WILD BASIL

Have you noticed that podcasts that relate the stories of amazing achievements are almost always about men? The Wild Basil podcasts are helping to fill this chasm by bringing to you the stories of ex…

In episode 1, we hear AnaBela’s spirited story of how, as a teenager, she abandoned her ballet lessons and secondary schooling to join Mozambique's liberation struggle which led to independence in 19…

In episode 2 you will join Milagre on her incredible journey.  It was 1975, after Mozambique’s independence, when Milagre, like other youths known as the “Geração 8 de Março” were assigned to areas o…

In episode 3 we meet Moreangels, a scientist studying carnivores in Zimbabwe. Consider this statistic: Africa contributes to only 1% of the world's scientific output. And of the African scientists le…

Episode 4 will take you to Namibia, when it was called South West Africa and was still under apartheid rule. Here you will meet Maxi who was raised in poverty and suffered the impact of apartheid as …

Episode 5 takes you to Angola and introduces you to Adjany. She was only three when she was sure that a batman car had entered Luanda! In fact, the country was engaged in civil war – which ended in 2…

In episode 6, Koki will introduce you to the Okavango Delta in Botswana. You will join her as she describes walking through a veritable indigenous medicine cabinet. Koki’s descriptions of discovering…

Episode 7 will take you to the heart of the Kruger National Park, one of the jewels of South Africa. Your guide will be Cathy. You will hear about her love for the Rhino, especially the black rhino, …

Episode 8, our final podcast of the series, will amaze you with its love and tenderness, its encounters and its magic. You will be taken back to where we began, to Niassa, Mozambique. You will travel…