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KHADS ARK MAGAZINE

Preserving art to outlive us

Music

Music analysis, artist spotlights, and industry trends shaping culture.

Baile Tribe: Encountering Culture Through the Dancefloor [INTERVIEW]

Baile Tribe: Encountering Culture Through the Dancefloor [INTERVIEW]

Baile Tribe: Encountering Culture Through the Dancefloor [INTERVIEW]

Zhakiya Sowah

5 min read

A Local Day with the Local Boyz: The Collective Redefining Birmingham Through Music and Community.

A Local Day with the Local Boyz: The Collective Redefining Birmingham Through Music and Community.

A Local Day with the Local Boyz: The Collective Redefining Birmingham Through Music and Community.

Zhakiya Sowah

8 min read

Afro Fusion: In the Words of Its Contributors

Afro Fusion: In the Words of Its Contributors

Afro Fusion: In the Words of Its Contributors

Zhakiya Sowah

11 min read

Move Different: How Black Organisers Are Reclaiming the Body in the Underground

Move Different: How Black Organisers Are Reclaiming the Body in the Underground

Move Different: How Black Organisers Are Reclaiming the Body in the Underground

Zhakiya Sowah

11 min read

The Hand That Takes: Black Music, Racial Capitalism, and the Industry That Owns What It Cannot Name

The Hand That Takes: Black Music, Racial Capitalism, and the Industry That Owns What It Cannot Name

The Hand That Takes: Black Music, Racial Capitalism, and the Industry That Owns What It Cannot Name

Culture and Commentary

Zhakiya Sowah

7 min read

The Underground and The Myth of Meritocracy

The Underground and The Myth of Meritocracy

The Underground and The Myth of Meritocracy

Zhakiya Sowah

6 min read

Why the UK Underground Isn’t and Cannot Be a Genre

Why the UK Underground Isn’t and Cannot Be a Genre

Why the UK Underground Isn’t and Cannot Be a Genre

Zhakiya Sowah

4 min read

The Gospel of No Good Options: Ceebo's Blair Babies and the Politics of Survival

The Gospel of No Good Options: Ceebo's Blair Babies and the Politics of Survival

The Gospel of No Good Options: Ceebo's Blair Babies and the Politics of Survival

Zhakiya Sowah

5 min read

Sampling Memory: The Experimental Soul of ladé's Nollywood Nightmares [EP Review]

Sampling Memory: The Experimental Soul of ladé's Nollywood Nightmares [EP Review]

Sampling Memory: The Experimental Soul of ladé's Nollywood Nightmares [EP Review]

Zhakiya Sowah

4 min read

N4T: The Voice, The Vision, The Party Starter

N4T: The Voice, The Vision, The Party Starter

N4T: The Voice, The Vision, The Party Starter

Zhakiya Sowah

6 min read

UK R&B: Queer Politics and Identity.

UK R&B: Queer Politics and Identity.

UK R&B: Queer Politics and Identity.

Kyratye from shewritestooloud & Zhakiya Sowah

15 min read

Kuduro Is Our Lifeline: A Sound of Freedom, and Identity.

Kuduro Is Our Lifeline: A Sound of Freedom, and Identity.

Kuduro Is Our Lifeline: A Sound of Freedom, and Identity.

Elisha Kiala

4 min read

Why TWSTDFEST Matters: Valuing Independence and Experimentation

Why TWSTDFEST Matters: Valuing Independence and Experimentation

Why TWSTDFEST Matters: Valuing Independence and Experimentation

Zhakiya Sowah

3 min read

HDAY’s Soundscape: Mapping Movement, Community, and Connection

HDAY’s Soundscape: Mapping Movement, Community, and Connection

HDAY’s Soundscape: Mapping Movement, Community, and Connection

Zhakiya Sowah

3 min read

Listening to N4T's GHANAMUSTGO

Listening to N4T's GHANAMUSTGO

Listening to N4T's GHANAMUSTGO

Zhakiya Sowah

2 min read

The Mixtape as Manifesto: Black British Music According to Jim Legxacy

The Mixtape as Manifesto: Black British Music According to Jim Legxacy

The Mixtape as Manifesto: Black British Music According to Jim Legxacy

Zhakiya Sowah

4 min read

Audience as Architect : The Democratisation of Fête de la Musique

Audience as Architect : The Democratisation of Fête de la Musique

Audience as Architect : The Democratisation of Fête de la Musique

Culture and Commentary

Asisa Kadiri

5 min read

RIXSS’ Karmatose: a Reflection on Self-Inflicted Heartbreak and Emotional Paralysis

RIXSS’ Karmatose: a Reflection on Self-Inflicted Heartbreak and Emotional Paralysis

RIXSS’ Karmatose: a Reflection on Self-Inflicted Heartbreak and Emotional Paralysis

Zhakiya Sowah

3 min read

Osas’ first ‘Catch Up with O’ event: Storytelling before the stories have been told.

Osas’ first ‘Catch Up with O’ event: Storytelling before the stories have been told.

Osas’ first ‘Catch Up with O’ event: Storytelling before the stories have been told.

Ethan Donkor

2 min read

LULU.’s New Single “Not There Yet” Confronts the Stillness Between Hope and Arrival

LULU.’s New Single “Not There Yet” Confronts the Stillness Between Hope and Arrival

LULU.’s New Single “Not There Yet” Confronts the Stillness Between Hope and Arrival

Zhakiya Sowah

2 min read

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