Folktales from Sudan

🫅🏾 Everyone wants to be friends with the young Prince Mahmoud, and he really wants to find a good friend to play with.. ❓ But how can he know who likes him only for his wealth -  and who is a real, true friend?  👸🏽 His mother, the Queen, has an idea to help:  a test that will show him who his real friends are..   🥚 What is it? What happens next? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Produc...

🦊 Every night, a sly fox named Makkar sneaks into a farmer’s watermelon patch for a secret feast. 🍉 🧑🏾‍🌾 But when the farmer realizes his watermelons are missing, he decides it’s time to teach the fox a lesson he won’t forget.. 🎧 What happens next? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan...

🤴🏽 A powerful Sultan has an embarrassing secret… 😳 One person knows the truth, but if he tells anyone- he could lose everything. So he needs to keep quiet. 🤐 For weeks, he keeps the secret bottled inside… until one day, he just can’t hold it anymore. 👀 What happens next? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal,...

👧🏾 Everyone in the village loved Filayfla 💕 💡 She was fun, kind, and always full of clever ideas.  🤴🏽 But her uncle, the Sultan, was cruel and jealous.  When he challenges her father,  clever Filayfla uses her wisdom and creativity to protect him and her family. ✨ What does she do? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mo...

Izzayyakum! 👋🏾  This is Hana Baba host of Folktales from Sudan. 🙏🏽 Thank you SO much for listening to our stories- it means so much to us! We’ve been getting such great feedback, and so many of you are connecting with these folktales. We have reached the end of our first season, but we will be back for Season 2 -  in the meantime stay connected with us on social media- we’re on Instagram, Face...

✨ A father asks his three daughters what they want him to bring back, when he travels. 💎 💍  While the older two ask for jewels and fine things, Fatma never asks for anything- just his safe return home. 👩🏾 ✨ Until one day- when the jealous sisters trick her into asking for something mysterious and unusual- Akhdar Azaz fi Gizaz , the green gem in the glass . 👳🏽‍♂️ Her father sets off on a da...

🐔 Mariam’s chicken is always getting into trouble!  🏠 One day, it flew over the fence and into the neighbor's house- the scariest house in the village that nobody goes to! 👧🏾 But Mariam had to get her chicken back- so she went to the house, and couldn't believe what she saw! What happens next? Listen to find out! 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: R...

🎭  Anjetu and Nijaima are two sisters who are very different. ☺️ Nijaima is kind, hardworking, and always ready to help others. 😠 Anjetu is selfish, lazy, and mean! When Nijaima’s step mom sends them each on a difficult mission, they will be tested along the way by some unexpected characters... It's an adventure they won't forget! What happens? Listen to find out! 🎬 Thanks to our Prod...

👩🏾 🌴 Alhadeeya is a kind girl who lives with her grandmother.  Every day after school, she goes straight home. But one day, some jealous village girls trick her into going to play in the forest with them after school- and then comes trouble.. What happens next? Find out- listen now! 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail...

🌳 👨🏽‍🦱 There was once a poor woodcutter who chopped wood in the forest every day for a living 👳🏽‍♂️ 🌟 One day, an old man gives him a magical gift , but he soon learns that some magic comes with consequences.  What happens? Find out- listen now! 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi...

The Cats & the Mice 🐱🐭  Something’s brewing in the hosh- the yard... 🐱🐭  The cats are up to something, and the mice aren't sure whether to believe it or not.  Can the cats be trusted? 🤔  You won’t believe the sneaky plan they’re hatching, but the mice have a few tricks of their own!  Listen to the story to find out what happens next!  🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller:...

👨🏽‍🦱👩🏾 Fatna and her brother Mohamed live together in a house in the forest. 🎶  Every night after work, Mohamed sings a special song to let his sister Fatna know he’s home, and she opens the door. 🚪   👹 But when a sneaky ghoul tries to trick Fatna, things get tricky! What happens? Listen and find out! 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Moha...

🐐 Kiret the Goat 🐐 Kiret loves to play and explore, but she has one big problem—she never listens!  One day, after begging her big sister Almi'za Saneeya to join her and her sister goats in the big park, Kiret has the best day ever! But when the sun starts to set, and it's time to go home, Kiret refuses to listen! When she refuses to go home, her sister Almi'za Saneeya teaches her...

🌟 Lolaba and the Eagle 🦅✨ Deep in the forest, a brother and sister lived a simple life. But one day, the brother set a trap for a big bird—only to catch a talking eagle instead! 🦅😲 This wasn’t just any bird… this eagle could SING! 🎶  And with every song, something magical happened.  What happens? Find out in the story ! 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ra...

👳🏽‍♂️ The Father and Three Sons 👨🏽‍🦱👨🏽‍🦱👨🏽‍🦱 There was a man who had three sons—Hassan, Ahmed, and Mohamed.  One day, he an important question for them-                            ❤️  "How much do you love me?"  What do they say, and what happens next? Find out in the story! Find out in the story- get comfy, and listen.... 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana...

Izzayakum!   Hello! Welcome to Folktales from Sudan -   a podcast for kids and families that introduces them to the rich oral storytelling traditions of the African country of Sudan, bringing timeless tales of wisdom, adventure, and humor to life! The story producer and narrator is award-winning public radio journalist and podcaster Hana Baba, who is Sudanese American. She grew up listening to her...