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78 – 80 ELOGHOSA OSUNDE photography ADAEZE OKARO Meet the literar y fabulist behind Vagabonds!, a novel that brings Lagos to life in a magic-realist exploration of the city’s marginalised inhabitants 82 – 86 AMONG THE STARS IS A LIFE WE IMAGINED Following the discovery of a potentially lifesustaining new planet, four thinkers share their visions and views on community-building in space 88 – 93 GAO HANG We talk to the Texas-based artist whose work puts an eerie, ironic spin on the vanished optimism of the early digital age 94 – 96 REVIVING THE SPIRIT OF GIVING photography COCO WU styling LEA ZÖLLER A groundbreaking new crowdsourcing platform, Kwanda, aims to empower African communities and democratise donation culture globally 98 – 101 THE IMPOSSIBLE GAME OF LIFE Struggling with life? We’ve got you. From breaking into the creative industry to becoming a CEO – and even borrowing dogs – experienced life-hackers offer their words of wisdom 102 – 105 THE FULL REPORT In Gaza, press freedoms are under threat – we meet the young reporters risking their lives to reveal the daily struggle for survival 106 – 109 TO CREATE TOMORROW, WE HAVE TO START DREAMING TODAY photography COCO WU styling LEA ZÖLLER Discussing the future of social housing, Privatise the Mandem author Nabil Al-Kinani meets Noris Obijiaku, whose viral TikTok posts take viewers on a trip through London’s radical experiments in collective living 110 – 125 I HOPE A GARDEN GROWS WHERE WE DANCED THIS AFTERNOON photography PEDRO NAPOLINARIO styling GIULIA REVOLO 126 – 135 AYRA STARR photography ZORA SICHER styling KYLE LUU The Nigerian singer, AKA the Celestial Being, unravels the rich musical and spiritual roots of her future-facing pop sound 136 – 141 BAG FOR LIFE photography JONATHAN VINCENT BARON styling LEA ZÖLLER 142 – 153 YOU EXIST ONLY IN WHAT YOU DO photography EMILY LIPSON styling MIRKO PEDONE 154 – 165 CENTRAL CEE photography ERIKA KAMANO styling ZARA MIRKIN Prepping his debut after years of hustling to make his dreams a reality, the west London rapper is finally ready to call himself an artist 166 – 171 FIND YOURSELF IN A PARADISE LOST photography KENNEDI CARTER styling BECKY AKINYODE 172 – 183 IN THE LAND OF GODS AND MONSTERS, I WAS AN ANGEL photography CRUZ VALDEZ styling PATTI WILSON 184 – 197 BAD BUNNY photography THEO LIU styling GEORGIA PENDLEBURY The Latin-trap seer reveals how he is journeying back to his Boricua roots to remould his worlddominating sound 198 – 205 THE (NOT SO) GREAT AMERICAN ELECTION Scout Brobst talks to young, switched-on (and mainly turned-off) American voters to unpick the messy realities of the for thcoming election 206 – 223 CLOSE YOUR EYES AND HAVE NO FEAR, WE’RE GETTING OUT OF THIS WORLD photography MIKAEL JANSSON styling IBRAHIM KAMARA 224 – 239 FLO photography THURSTAN REDDING styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Synchronising a style and sound all of their own, the pop trio reveal everything it took to make Access All Areas, one of the year’s most hotly tipped albums 240 – 253 WILLOW SMITH photography LEA COLOMBO styling IMRUH ASHA Having manifested her most spiritually guided album to date, the singer and Smith family scion reveals how she turns anguish into art 254 – 267 MK.GEE photography QUENTIN DE BRIEY styling IMRUH ASHA America’s new lo-fi guitar hero shares his journey into pop and his desire to be the ‘best at something indescribable’ 268 – 293 SEEING IS DECEIVING, DREAMING IS BELIEVING photography GABRIEL MOSES styling IBRAHIM KAMARA 296 – 303 TRENZINHOS photography HICK DUARTE In Brazil, social feeds shudder to the sounds of surrealist roadside dance parties peopled by your favourite cartoon characters photography THEO LIU styling GEORGIA PENDLEBURY photography QUENTIN DE BRIEY styling IMRUH ASHA Bad Bunny wears all clothes and accessories BALMAIN Mk.gee wears all clothes MCQUEEN BY SEÁN MCGIRR photography ZORA SICHER styling KYLE LUU Ayra wears wool fringed coat STELLA MCCARTNEY, New Heights Platform Xtra shearling boots UGG photography MIKAEL JANSSON styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Nyajuok wears embroidered cotton dress OFF-WHITE photography ERIKA KAMANO styling ZARA MIRKIN photography LEA COLOMBO styling IMRUH ASHA Central Cee wears all clothes and polyester cap SUPREME Willow wears custom-made leather dress ACNE STUDIOS photography THURSTAN REDDING styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Stella, Jorja and Renée wear viscose jersey dresses LOEWE, all jewellery CARTIER DAZED

