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What can be done about the black mental health crisis?

The safe place — Suicides among black teens have risen 71% in the past decade, with anxiety and depression now most prevalent among black women. A new app – known as The Safe Place – wants to tackle these issues head-on.

  • Activism
  • Tola Onanuga

The man who can change your mood with light and sound

Huck x MINI — Marcus Lyall is one of four 'future shapers' MINI, part of the BMW Group, is working with as part of the group’s centenary celebrations. Here, we find out exactly how the sci-fi artist reads human emotion to be able to change it with sensory experiences.

  • Culture
  • Abi Wilkinson

Huck's Rwanda Rising series: an artistic renaissance in the heart of Africa

Rwanda Rising — Two decades after genocide, Rwanda has risen from the ashes to become a thriving arts and tech hub. This article kicks off a series, Rwanda Rising, unpicking the complex stories behind Rwanda’s creative resurgence and its seeming slide into dictatorship.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

SafeMotos Rwanda: The tech startup taking on Africa’s second-biggest killer

This is Uber, Kigali-style — Road accidents are the second biggest killer in Africa, after HIV/AIDS. But Peter Kariuki and Barrett Nash are defying the stats and fuelling a tech boom with their life-saving app in Kigali – and beyond.

  • Reportage
  • Alex King

Polyphonic Playground turns messing about into a giant musical instrument

Play time collides with audiovisual art — House of Vans London presents an immersive interactive sound installation by Studio PSK.

  • Art
  • Alex Taylor

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