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KHADS ARK MAGAZINE

Preserving art to outlive us

Music

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

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

In the liminal: Abimbola Akinola on Sound, Self-Belief, and Building Space. [INTERVIEW]

In the liminal: Abimbola Akinola on Sound, Self-Belief, and Building Space. [INTERVIEW]

In the liminal: Abimbola Akinola on Sound, Self-Belief, and Building Space. [INTERVIEW]

Zhakiya Sowah

3 min read

Recessland banner and two friends smiling

Recessland banner and two friends smiling

Recess Is In Session: Recessland as Black Britain’s Big Day Out

Culture and Commentary

Zhakiya Sowah

4 min read

Sandy’s “Cold City” Is the Heartbreak Song You Didn’t Know You Needed

Sandy’s “Cold City” Is the Heartbreak Song You Didn’t Know You Needed

Sandy’s “Cold City” Is the Heartbreak Song You Didn’t Know You Needed

Elizabeth Asante

2 min read

Afroswing: The Rise, The Decline, The Revival?

Afroswing: The Rise, The Decline, The Revival?

Afroswing: The Rise, The Decline, The Revival?

Brian Omowumi

5 min read

Bashy’s latest album “Being Poor is Expensive”

Bashy’s latest album “Being Poor is Expensive”

Bashy’s latest album “Being Poor is Expensive”

Ethan Donkor

3 min read

Ceebo: I Dare To Be Different

Ceebo: I Dare To Be Different

Ceebo: I Dare To Be Different

Zhakiya Sowah

3 min read

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