Mika took up skateboarding almost by chance, but in less than 6 months he was hooked.

Karim's rollerblades are like an extension of his body...

Jackson is the father of skateboarding in East Africa. In 2005, he built a ramp in the Kitintale slum in Kampala.

Elvis Presley had a bone to pick with the Beatles

Marion is a young mother. She is also a teacher, a cycle courier and, above all, the first female coach of the Kampala Cycling Club

Ibrahim never goes anywhere without his BMX, a bike he has rebuilt by salvaging parts from the various markets in Kampala.

Dominique is the only woman skater in Ghana, and she is actually from Gabon.

Chance wants to live out his passion for skating and turn it into a livelihood for young Ghanaians.

Modou describes himself as an artivist and is one of many creatives in Dakar who want to change the Senegalese capital through art.

A photographer, a filmmaker, a graffiti artist – JR is a jack of all trades.

Psychedelic folk combo Nusantara Beat from Amsterdam takes the ESNS Festival audience on a mind-expanding journey. 

Ganna makes experimental jazz with a Slavic twist in an exclusive session at the Eurosonic festival.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

American rock band Turnstile share their influences with Thin Lizzy and My Chemical Romance among their favourites.

With elections on the horizon in Hungary, Victor Orban’s party produced a deepfake of a rival candidate who is ahead in the polls

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs Saariaho’s Hush trumpet concerto with Verneri Pohjola as soloist.

In Ukrainian Mariupol, occupied by Russia for four years, people pay in roubles and their passports are now Russian.

Mexicans are receiving much less money in remittances from family living in the United States, affecting the economy.

150 years after his birth, social media has brought Austro-Hungarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a new generation of readers.