The Sound of Jacana

the sound of Jacana

Podcasts and mixtapes created by Charles Leonard

EPISODES

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Letters to my Mother low res

Episode 1: ‘Letters to my mother’ with Kumi Naidoo

What does a person do when losing both his mother – a working-class woman – and his son – a famous rapper – through suicide? Activist Kumi Naidoo bares his soul in this podcast about his moving book, “Letters to my Mother: the making of a troublemaker”.

Freedom Writer with bird

Episode 2: Freedom Writer – Mixtape

This podcast by journalist Charles Leonard is a celebration of the South African reporter, Juby Mayet, whose autobiography, “Freedom Writer – My Life and Times”, has just been published by Jacana Media.

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Letters to my Mother low res

Episode 1: ‘Letters to my mother’ with Kumi Naidoo

What does a person do when losing both his mother – a working-class woman – and his son – a famous rapper – through suicide? Activist Kumi Naidoo bares his soul in this podcast about his moving book, “Letters to my Mother: the making of a troublemaker”.

Freedom Writer with bird

Episode 2: Freedom Writer – Mixtape

This podcast by journalist Charles Leonard is a celebration of the South African reporter, Juby Mayet, whose autobiography, “Freedom Writer – My Life and Times”, has just been published by Jacana Media.

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Letters to my Mother low res

Episode 1: ‘Letters to my mother’ with Kumi Naidoo

What does a person do when losing both his mother – a working-class woman – and his son – a famous rapper – through suicide? Activist Kumi Naidoo bares his soul in this podcast about his moving book, “Letters to my Mother: the making of a troublemaker”.

Freedom Writer with bird

Episode 2: Freedom Writer – Mixtape

This podcast by journalist Charles Leonard is a celebration of the South African reporter, Juby Mayet, whose autobiography, “Freedom Writer – My Life and Times”, has just been published by Jacana Media.

Rugby, Resistance and Politics low-res

Episode 3: ‘Against the Ruck’ – A History of Black Rugby

‘Rugby, Resistance and Politics’, by historian Buntu Siwisa takes us back to the roots of black rugby back in the 1820s, and tells Charles Leonard why rugby is far more popular than football in black communities of the Eastern Cape.

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Letters to my Mother low res

Episode 1: ‘Letters to my mother’ with Kumi Naidoo

What does a person do when losing both his mother – a working-class woman – and his son – a famous rapper – through suicide? Activist Kumi Naidoo bares his soul in this podcast about his moving book, “Letters to my Mother: the making of a troublemaker”.

Freedom Writer with bird

Episode 2: Freedom Writer – Mixtape

This podcast by journalist Charles Leonard is a celebration of the South African reporter, Juby Mayet, whose autobiography, “Freedom Writer – My Life and Times”, has just been published by Jacana Media.

Rugby, Resistance and Politics low-res

Episode 3: ‘Against the Ruck’ – A History of Black Rugby

‘Rugby, Resistance and Politics’, by historian Buntu Siwisa takes us back to the roots of black rugby back in the 1820s, and tells Charles Leonard why rugby is far more popular than football in black communities of the Eastern Cape.

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