True Crimes Africa

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    • The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
    • Written by: Michela Wrong
    • Narrated by: Michela Wrong
    • Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-30
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the 20th century....

    Price: $39.38 or 1 Credit

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    • A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
    • Written by: Matthew Gavin Frank
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-09
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • For nearly 80 years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed "overmined" and abandoned, journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market....

    Price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

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    • The Surprising True Story…and Why It Matters Today
    • Written by: Edouard Kayihura, Kerry Zukus
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis, Rosalind Ashford
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2014-07-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Inside the Hotel Rwanda offers an honest and unflinching first-hand account of the reality of life inside the hotel, exposing the man who exploited refugees....

    Price: $33.01 or 1 Credit

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    • A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka
    • Written by: Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama
    • Narrated by: Hlonela Ngqwebo
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 2022-02-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Based on years of investigative reporting and unprecedented fieldwork, Walking the Bowl immerses readers in the daily lives of four unforgettable characters....

    Price: $32.62 or 1 Credit

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    • 491 Days in One of Africa’s Most Brutal Prisons
    • Written by: Daniel Janse van Rensburg, Tracey Pharoah
    • Narrated by: Jason Morgan, Danny Painter
    • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2022-09-15
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Black Beach, located on Bioko island off the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the world’s most feared prisons, notorious for its brutality and inhumane conditions....

    Price: $21.85 or 1 Credit

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    • Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II
    • Written by: Meredith Hindley
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 2017-10-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city - memorialized in the classic film - at the heart of World War II....

    Price: $39.38 or 1 Credit

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    • The Stolen Girls of Boko Haram
    • Written by: Mellissa Fung
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2023-04-18
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Behind the Beautiful Forevers meets Under an Afghan Sky in this mesmerizing true story of the Nigerian girls taken captive by the terrorist group Boko Haram....

    Price: $32.62 or 1 Credit

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    • From the Case Files of a Police Psychologist
    • Written by: Gérard Labuschagne
    • Narrated by: Gerard Rudolph
    • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 2021-10-01
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In this gripping - and sometimes terrifying - account, former South African Police Service (SAPS) head profiler Dr Gérard Labuschagne, successor to the legendary Micki Pistorius, recalls some of the 110 murder series and countless other bizarre crimes he analysed during his career....

    Price: $20.48 or 1 Credit

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    • The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
    • Written by: Ravi Somaiya
    • Narrated by: Ravi Somaiya
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 2020-07-07
    • Language: English
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    • A riveting work of investigative journalism based on never-before-seen evidence, recently revealed firsthand accounts, and groundbreaking new interviews, The Golden Thread reveals the truth behind one of the great murder mysteries of the Cold War....

    Price: $25.24 or 1 Credit

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    • A True Story
    • Written by: Johnny Dwyer
    • Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
    • Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2015-04-07
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A gripping work of reportage that, for the first time, tells the story of "Chucky" Taylor, a young American who lost his soul in Liberia....

    Price: $41.67 or 1 Credit

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    • Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia
    • Written by: Michael Hirsh, Terry McKnight
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 2013-09-03
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Pirate Alley explores every aspect of Somali piracy, from how the pirates operate to their impact on the world economy....

    Price: $33.01 or 1 Credit

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    • The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré
    • Written by: Reed Brody
    • Narrated by: Reed Brody
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 2024-01-30
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • What does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissene Habre, the former despot of Chad, terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale over eight years in power—while enjoying full American and Western support....

    Price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

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    • The Spy South Africa Never Caught
    • Written by: Sue Dobson
    • Narrated by: Clare Staniforth
    • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 2023-09-05
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • From the snowy Soviet shooting range to the heat and dust of Africa, nothing is what it seems. And neither is Sue Dobson....

    Price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

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    • The True Account of the Nenegate/Trillian Whistleblower
    • Written by: Mosilo Mothepu
    • Narrated by: Phindile Xaba
    • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 2021-10-01
    • Language: English
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    • When Mosilo Mothepu was appointed CEO of Trillian Financial Advisory, in March 2016, the prospect of being at the helm of a Black-owned financial consultancy was electrifying for a Black woman whose twin passions were transformation and empowering women....

    Price: $20.48 or 1 Credit

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    • Stories From the Front Line in the War Against Somali Piracy
    • Written by: John Boyle
    • Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
    • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 2015-05-07
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • For the first time in history, the navies of the world have united against a common enemy - a couple of thousand rag-tag, underfed men and boys in the western Indian Ocean....

    Price: $33.01 or 1 Credit

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    • The Spy Who Masterminded the Largest Espionage Ring in USA History
    • Written by: Ethan Quinn
    • Narrated by: Michael C. Gwynne
    • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2019-01-15
    • Language: English
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    • Many terms were bestowed upon the mysterious Fritz Duquesne throughout his colorful life, but perhaps the most fitting ever attributed to him was: "the most dangerous prisoner to have ever lived"....

    Price: $18.74 or 1 Credit

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    • Written by: Andrew Harding
    • Narrated by: Roger Davis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2020-10-01
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • At dusk, on a warm evening in 2016, a group of 40 men gathered in the corner of a dusty field on a farm outside Parys in the Free State. Some were in fury....

    Price: $27.31 or 1 Credit

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    • Exposing South Africa's Underworld
    • Written by: Mark Shaw
    • Narrated by: Adrian Galley
    • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 2023-11-21
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Since 1994, South Africa has seen a worrying increase in the commercialization of murder – and has been rocked by several high-profile contract killings....

    Price: $25.00 or 1 Credit

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    • South Africa's Most Notorious Female Killers
    • Written by: Tanya Farber
    • Narrated by: Deidre Wolhuter
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 2023-11-01
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Women are not paragons of virtue who cannot commit murder. Nor are they always insane when they do deliberately cause death. And the women with "blood on their hands" are not homogeneous....

    Price: $25.00 or 1 Credit

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    • My Mother's Life Before Me
    • Written by: Emma Brockes
    • Narrated by: Emma Brockes
    • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2013-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Despite her mother's tales of a rustic childhood in South Africa and bohemian years in London, Brockes grew up knowing that some crucial pieces of the past were left unspoken....

    Price: $20.40 or 1 Credit

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