The Comb

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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


Episode Date
Striking gold
Mar 24, 2023
Am I in a cult?
Mar 17, 2023
Not guilty
Mar 10, 2023
Parenting and punishment
Mar 03, 2023
Lives in limbo
Feb 24, 2023
Finding Humanism
Feb 17, 2023
When violence goes viral
Feb 10, 2023
Motherhood, mania and me
Feb 03, 2023
Mogadishu’s daughter
Jan 27, 2023
Who is Shebeleza?
Jan 20, 2023
The promise
Jan 13, 2023
The Comb: Back soon!
Dec 30, 2022
Confronting colourism
Jun 30, 2022
Orphaned: Vasco’s story
Jun 23, 2022
Orphaned: Mutuna’s story
Jun 16, 2022
Guest episode: On the Podium
Jun 09, 2022
Losing Grace
Jun 02, 2022
Born a slave
May 26, 2022
Unlearning a dictatorship
May 19, 2022
Permanent darkness
May 12, 2022
Decolonising tourism
May 06, 2022
Escaping the city
Apr 28, 2022
Guest episode: Dear Daughter
Apr 21, 2022
My autistic child
Apr 14, 2022
My sexual education
Apr 07, 2022
Mourning my father
Mar 31, 2022
Naked power
Mar 25, 2022
Back soon!
Mar 19, 2022
When cultures collide
Mar 04, 2022
Climate of danger: My mother’s murder
Feb 25, 2022
Climate of danger: Exile
Feb 18, 2022
Bringing back God
Feb 11, 2022
Without a trace
Feb 04, 2022
Stay away!
Jan 28, 2022
The Comb: Back Soon!
Jan 14, 2022
Caught in a crypto scam
Nov 05, 2021
My South African identity
Oct 29, 2021
Goodbye Nigeria
Oct 21, 2021
Hippo wars
Oct 14, 2021
Equal before the law?
Oct 08, 2021
Class of 2020 revisited
Sep 30, 2021
Generation jobless
Sep 23, 2021
The secret
Sep 16, 2021
Confronting infertility: His story
Sep 09, 2021
Confronting infertility: Her story
Sep 02, 2021
Forgetting your family
Aug 26, 2021
The secret life of your phone
Aug 19, 2021
‘Raised like a white person’
Aug 12, 2021
Reclaiming my name
Aug 05, 2021
In slavery’s shadow
Jul 29, 2021
The job scam
Jul 22, 2021
Young and divorced
Jul 15, 2021
‘The worst betrayal’: Revenge porn
Jul 08, 2021
The Comb: Back Soon!
Jul 02, 2021
Losing my language
May 06, 2021
Morocco: Art as activism
Apr 28, 2021
PTSD and me
Apr 22, 2021
Coming up...
Apr 15, 2021
‘A child like mine’ Part 2
Apr 09, 2021
‘A child like mine’ Part 1
Apr 08, 2021
Left behind
Apr 01, 2021
Black in white skin
Mar 26, 2021
Tunisia: Life after revolution
Mar 19, 2021
Epilepsy, not a curse
Mar 12, 2021
Identity is the key
Mar 05, 2021
The list
Feb 25, 2021
Tigray: Separated by silence
Feb 19, 2021
When are you getting married?
Feb 12, 2021
Angola, my family’s story
Feb 05, 2021
Our climate awakening
Jan 29, 2021
Tricked and shipped
Jan 22, 2021
Black tax
Jan 15, 2021
Abortion: Breaking the silence
Jan 08, 2021
The Comb: Back soon!
Dec 23, 2020
African in America
Oct 30, 2020
Adopted overseas
Oct 22, 2020
Women in gangs
Oct 15, 2020
Darfur: Seeking justice
Oct 08, 2020
Access denied? Travelling on an African passport
Oct 01, 2020
Chagos Islands: Africa’s last British colony?
Sep 24, 2020
Lesotho's murder mystery
Sep 17, 2020
Single women not welcome?
Sep 10, 2020
Easing pain
Sep 03, 2020
Racist AI
Aug 27, 2020
Rethinking religion
Aug 21, 2020
Stopping the lies
Aug 13, 2020
Two sisters
Aug 07, 2020
Sand wars
Jul 30, 2020
Digital debt trap
Jul 23, 2020
Home in a pandemic
Jul 16, 2020
Decoding our DNA
Jul 09, 2020
Class of 2020
Jul 02, 2020
Introducing The Comb
Jun 19, 2020