AfriWetu Ancestor StoriesRooted In Our Story

AFRI-WATU...WE ARE BAAAAACK!!! This is a short Karibuni from the break and setting the tone for this series, it's our FIFTH year! Really excited about the ancestor doneness heading your way! Mubarikiwe!

AFRIWATU! Would you believe it is...the wrap up episode, the final one for S4! It has been a JOURNEY! But as usual I have loved every minute, from the research, to hearing the final product after the magic touch (a heck of a lot of work) from Big City Studio productions and to see how my amazing lady of the socials gets the buzz on the inter webs! A huge huge thank you to my Guest Interviewer, cou...

AFRIWATU! It's the last of the civilisation episodes for the S4...Part 2 of the Lundu Kingdom! This has been a wonderful journey to the south eastern part of this great Continent & I am so happy to have gotten the chance to explore and share it with you. For now, enjoy our ancestor stories and as usual a HUGE thank you to Big City Studios for the awesome production! Until next time Mubarik...

AFRIWATU! A new civilisation episode is out just for you! Part 1 of the Lundu Kingdom! This is the last of the Maravi Empire that was a brand new to me and opened up a wonderful new set of ancestors to AfriWetu! This is only Part 1, Part 2 is round the corner, as we get closer to the end of Series-Season 4. Be sure to stick around for the grand finale two episodes away! Imagine!!! For now, enjoy t...

AFRI-WATU! It's here! Another dope civilisation from the past, this time we meet the BURUNDI ancestors as we visit the kingdom in East Africa. Burundi was a joy to study, and I hope you enjoy learning more about it. It would be great if the descendants of this kingdom could hit us up as there was sooooooo much more that AfriWetu is sure is out there and would love to share with everyone! As usual...

AFRIWATU!  Tune in for Karagwe Kingdom Part 2! Our East African Ancestors are back! We finish as strong as we started with these ancestors, with pleasant surprises in store for us all. So excited to share them with you as we continue on this journey to our past. As usual thank you to Big City Studios for the awesome production of this episode! Making it all come to life! Until next time, Mubarikiw...

AFRIWATU! Here it is, a new civilisation from the eastern shores of our great continent of Africa has dropped! The Karagwe kingdom was just fulll of mystery for AfriWetu when starting and it opened up with all its secrets....to share with you all! Tune is and find out more, and come back for Part 2 in a couple of weeks. As usual thank you to Big City Studios for the awesome production of this epis...

Afri-WATU! Drumrolls please as we enter into the final part, Part 3 of the Wagadou Empire! It is all VERY exciting as it's an AfriWetu first to have a Part 3, but really this Empire had to be the one, considering its importance then and now to our culture & history. I hope you enjoy the last, yes last, episode on this wonder of our ancestor's story and civilisation! As usual a HUGE thanks to B...

Afri-WATU! It's Part 2 of this amazing and iconic Empire! Welcome back! I don't think there is anything I can do to make this more exciting than it is, so why not just head over and tune in to meet the ancestors from the WAGADOU! There is a little surprise at the end of the show, so keep it here till the outro :) As usual a HUGE thanks to Big City Studios for the production and making this...

Afri-WATU! Welcome back to the journey to the past! We are meeting very special ancestors today as we go to the west of our continent to land in the WAGADOU Empire! This has been on the wish list of civilisations to cover from the first year...it has only take four years, but the wait has been worth it. There was a great deal to cover and that means this is just Part 1 of this civilsation. As usua...

Afri-WATU!!!! Dropping another folklore just for you as we jump into the Anansi tales from the Akan people! This was such fun to read and record & it was made so by the wonderful dulcet tones and incredible storytelling skills of our Guest Narrator, my dear friend Kevin Mwachiro. He did such a dope job (obviously) & I was so honoured to have him join the AfriWetu family allllllll the way f...

UVORO AFRI-WATU! Welcome to a Guest Narrator episode! Today we celebrate a true African legend - Cierume! She was an amazing and fearless woman from the Embu people in Kenya. Her fame and skills preceded her not only amongst her people BUT also in the region. She was awesome and so I could only have another awesome woman tell her story...Nimu! A huge thanks to Nimu for doing justice to this legend...

