https://www.pennydale.org/home daily 1.0 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/e2f34209-f76e-4465-a80a-83e0ec47a66b/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+11.54.12.png Home I regularly produce, edit and mix episodes of the BBC World Service's This is Africa radio programme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/f7e18852-9b1d-45ee-88e2-ada5e01da8c0/glamma.jpg Home My BBC viral story on how a Zambian grandma became an icon of fashion and style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/ee9800d1-86ed-4541-80a6-4a5d0e5cb837/Screenshot+2025-03-12+at+20.18.10.png Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/0ef22c6e-b5c6-419f-9a8d-a01ae5b5ddea/Screenshot+2025-03-12+at+19.08.38.png Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/8bac082c-6572-4725-93ac-7142a3be2f23/stravinsky.JPG Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/1741888674431-IBQNL37HS4NQV8HDUOVQ/Screenshot%2B2025-03-13%2Bat%2B17.53.36.jpg Home My first BBC documentary! I travel with Zambian actor Benne Banda to explore the art of storytelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/1741868440947-QC1GR6FT18BB99CT1ZI1/Screenshot%2B2025-03-12%2Bat%2B19.19.17.jpg Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/1741887545743-LRA628AZPLWJOIEXJ8T1/Screenshot%252B2025-03-13%252Bat%252B17.09.02.jpg Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/6818b4c0-47ee-4c14-abe9-64aa43afc997/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+17.38.12.png Home 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. https://www.pennydale.org/about daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/7515147d-c23b-4444-b29c-178ce0c81bc2/website+TO+USE.jpg https://www.pennydale.org/contact daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/56213c4e-1b51-46ad-a531-376e558208db/pd4tbe.jpg https://www.pennydale.org/writing daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/489c6b10-d73b-4c5b-af25-c2747a8a284c/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+14.49.26.png Writing BBC News, 12 January 2025: The Maths Queen with a quantum mission to mentor girls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/29b25b9e-5591-4579-8a29-5c61eb5dc773/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+17.21.20.png Writing BBC News, 4 January 2025: Bringing a tyrannical Ethiopian queen and her twins to life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/6582b3dc-5eb2-45d4-a7c7-55fa5b872b3c/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+14.54.51.png Writing BBC News, 28 December 2024: How old English sea shanties inspired Cape Verdean singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/556c0d4b-8020-4b8b-be2e-13b08346555f/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+14.56.33.png Writing BBC News, 16 November 2024: Grandma with chunky sunglasses becomes unlikely fashion icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/0e7854b4-e447-46d3-8664-ab7df743b1c7/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+14.59.13.png Writing BBC News, 14 September 2024: ‘Bipolar, colour and me’ - an artist’s spreadsheet of emotion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/bbc6577e-dfa2-48df-807f-73b417cc1eb0/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+15.01.13.png Writing BBC News, 7 July 2024: Forget Ethiopia's Spice Girls - this singer salutes the true queens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/fd90da9e-4bcb-4201-ac0d-95a9a3988eba/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+15.03.08.png Writing BBC News, 20 April 2024: Ghana's Ibrahim Mahama: The artist clothing London's brutalist icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/c31e93a5-196a-40f7-9775-2102c1c60bf5/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+15.04.50.png Writing BBC News, 11 February 2024: Peter Oloya - the Ugandan LRA child soldier who moulded a new future in art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/362e49c5-ddc0-49a8-bc6f-3a992e39cac3/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+15.07.48.png Writing BBC News, 20 September 2023: Quobna Cugoano: London church honours Ghanaian-born freed slave and abolitionist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/149d0b90-0ad9-4540-aeeb-19798921f326/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+15.09.39.png Writing BBC News, 29 August 2023: Salif Keïta: 'Golden Voice of Africa' supports Mali's coup leaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/953c896b-bb82-497e-932e-01d9601dfcbe/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+16.46.11.png Writing BBC News, 3 August 2023: Edinburgh Fringe: The Life and Times of Michael K, a South African puppet play https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/684023c8-4113-42a4-b7eb-19549eb7a700/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+16.49.29.png