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The Comb Episodes

  1.

    Women in gangs

    Guns, drugs and violence - Why do some women choose the life of a Cape Town gangster?

  2. When are you getting married?

    Pressure, prayers and persistent questions: The stigma of being unmarried

  3. Two sisters

    Raised apart in Ghana and Germany, two sisters reflect on roots, race and opportunity

  4. Tricked and shipped

    Tricked by their parents into going back to Africa, Hannah and Arif tell their stories

  5. Tigray: Separated by silence

    The agony of not knowing. The Tigray diaspora cut off from their loved ones in crisis

  6. The list

    ‘A second chance at life’. Organ donation can save lives, so why is it still a taboo?

  7. The Comb: Back soon!

    Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 8 January 2021

  8. Stopping the lies

    Spreading lies online can ruin lives. Do you know what you're sharing?

  9. Single women not welcome?

    ‘You probably have to lie’ - the burden of being a single woman trying to rent in Nigeria

  10. Sand wars

    Killing for sand: a village shaken by one of the biggest resource battles of our time

  11. Rethinking religion

    Stories about losing belief and finding faith

  12. Racist AI

    Can computers be racist? The unseen forces shaping our reality

  13. Our climate awakening

    ‘It’s a survival issue for us’. A new generation is fighting for the planet

  14. Lesotho's murder mystery

    Murder in the mountains: the mysterious killing that unravelled Lesotho’s government

  15. Introducing The Comb

    Stories that matter to you. A new podcast for Africa, unpicking one story every week.

  16. Identity is the key

    ‘Identity is the key’. We all need a form of ID, but does it need to be digital?

  17. Home in a pandemic

    Is home a place or a feeling? Has the virus changed our sense of ‘home’? #thecomb

  18. Easing pain

    Confronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses

  19. Digital debt trap

    Is Kenya's hustler generation getting caught out by digital borrowing?

  20. Decoding our DNA

    African DNA is missing from most genetic studies and Sally’s illness is poorly understood

  21. Darfur: Seeking justice

    Does Sudan's new dawn finally mean a chance for justice?

  22. Class of 2020

    A global pandemic disrupts your university life - what happens next? #thecomb

  23. Chagos Islands: Africa’s last British colony?

    Evicted from paradise: The battle for control of the Chagos islands

  24. Black tax

    An unfair burden or a necessary responsibility? Finding the balance with black tax

  25. Angola, my family’s story

    A surprise message inspired Marcia to discover more about her identity

  26. African in America

    The American Dream? Reckoning with racial identity in the wake of George Floyd and #BLM

  27. Adopted overseas

    Love, security, and a crisis of identity? Two women’s experiences of overseas adoption

  28. Access denied? Travelling on an African passport

    Money, time and stigma - the cost of travelling on an African passport

  29. Abortion: Breaking the silence

    A ‘dark secret’ shared by many: the woman breaking taboos by sharing her abortion story