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Skin Deep meets Yinka Esi Graves

Yinka Esi Graves is a black-British Flamenco dancer. She chats to Courtney Yusuf about her black identity and the tradition’s African roots.

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Skin Deep meets Arinzé Kene

Nkenna Akunna meets Arinzé Kene, the second black British playwright in history to have a West End open. They chat Misty, telling truthful stories of black masculinity, and how he is exploding conventional methods of theatre-making.

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Skin Deep meets Lilian Nejatpour

Lilian Nejatpour is a British-Iranian multidisciplinary artist whose latest piece, ‘Choreophobia’, explores the politicisation of male sensuality and the dislocation of dealing with multiple identities. She talks dance, bass, and doing the dishes with Courtney Yusuf.

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Skin Deep meets Nubya Garcia

We chat to London-based saxophonist Nubya Garcia about building on musical legacies, shaping her sound, and the meaning of hype.

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Skin Deep meets Rahill Jamalifard

Iranian-American lead singer of Habibi, Rahill Jamalifard, chats earthquakes, Shirazi poetry, and the internet.

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Skin Deep meets Julia Cheng

We talk to Julia Cheng about creating an all-female powerhouse that cultivates honest expression through dance and music.

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Skin Deep meets 47Soul

We chatted to 47Soul about dancehall, borders and creating music of resistance in diaspora.

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Skin Deep meets Young, Gifted and Black

We spoke to the creators of 'Young, Gifted and Black' – their love letter to the next generation of change-makers

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Skin Deep meets poet Selina Nwulu

We talk climate justice, building cross continental solidarity movements, how we can make good eating accessible to everyone, and her role in all this as a poet.

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Skin Deep meets Marwa al-Sabouni

How recent architectural and urban planning practices contributed to the collapse of the social fabric in Syria.

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Another Day in Baghdad

We met Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi to talk about her latest fiction film-in-progress Another Day in Baghdad, how she is hoping to fund her film, and what opportunities exist for young creatives in a country facing hardship.

Activism, Skin Deep Meets

Everyday Activism 101

Skin Deep Meets Anna Himali Howard to talk creating handmade political pamphlets in the age of the internet and social media.