Writing BBC News, 21 March 2023: How the physical and spiritual journey of the African Choir to Victorian-era England inspired a modern dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/91fe6f6d-d83e-4bc8-81d5-40a254869b25/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+17.00.10.png Writing BBC News, 12 June 2022: Gambia under Yahya Jammeh: Witch hunts, PTSD and veiled faces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/2a207f41-ac99-4fe1-8a6d-3e373c9de731/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+18.28.15.png Writing BBC News, 1 October 2019: The imam who died fighting racism in South Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/cb92c3dd-3f18-438f-a663-dc707e4d50ec/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+18.26.11.png Writing BBC News, 28 November 2017: Nigeria's love affair with a Norwegian fish. By Penny Dale & Victoria Uwonkunda https://www.pennydale.org/podcasts-and-radio daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/1742208611958-1CRR2PZPEGLU6OX3S6FI/Screenshot%2B2025-03-13%2Bat%2B12.12.09.jpg Podcasts and Radio An eight-part BBC podcast series exploring the extraordinary life of Hedy Lamarr, one of Hollywood’s most famous golden-age stars - who in the 1940s also invented the foundations for much of our digital world. I interviewed, wrote, produced, as well as directed the drama scenes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/9243cf77-f690-4ea5-abd7-22a106f45eb0/Screenshot+2025-03-21+at+10.03.31.png Podcasts and Radio Oct/Nov 2024, Economics from the South podcast: Over six episodes, leading economists make sense of topics like the global debt crisis from the perspective of the Global South. I developed and produced this six-part series for the International Development Economists Associates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/1742215159395-7WV6VIKU4J3ZQHLO367B/Screenshot%2B2025-03-17%2Bat%2B12.19.17.jpg Podcasts and Radio 24 September 2024, BBC Sporting Witness: The Iron Ladies. In 1996, the Iron Ladies, a men’s volleyball team made up of gay and 'kathoey or so-called type 2 woman ' athletes, triumphed over Thailand’s best and won the national championships. But none were selected for the national squad. I spoke to the player Danupol Nuangchang. Translation and voiceover by Nopporn Wong-Anan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/82ff3230-c74f-4ebb-bdcc-dda72951a629/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+12.07.17.png Podcasts and Radio 3 June 2024, BBC World Service. For the hundreds of people who live in a cluster of villages between India and Pakistan, a map drawn up long ago still causes daily struggles. For 72 years, communities who live by the Ravi river on the Indian side have been asking for a permanent bridge. A co-production with journalist Chhavi Sachdev for Just Radio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/5fc10371-ec34-4f8d-9283-ac5b942a46b1/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+12.45.38.png Podcasts and Radio 16 July 2023, BBC World Service. Fashion media producer and rights campaigner Sheemtana Shameem explores Bangladesh's clothing industry. Produced by Shiroma Silva, executive-produced by me for CTVC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/566c14f4-d5a9-4ad7-9680-8b55570104fb/Screenshot+2025-03-12+at+20.32.40.png Podcasts and Radio The Comb podcast, 12 May 2022: The Memory House in the Gambia was set up by Nana-Jo Ndow and her cousin Sirra to honour those killed, including Nana-Jo's father, during the Yahya Jammeh dictatorship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/41a10456-f3bc-48ce-b976-ef14e8229481/openDemocracy.PNG Podcasts and Radio In 2021-22, I developed, produced and presented The Killing the Truth podcast about four journalists killed for their uncompromising pursuit of the truth. Mexico's Regina Martínez Perez; India's Gauri Lankesh, Deyda Hydara of The Gambia and Gerry Ortega of the Philippines. Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/99034a94-1770-4ec5-a094-fe7fc51f1689/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+11.30.11.png Podcasts and Radio In 2021, I developed and produced the first season of Resilience: The Global Adaptation podcast for the UNEP. Over six episodes, Lis and Marcus talk to leading climate change adaptation experts and people in countries like El Salvador, The Gambia, the Philippines, Kiribati and the Seychelles about how they are building resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/2feb9995-c593-42e8-a05a-d742c264653a/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+11.44.50.png Podcasts and Radio During 2021-22, I was the senior producer and writer for season 4 of the Afroqueer podcast. Shivanah's Story episode won the 2022 International Women's Podcast Awards for the Moment of Most Dramatic Tension. