Stories Mother Told: African Folktales
Stories are a big part of the African culture and growing up in the city of Port-Harcourt, these stories shaped my childhood. Times are different now and these bedtime stories which were passed down through generations are not as popular with children as they once were. This podcast aims to bring these stories to the new generation of African children and introduce everyone else to these wonderful stories from the motherland. The lessons and values learnt from these will never be forgotten. Welcome to Stories Mother Told.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 87
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Zambian Folktale: The Eagle And The Baby
Today's story takes us back to Zambia and is from the Baila people. This story is about the first murder and also tells about the curse placed on humans to continue killing each other.
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Togolese Story: The Golden Child And the Silver Child
Today's story is a Togolese one that touches on themes of Jealousy, Love and selflessness.
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Kenyan Folktale: The Monkey And The Shark
Today's story is one that follows the wicked Shark and clever Monkey. It shows that we should never judge anyone by their looks, beautiful people can do horrible things.
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Nigerian Folktale: How Yorubaland Was Created
Today's story is from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. This is an origin story on how Yorubaland came to be.
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Ghanaian Folktale: The Spanking Switch
Today's story takes us back to the Ashanti tribe in Ghana. In this story we follow Anansi whose greed is discovered by his family. We also see how they decided to teach him a lesson.
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Kenyan Folktale: The Greatest Warrior Of All
Today's story is from the Maasai tribe of Kenya. It shows how bravery can come from the most unlikely places
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Nigerian Folktale: How To Pay Off A Debt
Today's story is from the Efik-Ibibio people of Cross Rivers State in Nigeria. This story follows the cunning nature of Effiong and how he used his wit to pay off his debt.
Moral Lesson: Be careful …
South Sudanese Folktale: The Reckless Monkey And The Cautious Fox
Today's story is from South Sudan and in this story, the clever Fox saves the reckless Monkey from being Lion food
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Nigerian Folktale: The Discontent Man
Today's story is a very popular Nigerian Story. It teaches the valuable lesson of contentment.
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Ugandan Folktale: Kubanza, Mediator Of Goddess Nyabingyi
Today's story is one from Western Uganda and shows us why the people stopped believing in Goddess Nyabinghyi.
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Ghanaian Folktale: The Grinding Stone That Ground Flour By Itself
We are back in Ghana today with the greedy Anansi. In this story, Anansi's greed leads to his end.
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South African Folktale: The Cheetah And The Lazy Hunter
Today's story is a traditional Zulu story and follows a lazy hunter who came up with a way to get food without working. This story also shows us some of the consequences of laziness.
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Ghanaian Folktale: Anansi And The Turtle
Today we revisit Anansi in another story of greed and cunning. In this story, Anansi gets a taste of his own medicine.
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Moroccan Folktale: The Girl And The Lion
Today's story is an important one that teaches us to be kind. This story shows us how words can hurt and to be careful with what we say about others. This is a popular story among the people of Moroc…
Tanzanian Folktale: The Hare And The Water
Today's story follows the tricky Hare. In this story we see how the lazy Hare tries to trick the other animals in order to benefit from their hardwork.
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Nigerian Folktale: The Tortoise and The Magic Drum
Today's story follows the greedy tortoise and how his jealousy put him and his family in a whole lot of trouble.
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Zambian Folktale: How Monkeys Came To Be
Today's story takes us back to Zambia and is all about how Monkeys came to exist in the world.
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Ghanaian Folktale: How Mushrooms First Grew
Today's story takes us back to Ghana and traces the sequence of events that led to the first mushrooms.
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Cameroonian Folktale: The Chief's Feast
Today's story is quite a popular one and is from the Central African country of cameroon. It is the story of how everyone ended up drinking water at the chief's feast.
The Moral of this story is that …
Ugandan Folktale: Atile And The First Local Brew
Today's story is about Atile who created the first Ugandan brew and how it came to be wide spread.
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