News
King Goodwill Zwelithini, who died two weeks ago, led the Zulu people for fifty years, gaining both praise and criticism for the way he ruled. Pumza Fihlani of BBC Africa went to his funeral and discusses the significance of the Zulu king.
Ukraine's Eurovision entry
This year's Eurovision entry from Ukraine sounds like a super modern dance track. But the lyrics are a traditional folk song, sung to usher in Spring. Roman Lebed of BBC Ukrainian tells us more.
Nepal’s women masons
BBC Marathi’s Mayuresh Konnur has visited Nepal’s Gurkha district, near the epicentre of the 2015 earthquake, to meet some of the country’s new female masons enlisted to help rebuild the country.
Egypt's mother of feminism remembered
Nawal El Saadawi was one of the most outspoken feminists in the Arab world, fearlessly commenting on religion, sex and FGM. The BBC's Sally Nabil joins us in the week after her death to discuss her life and legacy.
Sri Lankan babies sold abroad for adoption
The Netherlands has suspended adoptions from abroad after uncovering violations in how they were arranged. The BBC's Saroj Pathirana has spoken to birth mothers in Sri Lanka and adoptees in the Netherlands, now grown up and trying to discover their origins.
Image: Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, dressed in traditional Zulu warrior outfit in August 2000
Credit: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images
view more
More Episodes
India's secret soldiers
2020-10-09
2020-10-09
The battle over Nagorno-Karabakh
2020-10-02
2020-10-02
Music and Memory
2020-09-25
2020-09-25
Protests against Colombia's police
2020-09-18
2020-09-18
The Indian diamonds losing their shine
2020-09-11
2020-09-11
The refugee children of Cox's Bazar
2020-09-04
2020-09-04
Getting to know Navalny
2020-08-28
2020-08-28
Breaking taboos in Iran
2020-08-21
2020-08-21
Beirut: after the explosion
2020-08-14
2020-08-14
The teenager who took on the Taliban
2020-08-07
2020-08-07
The Kenyan clan branded 'evil'
2020-07-31
2020-07-31
The president and the hostage-taker
2020-07-24
2020-07-24
Risking death for a fragment of jade
2020-07-17
2020-07-17
Iran's female gamers
2020-07-10
2020-07-10
Nollywood’s Coronavirus intermission
2020-07-03
2020-07-03
Filming from behind 5 layers
2020-06-26
2020-06-26
The herders caught between two armies
2020-06-19
2020-06-19
Brazil's Black Lives Matter protests
2020-06-12
2020-06-12
Lockdown in London’s Arabic community
2020-06-05
2020-06-05
Profiting from the pandemic
2020-05-29
2020-05-29
Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE
