BUKA
Drop One · Q3 2026 Buka · Watch Africa

Press play on Africa.

South Africa's first vertical micro-drama platform. Ninety-second episodes in the languages you live in, built for the screen in your hand.

Preview the slate
00:01:30 per episode 9:16 vertical isiXhosa · isiZulu · Sepedi · Tshivenḓa
After the Bell, a learner stands in a Mthatha classroom at golden hour
After the Bell isiXhosa · Drama · S01·E01
The story

Three acts. Ninety seconds.

Act 01 · The name

Buka means watch.

In isiZulu, isiXhosa and Sesotho, buka is the word you already use. Now it's the place you do it. Stories that start here and travel everywhere, on phones, in taxis, between classes.

Act 02 · The format

Drama, compressed.

Ninety seconds, one obsession. After the Bell follows four learners in Mthatha through the kind of week that changes everything.

After the Bell key art

Act 03 · The languages

Languages we speak.

Sepedi in the foreground, English in the captions, the heat of Limpopo throughout. Mountain of Graves is a thriller in the language it was meant to be told in. One of six series we're shooting across four mother tongues.

Mountain of Graves key art
Volume 01

Six series. One swipe apart.

06 series in production Drop One · Q3 2026
After the Bell poster 01

After the Bell

isiXhosaS01 · 12 EP

School drama, Mthatha

Mountain of Graves poster 02

Mountain of Graves

SepediS01 · 10 EP

Thriller, Limpopo

Izwi Lamafu poster 03

Izwi Lamafu

isiZuluS01 · 8 EP

Supernatural drama

Lefitlho poster 04

Lefitlho

SepediS01 · 12 EP

Thriller, "The Hiding Place"

The Girl Who Buries Names poster 05

The Girl Who Buries Names

TshivenḓaS01 · 8 EP

Supernatural mystery

Ezilalini poster 06

Ezilalini

isiXhosaS01 · 10 EP

Musical drama, "In the Village"

Watch & follow

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Questions

Short answers. Like our episodes.

What's in Volume 01?

Six series across four mother tongues, led by After the Bell, an isiXhosa school drama set in Mthatha. New episodes drop every week.

How long is an episode?

Ninety seconds. Three acts, shot vertical for your phone, and every chapter ends on a hook.

What does Buka mean?

Buka means "watch" in Nguni and Sotho languages. It's the word you already use. Now it's the place you do it.

What does it cost?

We are still setting the price. Volume 01 opens free while we find it. Get on the WhatsApp list and you'll hear the number first.

Where do I watch?

The Buka app, on iOS and Android, with weekly cut-downs on our socials. WhatsApp gets the full drop first. See the links to our social platforms below.

Studios, brands & rights-holders

Partner on the next chapter.

We're commissioning original micro-drama for Volume 02 and licensing our distribution layer to studios across the continent. Slate decks, rate cards, and broadcast deals: one inbox.

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