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Mogadishu’s daughter
Ready to run: Childhood, conflict, and the complicated journey to find peace
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Losing my language
‘A linguistic famine’: Why are so many young Africans losing their mother tongue?
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Losing Grace
Misinformation and miracle cures: The tragic cost of misinformation in cancer care
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Lives in limbo
'Dadaab is a prison’: Making a life in Africa’s largest refugee camp
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Lesotho's murder mystery
Murder in the mountains: the mysterious killing that unravelled Lesotho’s government
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Left behind
Senegal’s missing men. What happens to communities left behind in the migrant crisis?
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Introducing The Comb
Stories that matter to you. A new podcast for Africa, unpicking one story every week.
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In slavery’s shadow
Enslaved by the past: How black Tunisians are trying to escape the legacy of slavery
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Identity is the key
We all need a form of identification, but does it need to be digital?
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91ȱ in a pandemic
Is home a place or a feeling? Has the virus changed our sense of ‘home’? #thecomb
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Hippo wars
Lurking in the lake: What’s driving hippos to attack and kill fishermen on Lake Naivasha?
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Guest episode: On the Podium
How a rower's victory became a symbol of hope in post-apartheid South Africa
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Guest episode: Dear Daughter
‘Fly bird, fly’: An episode from the 91ȱ’s ‘Dear Daughter’ podcast with Namulanta Kombo
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Goodbye Nigeria
‘The evil you have done is enough’: Why are so many young Nigerians leaving the country?
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Generation jobless
Young, educated and broke: the reality of life as an unemployed graduate
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Forgetting your family
Lost memories and strange behaviour: The burden of Alzheimer’s and dementia
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Finding Humanism
A different kind of faith: Non-believers in Nigeria share their story
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Escaping the city
‘Slow down and struggle less’: Why many are finding futures away from the city
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Equal before the law?
The vendor who changed Malawi
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Epilepsy, not a curse
Myths, misconceptions and superstition. Why is epilepsy still so misunderstood?
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Easing pain
Confronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses
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Digital debt trap
Is Kenya's hustler generation getting caught out by digital borrowing?
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Decolonising tourism
‘There were no locals at all’: Reclaiming Kenya’s natural heritage
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Decoding our DNA
African DNA is missing from most genetic studies and Sally’s illness is poorly understood
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Darfur: Seeking justice
Does Sudan's new dawn finally mean a chance for justice?
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Confronting infertility: His story
‘We tend to blame women’: The silence and shame that surrounds male infertility
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Confronting infertility: Her story
Blame and heartache: The emotional and physical burden of being unable to conceive
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Confronting colourism
“I was trapped in my own skin”: The illegal trade which preys on prejudice
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Coming up...
We’re taking a break after last week’s 2-parter. Enjoy a preview of next week’s episode
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Climate of danger: My mother’s murder
‘She was not going to keep quiet’: Killed for defending the environment