Zikomo Afri-WATU! Thank you for tuning in for Part 2 of the Undi Kingdom! I do hope you enjoy meeting these ancestors and that you go and do your own deeper research! This may be the concluding episode, but it is far from the end of the story, there is so so so much more to discover about the Undi! I would like to as usual say a huge ASANTE to Big City Studios for the production skills that make A...

Afri-WATU! IT'S EPISODE 7! How exciting is it to bring you yet another great civilisation of the past, another story of our Ancestors. We have headed back to Southern Africa, to the lands of the rivers and lakes to meet the Undi Kingdom. There was not enough time to do just one episode...so good news....this is Part 1 with Part 2 on its way to you! Double the fun! As usual I would like to than...

JAM WAALI AFRIWATU!!!! It has been a loooooong while since we had a Fable/Folklore story for you right! So here is one pulled from the modern nation of Guinea, in West Africa! The story covers alllllll the human dynamics of family, love, betrayal.... This also means it is a GUEST Narrator episode with a great friend of AfriWetu Ssagala! Ssagala is dope on many levels, and he is a creative with bus...

Welcome Back AfriWATU to the second part of the Maravi Empire! As we close off on this civilisation, there is still so much more to uncover and not enough time. It was such a pleasure to research this as everything was so fresh and as always such an eye opener. There were a lot of different levels in this Empire and a lot of interesting parts, AfriWetu can never cover everything, and sometimes onl...

AfriWATU! New Episode just for you! We travel to Southern Africa to meet the Maravi Empire, a truly marvellous civilisation that needed not one but TWO episodes. I hope you all enjoy learning about this great civilisation, it was so rich with culture and history that I felt I was in an epic movie with this episode being just the beginning! As usual a HUGE thank you to Big City Studios for the SFX...

AfriWATU! Murakoze AfriWetu presents...a legend from the Rwanda Kingdom! Which also means this is a Guest Narrator show! A huge thank you to Olga for gracing us with her voice for our formidable NYABINGHI MUHUMUZA! This queen was just legendary and honestly....just listen in to her story and then go and do your own deeper research. My fam from the region, please share any other fasctinating storie...

Amakuru AFRI-WATU!!!! It's Part 2 of the Rwanda Kingdom!  We continue the dope stories of these special ancestors, well special to AfriWetu!  Last time we met the drama and this time we get, well even more! Although this is Part 2, this is still just a tip of the ice-berg...so remember to go and do your own deeper reseacrh. My Rwandan fam, make sure you reach out to AfriWetu and give you...

AFRI-WATU!!!!  A Brand Spanking New Series & New Episode just for you! This is such a dope way for me to start the 4th year of AfriWetu! Tune in to hear the stories of a special set of ancestors...I am truly excited to share this with you all! Meet the Rwanda Kingdom, a Kingdom that had much drama and intrigue and conquest and a ruling dynasty that dominated its story.... so it was imposs...

WE ARE BAAAAACK!  New civilisation and Guest Narrator episodes loading..... That you for coming back for our FOURTH year and series AfriWATU! Mubarikiwe

MAMBO Afri-WATU! Would you believe its the end of S3 and the last episode of the series... Presenting the Wrap Up with our Guest Host Kenya Gachecheh! Yup its that time when I hand over AfriWetu to my Guest with total control over content and questions.... He did a great job and it was a pleasure to invite him back, we last heard him in S1! Asante Kenyua for accepting the invite and coming up with...

Afri-WATU!  Would you believe that this is the last Legend of the S3! And what better way to close out than with this very indomitable and formidable legend - Labostibeni! This also means it was a Guest Narrator show, and AfriWetu had the honour of hosting the Queen of Nyummy....June Gachui! Thank you to her for her brilliant narration...she truly did our legend justice. Please remember to li...

Welcome back to the Eswatini Kingdom AfriWATU! Last episode we met the family, the people and got to understand how layered this kingdom was! This week we go back to understand more about their society and to celebrate some really really dope characters! As usual a huge thank you to Lee Kanyottu of Big City Studios for making me sound good! Until next time.... Mubarikiwe! Music Credits: TBC

Afri-WATU!  It's a brand new civilisation just for you. Let's travel back to the Kingdom of Eswatini, a truly fascinating kingdom which today exists in close to its original form. This was such a trip to study and bring to you all. There was not enough time to pack everything into one episode....so this is a two -parter with Part 2 coming through to you in a few weeks! I was truly excited to...