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Reclaiming my name
‘This is me’: Embracing my African name
‘Raised like a white person’
A story of race, wealth and family. Sisters growing up on two sides of the rainbow nation
The secret life of your phone
How criminals and corporations use hidden software to control smartphones
Forgetting your family
Lost memories and strange behaviour: The burden of Alzheimer’s and dementia
Confronting infertility: Her story
Blame and heartache: The emotional and physical burden of being unable to conceive
Confronting infertility: His story
‘We tend to blame women’: The silence and shame that surrounds male infertility
The secret
‘Neither a girl nor a boy’: The unique story of Baby John Musamba
Generation jobless
Young, educated and broke: the reality of life as an unemployed graduate
Class of 2020 revisited
What happened to the class of 2020?
Equal before the law?
The vendor who changed Malawi
Hippo wars
Lurking in the lake: What’s driving hippos to attack and kill fishermen on Lake Naivasha?
Goodbye Nigeria
‘The evil you have done is enough’: Why are so many young Nigerians leaving the country?
My South African identity
‘I am African first’: Exploring race and identity for South Africans of Indian descent
Caught in a crypto scam
Scams, hustles, and cyber fraud: When you think you’ve struck gold, only to lose it all
The Comb: Back Soon!
Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 28 January 2022
Stay away!
‘He just starts touching me’: The grim reality of sexual harassment in the workplace
Without a trace
Grief without closure: What happens when a family member disappears without trace?
Bringing back God
‘The fire has gone out’: The Africans working to revitalise Christianity in Europe
Climate of danger: Exile
Death threats and exile: The high cost of defending the environment
Climate of danger: My mother’s murder
‘She was not going to keep quiet’: Killed for defending the environment
When cultures collide
Spicy food and stereotypes: Making it work when love crosses borders
Back soon!
We're back on 26 March with brand new stories including special episodes from Nairobi
Naked power
Our weapon is our nakedness: Women using their bare bodies as a means of protest
Mourning my father
“We all have to learn how to cryâ€: Coming to terms with the loss of a parent
My sexual education
Discovery and recovery: Two journeys of sexual empowerment
My autistic child
‘African fathers don’t talk about it’: Rethinking parenthood when your child is different
Guest episode: Dear Daughter
‘Fly bird, fly’: An episode from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s ‘Dear Daughter’ podcast with Namulanta Kombo
Escaping the city
‘Slow down and struggle less’: Why many are finding futures away from the city
Decolonising tourism
‘There were no locals at all’: Reclaiming Kenya’s natural heritage
Permanent darkness
‘I can’t just go down like this’: Navigating the world after losing your sight
Unlearning a dictatorship
Making the invisible visible: Grappling with Gambia’s difficult past