Cry Like a Boy
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Cry Like a Boy
Euronews
Cry Like a boy is a documentary and interview podcast that explores how men are defying stereotypes and promoting gender equality. The series brings you to five African nations to discover how local communities are working towards change. Cry like a Boy is the first original podcast of Euronews, produced with the support of the European Journalism Center and of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Available in English and French.
Thursday 24 June 2021 : After witnessing the murder of his parents and siblings, Morris Matadi was recruited as a child soldier. They put a rifle in his hands and...
Thursday 10 June 2021 : Jonathan is a Liberian man in his late forties. When we first met him in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, Jonathan gave us the impression...
Thursday 27 May 2021 : When young guys like Mamadou don’t succeed in their dangerous adventure from West Africa to Europe, they’re often not welcome back home....
Thursday 13 May 2021 : Many African migrants who take the dangerous journey into Europe will not make it. But the few who succeed in reaching their destinations...
Thursday 29 April 2021 : Fana is 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...
Thursday 15 April 2021 : After the death of his father all Mamadou Alpha wanted was to get his mother out of poverty and become her hero: The perfect son, the man of...
Thursday 01 April 2021 : Across Southern Africa, thousands of men are abandoning stable education and employment and are instead seeking a fantasy fortune in South...
Thursday 18 March 2021 : In this episode, we explore the unknown world of the zama zama, clandestine miners who are scavenging for gold in the world's deepest...
Thursday 04 March 2021 : There's an impoverished mountainous district of Lesotho where many illegal mineworkers live with their families. But women often wait there...
Thursday 18 February 2021 : How far are you willing to go to provide for your family? Would you put your life at risk to put bread on the table? What if you had no...
Thursday 04 February 2021 : What are the origins of homophobia in Africa? Where do the laws that punish same-sex relationships come from? South-African activist...
Thursday 21 January 2021 : In this episode of Cry Like a Boy, South-African activist Khopotso Bodibe speaks to Youssef Belghmaidi, the organizer of the first pride...
Thursday 07 January 2021 : A few decades ago, some Senegalese men openly identified themselves as not male or female, but as an alternative gender - the...
Thursday 17 December 2020 : Junior is a young Senegalese man who lives with a secret about who he is. He’s kept it from his family and even his childhood friends,...
Thursday 03 December 2020 : In this episode we continue our conversation about the Abatangamuco, a group of Burundian men who used to be violent to their wives but...
Thursday 19 November 2020 : After exploring the stories of the Abatangamuco in the first two episodes of Cry Like a Boy, we continue the conversation in this roundtable...
Thursday 05 November 2020 : More than 10 years ago, Innocent was a violent husband who splurged all his family's wealth on his 27 lovers. That was before he met a group...
Thursday 22 October 2020 : More than 10 years ago, Innocent was a violent husband who splurged all his family's wealth on his 27 lovers. That was before he met a group...
Sunday 11 October 2020 : Cry Like a boy is a documentary and interview podcast that explores how men are defying stereotypes and promoting gender equality. The...
Cry Like a Boy
Euronews
The soldiers in Liberia: The invisible wound
After witnessing the murder of his parents and siblings, Morris Matadi was recruited as a child soldier. They put a rifle in his hands and...
The soldiers in Liberia: A men’s war
Jonathan is a Liberian man in his late forties. When we first met him in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, Jonathan gave us the impression...
Tounkan namo in Guinea: Unwelcome home
When young guys like Mamadou don’t succeed in their dangerous adventure from West Africa to Europe, they’re often not welcome back home....
Tounkan namo in Guinea: Living abroad
Many African migrants who take the dangerous journey into Europe will not make it. But the few who succeed in reaching their destinations...
Tounkan namo in Guinea: The Adventure
Fana is 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...
Tounkan namo in Guinea: The Hero
After the death of his father all Mamadou Alpha wanted was to get his mother out of poverty and become her hero: The perfect son, the man of...
Banna Ba Mamaenara in Lesotho: Absent fathers
Across Southern Africa, thousands of men are abandoning stable education and employment and are instead seeking a fantasy fortune in South...
Banna Ba Mamaenara in Lesotho: Redemption
In this episode, we explore the unknown world of the zama zama, clandestine miners who are scavenging for gold in the world's deepest...
Banna Ba Mamaenara in Lesotho: No man's land
There's an impoverished mountainous district of Lesotho where many illegal mineworkers live with their families. But women often wait there...
Banna Ba Mamaenara in Lesotho: Brothers of darkness
How far are you willing to go to provide for your family? Would you put your life at risk to put bread on the table? What if you had no...
The Góor-jigéen in Senegal: Sexual Colonisation
What are the origins of homophobia in Africa? Where do the laws that punish same-sex relationships come from? South-African activist...
The Góor-jigéen in Senegal: Coming out
In this episode of Cry Like a Boy, South-African activist Khopotso Bodibe speaks to Youssef Belghmaidi, the organizer of the first pride...
The Góor-jigéen in Senegal: The Past
A few decades ago, some Senegalese men openly identified themselves as not male or female, but as an alternative gender - the...
The Góor-jigéen in Senegal: The Secret
Junior is a young Senegalese man who lives with a secret about who he is. He’s kept it from his family and even his childhood friends,...
The Abatangamuco in Burundi: The Solutions
In this episode we continue our conversation about the Abatangamuco, a group of Burundian men who used to be violent to their wives but...
The Abatangamuco in Burundi: The Lessons
After exploring the stories of the Abatangamuco in the first two episodes of Cry Like a Boy, we continue the conversation in this roundtable...
The Abatangamuco in Burundi: The Couple
More than 10 years ago, Innocent was a violent husband who splurged all his family's wealth on his 27 lovers. That was before he met a group...
The Abatangamuco in Burundi: The Theater
More than 10 years ago, Innocent was a violent husband who splurged all his family's wealth on his 27 lovers. That was before he met a group...
Euronews presents: Cry Like a Boy
Cry Like a boy is a documentary and interview podcast that explores how men are defying stereotypes and promoting gender equality. The...
