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The Comb

The Comb

59 episodes

Combing Africa for stories about the unseen forces that bind us together and tear us apart. A single story, every week. Hosted by Kim Chakanetsa. #thecomb


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Striking gold

Published: March 24, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 24 seconds

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Am I in a cult?

Published: March 17, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds

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Not guilty

Published: March 10, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

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Parenting and punishment

Published: March 3, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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Lives in limbo

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds

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Finding Humanism

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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When violence goes viral

Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 44 seconds

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Motherhood, mania and me

Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Mogadishus daughter

Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 14 seconds

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Who is Shebeleza?

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 52 seconds

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The promise

Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 25 seconds

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Confronting colourism

Published: June 30, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes

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Orphaned: Vascos story

Published: June 23, 2022, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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Orphaned: Mutunas story

Published: June 16, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds

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Guest episode: On the Podium

Published: June 9, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds

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Losing Grace

Published: June 2, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Born a slave

Published: May 26, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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Unlearning a dictatorship

Published: May 19, 2022, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 11 seconds

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Permanent darkness

Published: May 12, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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Decolonising tourism

Published: May 6, 2022, 8:48 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 59 seconds

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Escaping the city

Published: April 28, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 1 second

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Guest episode: Dear Daughter

Published: April 21, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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My autistic child

Published: April 14, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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My sexual education

Published: April 7, 2022, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 27 seconds

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Mourning my father

Published: March 31, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 34 seconds

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Naked power

Published: March 25, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Back soon!

Published: March 19, 2022, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds

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When cultures collide

Published: March 4, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds

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Climate of danger: My mothers murder

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 12:17 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 44 seconds

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Climate of danger: Exile

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds

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Bringing back God

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 25 seconds

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Without a trace

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 2 seconds

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Stay away!

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds

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Caught in a crypto scam

Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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My South African identity

Published: Oct. 29, 2021, midnight
Duration: 25 minutes 57 seconds

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Goodbye Nigeria

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds

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Hippo wars

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds

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Equal before the law?

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, midnight
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds

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Class of 2020 revisited

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 1 second

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Generation jobless

Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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The secret

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Confronting infertility: His story

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Confronting infertility: Her story

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Forgetting your family

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 49 seconds

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The secret life of your phone

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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Raised like a white person

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Reclaiming my name

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 56 seconds

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In slaverys shadow

Published: July 29, 2021, 11:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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The job scam

Published: July 22, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Young and divorced

Published: July 15, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 29 seconds

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The worst betrayal: Revenge porn

Published: July 8, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 5 seconds

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Losing my language

Published: May 6, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 24 seconds

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Morocco: Art as activism

Published: April 28, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 10 seconds

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PTSD and me

Published: April 22, 2021, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds

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Coming up...

Published: April 15, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 2 seconds

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‘A child like mine’ P2: Love and transformation

Published: April 9, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds

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A child like mine Part 2

Published: April 9, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds

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‘A child like mine’ P1: Truth and acceptance

Published: April 8, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds

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A child like mine Part 1

Published: April 8, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds

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Left behind

Published: April 1, 2021, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds

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Black in white skin

Published: March 26, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 5 seconds

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Tunisia: Life after revolution

Published: March 19, 2021, 12:09 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 26 seconds

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Epilepsy, not a curse

Published: March 12, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds

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Identity is the key

Published: March 5, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds

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The list

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 10:10 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Tigray: Separated by silence

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 21 seconds

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When are you getting married?

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 24 seconds

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Angola, my familys story

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds

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Our climate awakening

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 32 seconds

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Tricked and shipped

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 20 seconds

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Black tax

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 7 seconds

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Abortion: Breaking the silence

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 42 seconds

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The Comb: Back soon!

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds

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African in America

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Adopted overseas

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 7 seconds

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Women in gangs

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 14 seconds

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Darfur: Seeking justice

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Access denied? Travelling on an African passport

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 43 seconds

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Chagos Islands: Africas last British colony?

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 42 seconds

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Lesotho's murder mystery

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 55 seconds

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Single women not welcome?

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 24 seconds

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Easing pain

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds

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Racist AI

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 32 seconds

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Rethinking religion

Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 9:20 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds

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Stopping the lies

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 21 seconds

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Two sisters

Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 8:37 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 44 seconds

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Sand wars

Published: July 30, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 6 seconds

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Digital debt trap

Published: July 23, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 54 seconds

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Home in a pandemic

Published: July 16, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 3 seconds

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Decoding our DNA

Published: July 9, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 10 seconds

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Class of 2020

Published: July 2, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 52 seconds

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Introducing The Comb

Published: June 19, 2020, 9:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds

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