African Children's Stories

We are excited to bring you another Swahili Story; Siafu na Njiwa mvivu . This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here . Author - Terkule Aorabee Translation - Susan Kavaya Illustrator- Joe Werna Language - Kiswahili Host- Ahmed Abdalla Narrator- Josephine Were You can reach us via info@edutab.africa  or through our soci...

It's another week of storytelling!  We bring you another Swahili Story; Panya na Paka . This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here . Author - Mohammed Kuyu and Elizabeth Laird Translation - Susan Kavaya Illustration - Jacob Kono Language - Kiswahili Host-Ahmed Abdalla Narrator-Fatuma Said You can reach us via info@edut...

It's another week of storytelling!  We bring you Baboon Tyrant . This is a tale of a tyrannical baboon who ordered other baboons to always follow his instructions without failure or questions. How did this end? Listen to this podcast to find out. This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here. Author: Bonsamo Miesso and El...

It's another week of storytelling!  We bring you Anansi, the Crows, and the Crocodiles a Ghanaian folktale. This is a tale of a greedy Anansi who tricks his friends the crows into giving him more than his share of figs. The crows discover his tricks and abandon him on an island. He tries to fly, but lands in the river among hungry crocodiles. What happens next? Listen to this podcast to find out....

It's another week of storytelling!  We bring you another Swahili Story; Mwbeha na Sungura . This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here . Author - Mohammed Kuyu and Elizabeth Laird Translation - Susan Kavaya Illustration - Jacob Kono Language - Kiswahili Host-Ahmed Abdalla Narrator-Fatuma Said You can reach us via info@...

It's another week of story telling!  We bring you another Swahili Story; Mbuni na Simba . This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here . Author - Daniel Nanok Translation - Susan Kavaya Illustration - Brian Wambi Language - Kiswahili Host-Ahmed Abdalla Narrator-Fatuma Said You can reach out to us via info@edutab.africa  ...

It's another week of story telling!  We bring you A tiny seed: The story of Wangari Maathai .   Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize. This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here. Author - Nicola Rijsdijk Illustration-Maya Marshak Ho...

It's another week of story telling!  We bring you another Swahili Story; Kuku amfanyia Tai hila. This story is published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here. Author - Nathan Higenyi Translation - Ursula Nafula Illustration-Rob Owen Host-Ahmed Abdalla Narrator-Fatuma Said You can reach out to us via info@edutab.africa  or through our so...

It's another week of story telling!  We bring you a story titled; It's another week of story telling!  We bring you Abel and his sister's doll published by the African Storybook Initiative . You can find an openly licensed pdf version of the book here. Author: Eyobi Kitaw  Illustration: Jesse Breytenbach Host-Patrick Njoroge Narrator-Aidi Owala You can reach us via info@edutab.africa  or through o...

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 info@edutab.africa  or through our social media channels to find out how you can get involved in this project :-) Twitter:https://twitter.com/Edutab_Africa Facebook...

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 - Rebbecc...

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 info@edutab.africa  or thr...

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

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

Author - Jamie Luketa An OER pdf version of this story can be found on this link.

Author - Joseph Sanchez Nadimo  A pdf version of this story can be found on this link.