I make podcasts, radio documentaries, music programmes, and I write feature stories.
I train journalists in audio production skills.
And I work with individuals and organisations to develop their ideas into podcasts.
Here’s a few of my favourite stories and productions…. and plenty more here…enjoy.
I regularly produce, edit and mix episodes of the BBC World Service's This is Africa radio programme.
My BBC viral story on how a Zambian grandma became an icon of fashion and style.
For the BBC World Service, Beryl Dennis and I explore the extraordinary life of her Aunt Martha Ann Ricks and her quilt for Queen Victoria.
Rana Jawad recounts the emotional turmoil of the 2011 revolution that topped Muammar Gaddafi. Knitting in Tripoli won Best Creative Radio Feature, The AIBs. 2012.
In 1962 Igor Stravinsky defied South Africa’s apartheid laws and performed for a black audience. Conductor Michael Dingaan meets Michael Raborifi and Prince Thethe, whose lives were changed by that Kwa-Thema concert - and I rediscover a long-forgotten recording of it. Co-produced with Sophie Ribstein, whose idea it was.
My first BBC documentary! I travel with Zambian actor Benne Banda to explore the art of storytelling.
AfroQueer podcast: Shivanah’s Story. In 2019, a young Ugandan lesbian, struggling financially, jumps at a job singing in a Dubai club. Winner of the Moment of Dramatic Tension, 2022 International Women’s Podcast Awards.
A co-production with Rob Wilson that documents an effort to preserve thousands of old recordings of traditional harmonies, rhythms and instruments of Malawi dating back to the 1930s, '40s, '50s and '60s.
BBC World Service, In Madiba's African Footsteps: To mark Nelson Mandela's death on 5 December 2013, I produced this documentary about his 1962 pan-African journey to seek political support, money and military training for the ANC.