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When young guys like Mamadou don’t succeed in their dangerous adventure from West Africa to Europe, they’re often not welcome back home. Why is there such pressure for men to succeed and how does this affect women? And how does climate change and global issues such as COVID-19 affect migration and the road to success for the immigrants? What can governments do to make things better? In this episode, Khopotso Bodibe continues his conversation with the South African lawyer and rights activist...

Last updated: 4 hours ago Since 1966, being homosexual in Senegal is considered a crime and punishable by law. But a few decades ago, some Senegalese men openly identified themselves as neither male nor female, but as an alternative gender - the “Góor-jigéen” or “men-women”. These terms are aimed at belittling the masculinity of homosexual men. Why do you think this is the case? Why do you think societies or communities do that? ...

What are the challenges Black migrants face? Listen to a conversation Khopotso Bodibe has with South African rights activist Sharon Ekambaram and US anthropologist Julie Kleinman. #CryLikeABoy #podcast

  •  Updated: 07/05/2021 - 13:17 “The Tuaregs came to say that we had to spend the night in that yard so that we could continue our journey in the morning. They wanted to come at night to pick up girls to rape them,” says Fatoumata, 21, describing her journey from Conakry, Guinea, to Algeria where she was planning to take a boat to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. She is one of few women from West Africa to brave these irregular migration routes. The routes are ...

In the city of Briançon in eastern France, a group of people is searching for the heroes lost on their adventures. The migrants attempt to cross the Alps in below zero temperatures, without warm clothes and often without enough food. Fana is only 18 but he feels he became a man at the age of 12 when he decided to go on an adventure and leave his home in Guinea, seeking a better life in Europe. Unlike our previous hero Mamadou, he made it to France. In this episode, we explore what happens to t...

"Góor-jigéens” used to move about freely in the streets of Dakar and other towns, dressed as women. A few decades ago, some Senegalese men openly identified themselves as neither male nor female, but as an alternative gender - the “Góor-jigéen” or “men-women”. Dakar is now West Africa’s center of gay oppression as it is seen as un-African. This is the story of the colonial roots of homophobia in Senegal. If you haven’t listened to our previous episodes about the Abatangamuco, ...

Many boys dream of dangerous adventures, of becoming a hero - the strongest, smartest, bravest man of all. As did the young Guinean man Mamadou Alpha. After the death of his father, all he ever wanted was to get his mother out of poverty and become the perfect son, the family hero. At just 18, he embarked on an illegal migration route to Europe Guineans call “the adventure”, or “tounkan” in the local Malinké language. Thousands of African adventurers or “tounkan namo” die on these ...

In 1966, the first law condemning homosexuality was passed in Senegal. When you are homosexual in Senegal, you are not only considered as a sub-man but also a criminal. You have to live in hiding or expose yourself to insults, lynching in public places, harassment and you can even end up in detention. In this fifth episode of Euronews and Africanews’ first podcast, Cry Like a Boy, Dakar-based journalist Marta Moreiras explores what it means to be gay in Senegal, where homosexual men are targ...

From Burundi to Senegal, from Liberia to Lesotho, travel with us across Africa to discover the stories of men buckling under the pressure to conform to traditional male gender roles, and meet those who are defying centuries of stereotypes. Dont show your emotions, be strong, be the breadwinner, dont let a woman tell you what to do, be aggressive, dont express your fears: these phrases are drummed into many men’s heads from childhood, telling them how to behave like "real men". The problem wit...

Across Southern Africa, thousands of men are abandoning stable education and employment and are instead seeking a fantasy fortune in South Africas abandoned mines. Often run by criminal gangs, the illegal miners risk their lives and travel as far as four kilometers underground, where they live for several days. The illegal miners, known as the zama zamas, not only put their lives at risk but also leave their families behind in countries like Lesotho and Zimbabwe for weeks at a time. In this pod...