Postmark Africa Episodes Episode guide
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A Sticky Solution
Why spiders don’t get caught in their own webs
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A Question of Clouds
Why evenings are colder when there’s no cloud cover
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A Profile of Donald Woods
The life of anti-apartheid activist Donald Woods
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A Laughing Matter
The physiology of laughter
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A History of Prostitution
From brothels that funded armies to prostitution in places of worship
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A Farewell to Big Ben
Why the chimes of Big Ben can no longer be heard on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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‘Wet Fish’ Handshakes
No one likes a limp handshake – but why?
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‘Three Thousand Times Sweeter than Sugar’
Why west African katemfe fruit is the sweetest thing on Earth
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‘The Ultimate Weapon’
Why men and women choose to become suicide bombers
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‘The Islands of Refreshment’
How the remote Tristan da Cunha islands became a safe haven for sailors
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‘The Father of Black Consciousness’
The life and background of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko
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‘The Father of African Cinema’
The life, work and influence of Senegal filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene
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‘The Custodian of Editorial Taste and Policy’
The role of Focus on Africa magazine’s editor-in-chief
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‘The Blood of Freedom’
What the colours of Ghana’s national flag symbolise
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‘I’m Proud of My Son’
Tupac Shakur’s mother, Afeni, on the song he wrote about her
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‘A Revolution in Medical Science’
The impact of the human genome on medical research
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‘A City Built on Slavery’
Liverpool’s role in transatlantic slavery
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'Planes Will Fall From the Sky'
How the millennium bug incited global panic
