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Beautiful Nubia's use of music for storytelling, activism and recollecting cultural memory amidst Nigeria's 2023 elections
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On how her new album celebrates being trans, young and understanding yourself in a crazy world
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shado sits down with Alina la Histérica to find out more about how she is making Mariachi a feminist issue and reclaiming public space.
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Conversations on cuts, deportations and revolution with rapper AWATE.
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Spaces of free expression are becoming all the more precious as the country veers closer towards illiberalism
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EYVE on her new EP, queerness, and finding strength in vulnerability
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How raving keeps us alive – even when the world is trying to kill us
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Exploring how the rebellious spirit of a former colony can be channelled through its national folk music
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On drill as a periscope with Adèle Oliver, author of Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill
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Lateena, the Jamaican artist reclaiming riddims for trans self-love
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