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Cry Like a Boy. Masculinity in conversation : Burundi. Part 1.   -   Copyright © africanews Cry Like A Boy By Khopotso Bodibe, Clarisse Shaka Last updated: 12/03 - 16:06 A group of men in Burundi is going against tradition to support and empower women by raising mens awareness o...

As part of its #CryLikeaBoy series, Euronews follows up the publication of two exclusive podcast documentaries with this video testimony that sheds a unique light on the plight of Lesothos mining families. @ejcnet #podcast

Cry like a Boy: because being tough all the time hurts 16/02/2021By  Euronews 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. Don’t show your emotions, be strong, be the breadwinner, don’t let a woman tell you what to do, be aggressive, don’t express your fears: these phrases are drummed into many m...

Theres an impoverished mountainous district of Lesotho where many illegal mineworkers live with their families. But women often wait there for their husbands for months and sometimes years. Many of the illegal mineworkers work in clandestine and abandoned mines in South Africa, run by criminal gangs. Some left to provide for their families, some died trying. In this second episode of our podcast series set in Lesotho, we talk about the fate of the people left behind by those men tasked by their...

Is a man who cooks for his wife submissive? Is a husband supposed to be "king of the house" or a caring partner? How far does a man have to go to prove his "manhood?" In Burundi, husband Innocent came to the realisation that abusing and betraying his wife was ruining their lives. They were already facing challenges as they were in the grips of poverty. Innocent was preventing his wife Capitoline from not just being happy but from achieving her potential. "When you do that, you hinder her develo...

On Africa Podcast Day on February 12, Africanews will launch Cry Like a Boy, the channel’s first original podcast produced in collaboration with Euronews. With this project we will explore the pressures linked to being a man in Africa and take a look at how men are changing themselves and their communities for the better. Africa Podcast Day by Africa Podfest was created for the regions podcasting leaders to gather, share knowledge and connect with African and international partners. #AfricaPo...

From self-defense to success: Cave of Adullam in Detroit teaches more than martial arts for young men Program also focuses on how to express emotion Updated:  Tags:  DETROIT – For Black History Month, we are shining a spotlight on change makers in our community, including a local man combining martial arts and life experiences to help young Black men succeed. The Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy on Detroit’s west side is a place where young African American men are taught...

What are the origins of homophobia in Africa? Where do the laws that punish same-sex relationships come from? South-African activist Khopotso Bodibe speaks to Youssef Belghmaidi, a Moroccan trans woman activist based in France, and Sheba Akpokli, an LGBTQI+ rights activist from Togo, about colonialism and its impact on sexual diversity and education. Like this episode? Share your thoughts on how you have challenged your view on what it means to be a man using the hashtag #CryLikeaBoy. And if yo...

In this episode of Cry Like a Boy, South-African activist Khopotso Bodibe speaks to Youssef Belghmaidi, the organizer of the first pride march in the multicultural neighbourhood of Saint-Denis in Paris. She is a Moroccan trans woman activist based in Aubervilliers near the French capital. Our second guest, Sheba Akpokli, is an LGTBIQ+ rights activist from Togo. She represents the African region on the World Board of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. They ...

A few decades ago, some Senegalese men openly identified themselves as not male or female, but as an alternative gender - the “Góor-jigéen” or “men-women”. Senegalese society accepted them, and they moved about freely in the streets of Dakar and other towns, dressed as women. Today, in those very same streets, men seen as behaving effeminately in any way are often harassed or attacked. Nowadays ‘Góor-jigéen’ has become a pejorative term targeting gay men. Do any Senegalese still...