Tales from the Motherland: Recent Episodes
Alexandria Hood
Tales from the Motherland is an African folklore podcast. I focus on fairytales and folklore from various countries in Africa.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. Today’s story contains mild violence. The Tale is named, The Daughter of the Sword. This story show us how being pretentious is not the route to go in life.
Today I will be telling you two short stories. Both stories today come from South Africa, and are by Ethel Mcpherson. The tales are named the daughter of the ostrich egg and the magic lute. Both tales tell the story of love and betrayal.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. The Tale is named, The Two Brothers. This story takes us on a journey with two brothers, and how betrayal becomes one of the brothers downfalls.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. Now i’m sure you have heard meany versions of our story today, but today’s version is from Africa. The Tale is named, The Princess and the Frog. It is literally about a princess and a frog.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. The Tale is named, Zim the Cannibal. Today we explore the story of a set of twins and how they fend for themselves when dealing with a cannibal.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. The Tale is named, The Horns of Plenty. Today's story takes us on a journey with a strong little boy and his oxen.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. Today’s story contains mild violence. The Tale is named, The Dumb Prince. In this weeks tale we discover the courage of someone who may not be the smartest.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. Today’s story contains mild violence. The Tale is named, The Lost Beads. This story shows us how kindness can go a long way and possibly save your life.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. The Tale is named, The Snake with five heads. Today's story is about a very ill mannered girl and the chief she journeys to meet.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. The Tale is named, The Tall Princess and the Haunted Pool. Today's story is the tale of a fearless princess and the trouble she gets into on an adventure.
Today’s story comes from South Africa, and is by Ethel Mcpherson. The Tale is named, The Queen of the Pigeons. Today's story is about a young girl over taken by pigeons and how she becomes their Queen.
Todays first story comes from the Ronga tribe in Monzambiqe, which is located in Southeastern Africa. Our second story comes from Kenya in Eastern Africa. The Tales are named, The girl who broke her pot and Wanjiru the Maiden. Both stories this week teach us the repercussions one may have for being a terrible person.
Today’s we will be telling two short stories. Todays first story comes from Kenya, in East Africa. Our second story comes from Africa but where in Africa is unknown. The Tales are named, Marwe in the Underworld and Murile the Moonchief. Our first story takes us to the depths of the underworld, while our second story takes us to the Moon!
Today’s story comes from East Africa, and was collected by Andrew Lang. Today’s story contains mild violence. The story is one of marriage and of friendship. The Tale is named, The Rover or the Plain.
Today we will be telling two short stories, one about the Spider and one of the Crab. Both stories come from Africa, but where in Africa is unknown. The Tales are named, Why the Spider has a bald head and Why the Crab has no head. The tales are about exactly what is in their titles, why the spider is bald and why the crab has no head. Enjoy!
Today’s story comes from Africa, but where in Africa is unknown. The Tale is named, The Twins. Today we follow the story of a mother and her very mischievous twins!
Today’s story comes from Ghana, in West Africa and stars a very popular character in African folklore, Ananse the spider. The story was collected by Gerald Mcdermott. The Tale is named, Ananses’ funeral and will take us through the story of how this cunning spider fools his entire village.
Today’s story is a Swahili tale from Zanzibar. The story was collected by Edward Steere. The Tale is named, Sultan Majnun". Today's story tells us about a king with a magnificent date tree and how his sons are all bamboozled by a bird.
Today’s episode will contain two folk tales. Both stories come from Nigeria, in West Africa. The stories are by Elphinstone Dayrell and both teach one why you should never trust strangers. The tales are named The Disobedient Daughter who married a Skull and Of the Pretty Stranger who killed the King.
Hi everyone! Welcome to Tales from the Motherland. A friendly hello to all new listeners and those who have tuned in before. A huge thank you to everyone for the love and support. Today’s story comes from Nigeria, in West Africa. The story was collected by Elphinstone Dayrell. The Tale is named, The woman with two skins. Today's story quite literally is the tale of a woman with two skins and how she navigates being the kings wife.
Hi everyone! Welcome to Tales from the Motherland. A friendly hello to all new listeners and those who have tuned in before. A huge thank you to everyone for the love and support. Today’s story comes from Africa, but where in Africa is unknown. The story was collected by Andrew Lang. The Tale is named, The Husband of the Rats daughter. Today we tell the story of a most beautiful rat that has as hard time finding who to spend their life with.
