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Touching Bass’ first label release – from Hiatus Kaiyote’s Clever Austin
Touching Bass’ first label release – from Hiatus Kaiyote’s Clever Austin
It isn't very often that music can move you to tears while simultaneously making you screw up your face with equal parts confusion and delight.
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Skin Deep meets Palestinian singer, songwriter and rapper Maysa Daw
Skin Deep meets Palestinian singer, songwriter and rapper Maysa Daw
Skin Deep’s Courtney Yusuf caught up with Maysa ahead of the release of their new album, ‘Ben Haana wa Maana’.
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Getting Enough of Scams: The Audacity of Whiteness
Getting Enough of Scams: The Audacity of Whiteness
We can't get enough of scams, yet there seems to be little to no mention of the obvious characteristic linking white-collar scam celebrities: their whiteness.
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In conversation with Yara Rodrigues Fowler on her debut novel: Stubborn Archivist
In conversation with Yara Rodrigues Fowler on her debut novel: Stubborn Archivist
Novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler on archiving, longing, and how to put yourself back together again having been completely shattered.
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They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Skin Deep meets Hanif Abdurraqib
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Skin Deep meets Hanif Abdurraqib
Nkenna Akunna talks to Hanif Abdurraqib about his book ‘They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us,’ a stunning interrogation of the United States through music.
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Chant Down Babylon: we chat to curators Tobi Kyeremanteng & Ruthie Osterman
Chant Down Babylon: we chat to curators Tobi Kyeremanteng & Ruthie Osterman
In a celebration of Black and Brown lives and experiences, Skin Deep's Nkenna Akunna chats to Tobi and Ruthie on the creation of Babylon Festival.
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Representing the Black Diaspora: Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson on the importance of Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’
Representing the Black Diaspora: Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson on the importance of Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’
Nkenna Akunna meets with Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson to talk about their roles in Idris Elba's directorial debut, 'Yardie'.
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Skin Deep meets creator of Deportation Discs: Luke De Noronha
Skin Deep meets creator of Deportation Discs: Luke De Noronha
How do we imagine a future outside of the racist capitalistic global structure we live in? Edna Mohamed speaks to Luke De Noronha about Deportation Discs, racist immigration policies, and mobilising for a future without deportations.
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Skin Deep meets Attab Haddad, an oud-player with a passion for flamenco
Skin Deep meets Attab Haddad, an oud-player with a passion for flamenco
Al-Andalus is alive again when Attab Haddad starts to play. Iraqi-British Attab shared Turkish coffees with Skin Deep’s Courtney Yusuf to chat career priorities post 9-11, the value of musical fusion, and London’s siren call.
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Skin Deep Futures
Skin Deep Futures
In looking to the future, Skin Deep platforms grassroots collectives that are working in different ways to uplift their communities.