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Yayi Bayam Diouf looks in to the camera as she takes a phone call and holds a large framed photo of her son Alioune

20/05/2021 GMT

Going to sea to honour my son

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Yayi Bayam Diouf's son was a fisherman who lost his life trying to get to Europe

When Yayi Bayamo Diouf's fisherman son lost his life at sea, she decided to take up fishing too, to honour his memory. As a woman, she had to fight for her right to fish.

Yayi Bayam Diouf's son was a fisherman, until poor catches drove him to pursue a new life in Europe. But on the hazardous crossing from Senegal to the Canary Islands, his boat went down in a storm, and Yayi was left with no body to bury. To feel close to her son, and to honour his wishes as a fisherman, she decided to go fishing herself. First she had to fight her community's patriarchal rules, which forbade women from fishing. 

Elli Radinger used to be a divorce lawyer in Germany but she quit her job to pursue a love affair with wolves. From being kissed by a wolf to becoming one of the country’s best-known wolf experts, for 25 years she’s dedicated her life to studying the creatures. First broadcast in 2019. 

Outlook's Clayton Conn travels into the mountains near the capital Quito, into a lush garden, to meet Alfredo Pantoja, a man obsessed by orchids. First broadcast in 2018. 

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Photo: Yayi Bayam Diouf with a photo of her son Alioune
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