Mbaganire—An African Folktales Podcast
This podcast is dedicated to the African tradition of oral folktales at the fireplace. We recreate the lively and engaging story sessions with live audiences and sometimes offer reflections at the end of the story. We visit families, host diverse audiences, to give you a taste of the digital version of the practice of fireplace storytelling by grannies, aunties and uncles. A lot of the episodes are narrated in English but some are told in their original languages, with a short summary of the story in English at the end. All songs are left in their original languages. This podcast aims to document and preserve the rich culture of oral storytelling by Africans in so many different nations.
Mbaganire—An African Folktales Podcast
Bukwanzi Bwa Ndagara & Munda Mugoye (A girl born to die).
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Patience Nitumwesiga
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Season 1
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Episode 1
The story of a family who had a special child they loved so much they couldn't bring themselves to let her go even if she brought droughts and famine with them wherever they went until she decided to sacrifice herself to save their world and bring rain.
The production of this episode was supported by Africalia with the Creativity is Life grant.
Africa, Folktales.