Today’s story comes from Africa, but where in Africa is unknown. The story was collected by Andrew Lang. The Tale is named, Samba the coward. This story follows a young man who is afraid of everything and how he conquers his cowardliness.
Today’s story comes from North Africa and was collected by Andrew Lan The Tale is named, The Story of a Halfman. Today's story gives one a look deep into the lives of twelve brothers and one of them who is but half of a man.
Today’s story is a Swahili tale from Africa but where in Africa is unknown. This tale was collected by Andrew Lang. The Tale is named, The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar. Today's story tells the tale of a thief and a stranger and the adventures and trickery they get up to.
Today’s story is a swahili tale from Zanzibar in East Africa. and was collected by Andrew Lang. The Tale is named, The physicians son and the king of snakes. This tale is many stories within one, starting with the tale of a young boy and his meeting with the king of snakes.
Today’s story comes from the Senna people of Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa and was collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is named, “Makoma.” Today's story follows a young boy and his journey to be the greatest hero of them all. Disclaimer, today's tale contains mild violence.
Today’s story comes from the Ba-ronga people of Mozambique, South Africa and was collected by Andrew Lang. Disclaimer, today’s story does contain mild violence. The tale is named, “Motikatika." Today's story starts with the betrayal of a mother to her own son and shows just how smart her son is after all.
Today’s story is from Africa but where in Africa is unknown. And was collected by Andrew Lang. The story is called, “The little hare.” Today's story is a bit of two stories in one. First we see how a man outsmarts a bunch of bamboons. And then we see how a little hare tricks the entire animal kingdom.
Today’s story is a Swahili tale from Eastern Africa and was collected by Edward Steere. The tale is named, “The one-handed girl.” This story is of a young girl who after her parents die is tormented by her older brother but perseveres!
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Today’s story comes from Northern Africa and was collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is named, The Clever Cat. This weeks story is about a young man who along with his cat, greyhound and falcon outsmarts an ogre as well as a king.
Today’s story comes from Africa, but the exact country in Africa is unknown. This story was collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is named Father Grumbler. This story follows a very grumpy man that gets himself into trouble when he doesn't take care of the magical gifts given to him.
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Today’s story comes from Northern Africa and was collected by Andrew Lang. Disclaimer, today’s story is a bit dark. The tale is named, The daughter of Buk Ettemsuch. This tale follows a young girl as she deals with the tragic death of her sisters and finds a new home with an ogre.
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Today’s story comes from Tunisia, in North West Africa and was collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is named, The Death of Abu Nowas and his wife. This story tells the tale of a jester and how he tricked his sultan into giving him large amounts of money more than once.
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Today’s story comes from a region in Tanzania, called Zanzibar. It is a Swahili fairytale that was collected by Edward Steere. The tale is named, The Monkey, the Shark and the washerman’s donkey. It is a bit of two stories in one and contains some mild violence. The story is about how a cunning monkey tricks his friend the shark.
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Today’s story comes from the East African country, Tanzania and was collected by various authors. The tale is named, The Ape, the Snake and the Lion. This tale tells the story of a mother and her young son thrown into poverty after her husband dies. As well as all of the friends and not so friendly people the young son meets while trying to save his mother and himself from hunger.
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Today's episode are two stories both from Southern Nigeria in West Africa and are both by Elphinstone Dayrell. They were collected by Andrew Lang. The tales are named Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky and The affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise. The first tale tells the story of two best friends and how they end up visiting one another. The second tale tells the story of how a tortoise out smarts a hippopotamus.
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Today’s story comes from the East African country, Tanzania and was collected by various authors. The tale is named The Hare and the Lion. This tale tells the story of how a very smart hare repeatedly out smarts a ferocious lion.
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Today’s tale comes from a country in West Africa. The story is a Southern Nigerian folktale named The King’s Magic Drum by Elphinstone Dayrell and collected by Andrew Lang. This tale tells the story of a king and his magic drum and how one very smart tortoise gets ahold of it. This tale contains very mild violence.
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Welcome to Tales from the Motherland! I am excited to welcome you all! Get ready to be immersed into the world that is African folklore. Today's episode is an introduction to this podcast along with one story. Today’s story comes from Southern Nigeria in West Africa and is by Elphinstone Dayrell. It was collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is named Why the Bat Flies by Night. The tale today is about the betrayal of one friend to another.
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