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MELODIES FROM DETROIT

Marsha Music, like French music, Caribbean music or Afro music? Yes and no. Well, no because that’s just her superhero name, and yes because as blood is to the body, so is she the heart and soul of Detroit music. Drawing a fine line between Marsha and the Spirit of Detroit is probably one feat […]

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Ekyimpo Today Mythical

THE MAN WHO MARRIED HIS MOTHER

Are all walks of life predestined? Is destiny real or one could escape it? Maybe it has all along been camouflaged as fate. This is the story of Oedipus, a man whose life was already doomed from conception.

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Ekyimpo Today Mythical

ISIS

When a woman loves, she devotes, sacrifices and protects. She fights for what is rightly hers not necessarily with muscles, but with love and patience. This is the story of the Egyptian goddess Isis who used love to defeat evil.

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THE MAN WHO GAVE OUT HIS EAR

An artist’s true depiction of himself is his creations. He draws what he feels, thinks and fantasizes. As time goes on, he forms an attachment to the lifeless creation more than a mother to her newborn. This is the story of Vincent van Gogh the painter whose struggles has paved way for artists for many […]

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PABLO ESCOBAR

As the saying goes, those who live by the sword die by the sword. This is the story of Pablo Escobar, the most brutal and successful Colombian drug Lord. Pablo Escobar was born on the 1st of December 1949 in Rionegro, Colombia into a respectable lower middle class family. He lived in a crime-prone community […]

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THE SERIAL KILLER WHO SLEPT WITH DEAD BODIES

As humans, we tend to hate what hurts us and try to distance ourselves from it. But from a psychopath’s point of view, it must be neutralized and eliminated at all cost, no matter what and where it comes from. They play gods by deciding who lives or dies. This is the story of Ted […]

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Ekyimpo Today Mythical

DAEDALUS, THE MAN WHO LOST HIS SON TO THE SUN

The evil that men do lives after them. This is the story of a man who murdered a young boy causing his only son to pay the price for his treacherous deed.

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THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE

This is the story of a man who claimed to be holy and possess mystical powers. Russian history is incomplete without the eccentric life of Rasputin; the man who refused to die.

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THE OWL MAN

Life sometimes blesses people with good hair and amazing skin whiles others- a deformity. This is one of the few times life gave one person a disability and turned it into an ability. The story of the Owlman helps us to accept things we can’t change.

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THE GIRL WHO WAS JAILED FOR FALLING IN LOVE.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always […]