Unburied S2E4: The Myth of the Explorer
Whips, fedoras and cliff-hangers make for great cinema, but they also shape how we tell real scientific stories. In our Season 2 finale, we...
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Unburied S2E3: The Dark Side of Dart
Behind one of science’s greatest breakthroughs lies a darker story of skulls measured, bodies taken, and lives diminished in the name of sci...
Unburied S2E2: Pride and Prejudice
In 1924, a mineworker in Taung likely held the fossilized skull of a three-year-old child before anyone else. That child, later named the Ta...
Unburied S2E1: When Humanity Became African
100 years ago, a tiny fossil skull in Taung, South Africa rewrote human history. The Taung Skull proved that humankind’s roots lie in Africa...
Unburied S2 Trailer: The Taung Child
Unburied is back for season 2: The Taung Child. A century after the fossilised skull of a three-year-old surfaced at the Northern Limeworks...
ARC Interview: What's real about race?
In this ARC Interview: " What’s Real About Race?" we speak with Dr. Phila Msimang , a philosopher at Stellenbosch University whose research...
ARC Interview: "Never let this happen to anyone, anywhere" - Professor Steven Robbins
In his book Letters of Stone professor Steven Robbins tells the deeply moving story of his quest to find out what happened to the family mem...
ARC Interview: "They will continue to call out until the last one has been put to ground" Brain Miennies
This is the first in our new episode format: ARC Interviews — conversations with people whose stories and work challenge the way we see the...
Unburied S1E4: The Return
As Rudolf Pöch prepared to leave Southern Africa in 1910, he left behind a legacy of exhumed graves, stolen bones, and silenced voices. But...
Unburied S1E3: The Swedish Curse
In the 1970s, a bookish young man was sorting shelves in a dusty library in apartheid South Africa. He noticed something strange — the way b...
Unburied S1E2: Voices from the Graves
Inside an archive in Vienna, the grooves of old wax cylinders hold forgotten voices. These are the sonic remains of Rudolf Pöch’s expedition...
Unburied S1E1: Open Graves and Humans on Display
In 1907, an Austrian anthropologist rode into the Kalahari on an oxwagon and left with bones from more than 170 human beings. This episode b...
Trailer: Unburied Season 1: Built from Bones
Unburied Season 1: Built from Bones Season one of the Unburied series retraces the footsteps of Dr. Rudolf Pöch, an Austrian anthropologist...
Introducing ARC
We've got news: Sound Africa is becoming ARC. A new name for a new vision, but the mission stays the same. Independent, non-profit documenta...
Hustling The African Dream: EP10 - Hustle
In this final episode of Hustling The African Dream we look at where the term "hustle" actually comes from, how it has evolved over time and...
Hustling The African Dream: EP09 - Bending the Rules
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode we speak to one truly remarkable...
Hustling The African Dream: EP08 - Rejection Sucks
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Pr...
Hustling The African Dream: EP07 - Jollof & Grit
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Pr...
Hustling The African Dream: EP06 - The Hustle That Doesn’t Brake
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Pr...
Hustling The African Dream: EP05 - Colour Outside the Lines
Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about about innovative young Africans and their hustles and in this episode Mastercard Foundation Sc...