WILD BASIL
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Intro
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you noticed that podcasts that relate the stories of amazing achievements are almost always about men? The Wild Basil podcasts are helping to fil...
Anabela, the wild dancer
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 1, we hear AnaBela’s spirited story of how, as a teenager, she abandoned her ballet lessons and secondary schooling to join Mozambique's ...
Milagre, the voice of the forest
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2 you will join Milagre on her incredible journey. It was 1975, after Mozambique’s independence, when Milagre, like other youths kn...
Moreangels, sister of the lions
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 3 we meet Moreangels, a scientist studying carnivores in Zimbabwe. Consider this statistic: Africa contributes to only 1% of the world's sc...
Maxi, the mother of conservancies
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4 will take you to Namibia, when it was called South West Africa and was still under apartheid rule. Here you will meet Maxi who was raised in...
Adjany, adventuress and minister
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5 takes you to Angola and introduces you to Adjany. She was only three when she was sure that a batman car had entered Luanda! In fact, the co...
Koki, the rebel teacher
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 6, Koki will introduce you to the Okavango Delta in Botswana. You will join her as she describes walking through a veritable indigenous med...
Cathy, the rhino whisperer
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 will take you to the heart of the Kruger National Park, one of the jewels of South Africa. Your guide will be Cathy. You will hear about her...
Paula, the explorer of empathy
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8, our final podcast of the series, will amaze you with its love and tenderness, its encounters and its magic. You will be taken back to where...