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78 – 80 ELOGHOSA OSUNDE

photography ADAEZE OKARO Meet the literar y fabulist behind Vagabonds!, a novel that brings Lagos to life in a magic-realist exploration of the city’s marginalised inhabitants 82 – 86 AMONG THE STARS IS A LIFE WE IMAGINED Following the discovery of a potentially lifesustaining new planet, four thinkers share their visions and views on community-building in space 88 – 93 GAO HANG We talk to the Texas-based artist whose work puts an eerie, ironic spin on the vanished optimism of the early digital age 94 – 96 REVIVING THE SPIRIT OF GIVING

photography COCO WU styling LEA ZÖLLER A groundbreaking new crowdsourcing platform, Kwanda, aims to empower African communities and democratise donation culture globally 98 – 101 THE IMPOSSIBLE GAME OF LIFE Struggling with life? We’ve got you. From breaking into the creative industry to becoming a CEO – and even borrowing dogs – experienced life-hackers offer their words of wisdom 102 – 105 THE FULL REPORT In Gaza, press freedoms are under threat – we meet the young reporters risking their lives to reveal the daily struggle for survival 106 – 109 TO CREATE TOMORROW, WE HAVE TO START DREAMING TODAY

photography COCO WU styling LEA ZÖLLER Discussing the future of social housing, Privatise the Mandem author Nabil Al-Kinani meets Noris Obijiaku, whose viral TikTok posts take viewers on a trip through London’s radical experiments in collective living

110 – 125 I HOPE A GARDEN GROWS WHERE WE DANCED THIS AFTERNOON

photography PEDRO NAPOLINARIO styling GIULIA REVOLO 126 – 135 AYRA STARR

photography ZORA SICHER styling KYLE LUU The Nigerian singer, AKA the Celestial Being, unravels the rich musical and spiritual roots of her future-facing pop sound 136 – 141 BAG FOR LIFE

photography JONATHAN VINCENT BARON styling LEA ZÖLLER 142 – 153 YOU EXIST ONLY IN WHAT YOU DO photography EMILY LIPSON styling MIRKO PEDONE 154 – 165 CENTRAL CEE

photography ERIKA KAMANO styling ZARA MIRKIN Prepping his debut after years of hustling to make his dreams a reality, the west London rapper is finally ready to call himself an artist 166 – 171 FIND YOURSELF IN A PARADISE LOST

photography KENNEDI CARTER styling BECKY AKINYODE 172 – 183 IN THE LAND OF GODS AND MONSTERS, I WAS AN ANGEL

photography CRUZ VALDEZ styling PATTI WILSON 184 – 197 BAD BUNNY

photography THEO LIU styling GEORGIA PENDLEBURY The Latin-trap seer reveals how he is journeying back to his Boricua roots to remould his worlddominating sound

198 – 205 THE (NOT SO) GREAT AMERICAN ELECTION Scout Brobst talks to young, switched-on (and mainly turned-off) American voters to unpick the messy realities of the for thcoming election 206 – 223 CLOSE YOUR EYES AND HAVE NO FEAR, WE’RE GETTING OUT OF THIS WORLD

photography MIKAEL JANSSON styling IBRAHIM KAMARA 224 – 239 FLO

photography THURSTAN REDDING styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Synchronising a style and sound all of their own, the pop trio reveal everything it took to make Access All Areas, one of the year’s most hotly tipped albums 240 – 253 WILLOW SMITH

photography LEA COLOMBO styling IMRUH ASHA Having manifested her most spiritually guided album to date, the singer and Smith family scion reveals how she turns anguish into art 254 – 267 MK.GEE

photography QUENTIN DE BRIEY styling IMRUH ASHA America’s new lo-fi guitar hero shares his journey into pop and his desire to be the ‘best at something indescribable’ 268 – 293 SEEING IS DECEIVING, DREAMING IS BELIEVING

photography GABRIEL MOSES styling IBRAHIM KAMARA 296 – 303 TRENZINHOS

photography HICK DUARTE In Brazil, social feeds shudder to the sounds of surrealist roadside dance parties peopled by your favourite cartoon characters photography THEO LIU styling GEORGIA PENDLEBURY

photography QUENTIN DE BRIEY styling IMRUH ASHA

Bad Bunny wears all clothes and accessories BALMAIN

Mk.gee wears all clothes MCQUEEN BY SEÁN MCGIRR

photography ZORA SICHER styling KYLE LUU

Ayra wears wool fringed coat STELLA MCCARTNEY, New Heights Platform Xtra shearling boots UGG

photography MIKAEL JANSSON styling IBRAHIM KAMARA

Nyajuok wears embroidered cotton dress OFF-WHITE

photography ERIKA KAMANO styling ZARA MIRKIN

photography LEA COLOMBO styling IMRUH ASHA

Central Cee wears all clothes and polyester cap SUPREME

Willow wears custom-made leather dress ACNE STUDIOS

photography THURSTAN REDDING styling IBRAHIM KAMARA

Stella, Jorja and Renée wear viscose jersey dresses LOEWE, all jewellery CARTIER

DAZED

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