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The Comb Episodes

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    The Comb: Back Soon!

    Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 9 July 2021

  2. The Comb: Back Soon!

    Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 28 January 2022

  3. The Comb: Back soon!

    Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 13 January 2023

  4. The Comb

    Combing through the big stories in Africa.

  5. The Comb

    Kim Chakanetsa combs the continent for the African stories that matter.

  6. The Comb

    Kim Chakanetsa combs the continent for the African stories that matter.

  7. The Comb

    Kim Chakanetsa combs the continent for the African stories that matter.

  8. The Comb

    Kim Chakanetsa combs the continent for the African stories that matter.

  9. Striking gold

    β€œThis is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment

  10. Stopping the lies

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

  11. Stay away!

    β€˜He just starts touching me’: The grim reality of sexual harassment in the workplace

  12. Single women not welcome?

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

  13. Sand wars

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

  14. Rethinking religion

    Stories about losing belief and finding faith

  15. Reclaiming my name

    β€˜This is me’: Embracing my African name

  16. Racist AI

    Can computers be racist? The unseen forces shaping our reality

  17. PTSD and me

    Flashbacks and panic attacks: Learning to cope in the aftermath of trauma

  18. Permanent darkness

    β€˜I can’t just go down like this’: Navigating the world after losing your sight

  19. Parenting and punishment

    β€œMy dad beat me”: A punishment, an arrest, and a family changed

  20. Our climate awakening

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

  21. Orphaned: Vasco’s story

    β€˜I was scared of the night’: A street child’s fight for survival

  22. Orphaned: Mutuna’s story

    β€˜I would have been lost’: When Mutuna was orphaned, his extended family stepped in

  23. Not guilty

    Accusation, imprisonment, and vindication: The lie that changed Ishmail’s life in Malawi

  24. Naked power

    Our weapon is our nakedness: Women using their bare bodies as a means of protest

  25. My South African identity

    β€˜I am African first’: Exploring race and identity for South Africans of Indian descent

  26. My sexual education

    Discovery and recovery: Two journeys of sexual empowerment

  27. My autistic child

    β€˜African fathers don’t talk about it’: Rethinking parenthood when your child is different

  28. Mourning my father

    β€œWe all have to learn how to cry”: Coming to terms with the loss of a parent

  29. Motherhood, mania and me

    β€˜She’s not my baby’: How giving birth triggered a young woman’s mental health crisis

  30. Morocco: Art as activism

    β€˜Because you’re a girl’: The women using art to challenge gender norms in Morocco

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