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/22503a87-b783-437c-937b-d9f38ac75e80/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+18.14.20.png Podcasts and Radio 20 July 2019, BBC World Service: Tuku Music. A celebration of the life and music of Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/55a52f45-522e-46c7-9ec6-1862629c2639/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+13.42.59.png Podcasts and Radio 27 May 2018, BBC Assignment: On 9 March 2015, one of Zimbabwe's most prominent critics of the Mugabe government, Itai Dzamara, was abducted from a barber shop in broad daylight. He hasn't been seen since - and his body hasn’t been discovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/a71fa1d7-14ee-4b2f-970c-9513a960067e/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+13.04.06.png Podcasts and Radio The BBC Africa Debate: Can you trademark culture? I produced and edited this discussion on when and how cultural borrowing of national or traditional designs turns into cultural appropriation. In Cape Town, presented by Mayeni Jones and Pooneh Ghoddoosi. September, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/cb92c3dd-3f18-438f-a663-dc707e4d50ec/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+18.26.11.png Podcasts and Radio 3 December 2017, BBC World Service: How did stockfish - cod that is dried in Norway’s cold air - became a Nigerian staple? In 2017 Victoria Uwonkunda and I travel to Norway to find out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/edfe1f94-1abc-4840-a5a6-6ecad3a9c093/Screenshot+2025-03-13+at+18.18.29.png Podcasts and Radio January 2017, BBC World Service: Beyond the Pitch. To mark 60 years of the Africa Cup of Nations, dramatic and poignant tales exploring the connections between Africa’s football and politics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/29dfcf80-3604-49a4-899f-e35039914064/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+15.49.18.png Podcasts and Radio 13 April 2016, BBC World Service: Trading Hair. Justine Lang and I travel to India and South Africa to find out why women in India sacrifice their natural hair and why an increasing number of South African women want to buy it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/defb96ae-dd1c-4c6a-9142-22eaafb8990e/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+14.08.12.png Podcasts and Radio 3 April 2015, Witness History: In February 1955 the apartheid government in South Africa began forcibly evicting residents from Sophiatown, a multi-racial suburb of Johannesburg. Victor Mokine was a child at the time and shares his memories with me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/79a5eef4-4ec1-4922-8a73-9e70bf2a08e4/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+14.10.47.png Podcasts and Radio 15 September 2015, BBC Witness History: The story of the great South African singer who spent 30 years in exile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/1742551619842-ET15MAQ3K91GUBAPWFKU/Screenshot%25252B2025-03-17%25252Bat%25252B16.13.56.jpg Podcasts and Radio 28 January 2015, BBC Witness History: In 1968 a US B52 plane with nuclear bombs on board crashed in Greenland. Questions remain over whether all the bombs were found. Jens Zinglersen was the first to the crash site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/042bae67-00c4-4f7d-b501-015cc3c60a89/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+16.10.54.png Podcasts and Radio 15 May 2015, BBC Witness History: The Building of Kariba Dam. In May 1960 about 60,000 people lost their homes to what is still the world's largest man-made lake. We hear from Mwiindachi Siamwiza, who was 12 years old at the time of the resettlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/0ba0d6e1-aa35-4bc5-ba20-cd5f111efac4/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+17.50.38.png Podcasts and Radio 15 November 2014, BBC World Service: Mary Harper and I travel to Lagos, one of the busiest ports in Africa, to explore the highly complex world of piracy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/4843dc70-e7da-4b40-b4ba-1c9b0cd9de63/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+16.02.55.png Podcasts and Radio 31 March 2013, BBC World Service: Sisters in Science. I travel all over Tanzania to explore the state of science and technology in one of Africa's poorest countries – through the eyes of its female scientists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63bff7b285719a04252cd1d7/fb2baa7c-0e44-45ab-8bdb-1f3685a91058/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+15.55.34.png Podcasts and Radio 6 October 2012, BBC World Service: Lipstick Evangelists. I'm in Johannesburg to meet formidable Avon Ladies, including Eunice Maseko and Maggy More.