Moonlight Folktalez: Recent Episodes
Mina Melvin
African Stories, African Parables, Short Stories; I am a believer that African Folktales are glimpse to our past. These stories teach us about our traditions and cultures, while impacting us with long lasting morals. My channel will bring together all my passion; my passion for storytelling, listening to a good story and my African heritage. It will also give an insight to my Nigerian heritage while learning other people heritage. I hope my channel will inspire people to enjoy and share their African Heritage.
This is a folklore about the tortoise teaching the monkey about how people can accuse an innocent of a crime.
This is a folklore about the tortoise visiting his in-law village with the Sheep. Month later he visited his in-law village with the Dog.
This is the story about a King guiding his son (his only heir) to succeed him after he dies.
The king had a very beautiful daughter but before any man could marry her. They had to complete two tasks, because they couldn’t complete these task. She couldn’t get married. Tortoise then decided to try and complete these tasks.
This is a tale about a bird who was thought to be too small to do a job but turn out to be a great asset.
In Hausa Language, ‘Sannu’ means ‘Hello’ and ‘Barka da Zuwa’ means ‘Welcome’ . This podcast will focus on storytelling of African Folklores. Stories as a child, I heard growing up. I hope you take this journey with me.