Ezra Collective's Femi Koleoso on Black Arsenal, Thierry Henry, and DJ’ing the Title Parade: Men in Blazers 09/16/26
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Ezra Collective's Femi Koleoso on Black Arsenal, Thierry Henry, and DJ’ing the Title Parade: Men in Blazers 09/16/26

B1IntermediateSeptember 16, 202637 min

On a very special episode of Men in Blazers, Rog is joined by musician and Ezra Collective drummer Femi Koleoso to talk about Arsenal’s Black heritage, the joy of watching Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira, his strong bond with Eberechi Eze, and why players like Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke mean so much to London's Black community. Plus, re-living Arsenal’s title winning season and his never ending belief in the club. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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You're listening to the Men in Blazers Media Network, Suboptimal Radio. Arsenal is a very, very unique and powerful club in a sense. It's an identity, it's a sense of belonging. And then it's kind of like re-emphasized when they sign Nigerian names,

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but have accents like mine, Bukayo Saka, Bereche Eza, Noni Madueke. They're Nigerian kids that sound like me. and suddenly this sense of representation ends up making you feel so proud and black arsenal is kind of like an umbrella term

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for how so many black people from London and way beyond feel about that club. My name is Femi Colioso and I am a musician from North London. I'm in the band Ezra Collective and yeah, a DJ, a radio and everything in between. Joyful jazz, fuse with a touch of falacuti and a dose of bathroof.

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