that is why we created the Give Black December initiative. Give Black December is a promotion to get people within the black community to make a specific commitment to giving back to our community in the new year ahead.

Why don’t you join us this December and make a commitment to either make a one off donation, a monthly donation or even volunteer to help the community with your skills and or time.

How can I get involved with the Give Black December Campaign?

It’s easy to get involved with the Give Black December Campaign, all you have to do is make a specific commitment to give back to our community in the month of December by either promising to make a donation (one off/regular) to Nyeusi in the coming year. You can also help raise funds for us, volunteer to help the community or if you are an artist why not take part in our Give Black December Music Competition.

Songwriting Competition: Rising Star, Culture Changing Song Award

Every year, unsigned artists are invited to write a song to help celebrate Give Black December. The artists are given strict guidelines that their song has to meet. The winner of this award is chosen by the public via a voting system on our website.

 

Prize

1st Prize: £250
2nd Prize: £40
3rd Prize: £10

 

How the competition works

The participants should create a video of them performing the full song, the song should be their original work.
To submit an entry the participants have to post the entry on social media (see applicable platforms below).

Entries are only accepted if the participants are following us on social media, and the entry includes the use of the following hashtags: #GiveBlackDecember, #Nyeusi, #Nyeungana.

All entries are published on our website. The platform then allows members of the public to cast a vote for any participant that they’ll like to win. Both participants and voters must follow us on one of the social media platforms listed below for their registration and votes to be valid.

Application Open Date: 1 December 2024
Application Closing Date: 15 December 2024
Competition Closing Date: 30 December 2024

Rules

General: Write a full song between 1.5 minutes to 5 minutes long.
Genre: Afrobeats

Lyrics requirement:

  • General theme should be about love
  • Promote black unity
  • Promote standing up for what’s right
  • Promote black empowerment
  • Promote natural black beauty
  • Promote giving back to the community
  • Mention Nyeungana (Name of the vision)
  • Mention the charity Nyeusi TM (Name of the charity)
  • Not contain any swear words

 

What to submit:

The submission should be a video footage of the artist performing the full song.

 

How to sign up

  • To submit an entry the participants have to post the entry on social media (see applicable platforms below).
  • Then fill out our application form here.
  • Entries are only accepted if the participants are following us on social media, and the entry includes the use of the following hashtags: #GiveBlackDecember, #Nyeusi, #Nyeungana
  • Entries can be made on any of the platforms listed below.
  • You can follow us (as a participant or voter) and post your entry on either TikTok or Instagram.

 

How to vote

To vote for the participant or participants you’ll like to win

  • Go to the following page and follow the voter’s registration instruction
  • You can vote for a maximum of 3 different participants

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