African Children's Storybooks Podcast

African Children's Storybooks

Edutab.Africa
This podcast is a site for, children, teachers, and parents that aims to promote a reading culture in Africa. Most of the stories are from African Storybook – a digital initiative of the South African organization Saide, which promotes literacy for African children. The stories are openly licensed, which allows us to produce audio versions. We are grateful to the African Storybook for making the stories open source.
Anansi and Vulture
It's another week of story telling!  We bring you a Ghanaian folktale; Anansi (the spider) and Vulture.  You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here. Host-Patrick Njoroge Narrator-Aidi Owala You can reach us to us via [email protected]  or through our social media channels to find out how you can get involved in this project :-) Twitter:https://twitter.com/Edutab_Africa Facebook:https://web.facebook.com/edutab.africa/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/66208062/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/edutabafrica/
Oct 13, 2020
5 min
Ndoto ya Graca
It's another week of story telling!  We bring you another Swahili Story; Ndoto ya Graca or simply "Graca’s Dream" .  This is the inspiring story of Graca Machel’s dream for proper education for the children of Mozambique, and contributions to instill a love of reading and learning in Africa. You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here.  Author - Mellissa Fagan Adaptation - Rebbeccah Karoki Host-Maxwell Fundi Narrator-Ahmed Abdalla You can reach us to us via [email protected]  or through our social media channels to find out how you can get involved in this project :-) Twitter:https://twitter.com/Edutab_Africa Facebook:https://web.facebook.com/edutab.africa/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/66208062/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/edutabafrica/
Sep 29, 2020
4 min
Mzozo wa Fisi na Kima (Paka rangi)
It's a new week and we are so excited to bring you a Swahili Story , "Mzozo wa Fisi na  KIma"  from the African Storybook Project. The story is about a Monkey and a Hyena who had an argument. Listen to find out how they managed to resolve this argument.  Author - Mulualem Daba Adaptation - Ursula Nafula Host-Maxwell Fundi Narrator-Ahmed Abdalla You can reach us to us via [email protected]  or through our social media channels to find out how you can get involved in this project :-)  Twitter:https://twitter.com/Edutab_Africa Facebook:https://web.facebook.com/edutab.africa/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/66208062/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/edutabafrica/
Sep 20, 2020
4 min
Anansi and Wisdom
Listen to this Ghanaian  folktale about Anansi, the spider, who is a West African God of stories and wisdom.    To find more about about African Storybook Project and to also get this book, visit this link. Illustration: Wiehan de Jager All Tracks by: Kevin MacLeod Music Credits: Artist: Kevin MacLeod Website: http://incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Aug 30, 2020
3 min
Why Tortoises Have No Hair.
Author: Maxwell Abwamba To find more about about African Storybook Project and to also get this book, visit this link. Music Credits: Artist: Kevin MacLeod  All Tracks by: Kevin MacLeod  Website: http://incompetech.com   Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Aug 17, 2020
4 min
Chess and Family Roles
Author - Jamie Luketa An OER pdf version of this story can be found on this link.
Aug 6, 2020
2 min
Girl who did not listen
Author - Joseph Sanchez Nadimo  A pdf version of this story can be found on this link. 
Jul 22, 2020
3 min