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Teezee is using his platform to take African voices global

The Nigerian musician, producer and label owner has built a reputation for being a mouthpiece for nonconformists.

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  • Kemi Alemoru

How one of the UK’s most acclaimed MCs is moving into new genres

As his coming-of-age LP ‘ReBourne’ is released, it’s clear Blanco is unafraid to push his music in directions no one expects.

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  • Isaac Muk

The surf school empowering young Sri Lankan women

Through teaching surfing and swimming SeaSisters hope to overcome the trauma of the 2004 tsunami and embolden environmental activism.

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  • Sam Haddad

The 90s skate video that changed the face of counterculture

Eli Gesner and RB Umali look back on the cross-pollination of East Coast skateboarding, hip-hop, and graffiti for Zoo York’s seminal Mixtape.

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  • Mackenzie Eisenhour

The blind climber scaling new heights

Taking on rock faces takes skill, trust and perfect communication for Jesse Dufton, the world’s leading blind climber.

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  • Soraya Abdel-Hadi

The elusive street artist taking on the world

From notes left on 4x4 owners’ windscreens questioning their penis size to hacking London Underground adverts Foka Wolf is on a mission to make you think.

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  • Josh Jones

The sign language interpreter changing the way we listen to music

Amber Galloway doesn’t just do sign language to music – she uses American Sign Language (ASL) and her body, face and vibes to channel the live experience and energy to deaf and hard-of-hearing fans.

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  • Ben Smoke

In Photos: The secret gay language still in use today

A hot soup of influences and cultures, Polari offered queer people protection and freedom to communicate Professor Paul Baker tells us alongside a photo essay by photographer Felix Pilgrim.

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  • Josh Jones

An oral history of the Village Voice

The paper, which was the first to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness, is now immortalised in a new book by ex-staffer Tricia Romano.

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  • Josh Jones

A photographer’s search for the Black Country

Tom Hicks’s long term photo project seeks to define what the Black Country is, through signage, fonts and words.

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  • Sean Cole

The future is written

Ilana Kaplan explains how being a media journalist has become so bleak and why humans are more vital than ever to deliver the news we consume.

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  • Ilana Kaplan

Blindboy Boatclub on the power of words

Huck #80’s artist in residence talks about his smash hit podcast, bestselling books, psychotherapy and unlocking people’s power.

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  • Josh Jones

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