15 Best African Stories Podcasts

1. Afro Tales Podcast

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A podcast focused on the folktales, lore, myths, and legends that are a part of our everyday lives. Join me, your Griot Amon Mazingo as I explore the tales the afro and indigenous people created in the Americas and Caribbean. If you want more stories based on the indigenous people and those of the African Diaspora this is the show for you. After which you will visit Chef who will give you a recipe inspired by the story you have just heard. Come aboard the Anevay and be part of a voyage like no other.MORE Host Amon Mazingo
Producer/Network Amon Mazingo
Email ****@yahoo.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 255Twitter 813Instagram 459 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. African Folktales with Miss Jo Jo

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African Folktales with Miss Jo Jo is a Webby Award-winning children's podcast of diverse short stories originating in Africa, originally passed down through generations by word of mouth. These traditional tales told with a new twist, are not only entertaining but serve to teach a lesson as well. Sometimes of a moral value and other times of survival. Tune in and share with a friend.MORE Host Heidi Kwiat
Producer/Network ABF Fam
Email ****@abfc.co
Location Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 382Twitter 494 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

3. Africa's Business Rockstars

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A show that shares the stories of successful Africans in business, and how they did it. It's our story, told our way, to inspire our people. This podcast is sponsored by IDS Consulting Ghana . A company dedicated to serving small and medium sized enterprises with accounting and advisory services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network IDS Consulting Services
Email ****@idsconsultinggh.com
Location Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 17Facebook 157Twitter 72Instagram 1.2K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. African life Stories

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Hello everybody, I am Kwarteng Owusu and I want to share what over the years I have learnt and experienced as an African with you guys. African life stories will be talking about the decisions we as Africans and the Youth as a whole. What to do as a Continent and what to do as a Nation (Ghana) to develop ourselves both individually and collectively. I will also be talking about the the various assaults raising against Africans over the years and the topics which are very common in our community and things which are gaining waves in the world. I will also talk about great African leaders.MORE Producer/Network Kwarteng Owusu Sekyere
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Twitter 1.1KInstagram 183 Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

5. Stories Mother Told: African Folktales

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Stories are a big part of the African culture and growing up in the city of Port-Harcourt, these stories shaped my childhood. Times are different now and these bedtime stories which were passed down through generations are not as popular with children as they once were. This podcast aims to bring these stories to the new generation of African children and introduce everyone else to these wonderful stories from the motherland. The lessons and values learnt from these will never be forgotten. Welcome to Stories Mother Told.MORE Producer/Network Stories Mother Told
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 36Twitter 4Instagram 333 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

6. African Horror Stories

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This podcast brings to you a collection of scary stories from all over Africa. Are they real or just myth? You'll have to ask the scared student, the passer-by or even the crying child who all swear by what they saw #reallifemeetsfictionMORE Producer/Network African Horror Stories
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 24Instagram 55 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Since Apr 2021 Get Email Contact

7. Long Story Short

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Telling the true African stories
Email ****@jamitfm.com
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8. South African Folk-Lore Tales

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Sanni Metelerkamp was a South African playwright and author born in 1867. She is well known for her biography of her great-grandfather, George Rex, the British born entrepreneur who founded the town of Knysna and was rumoured to have been an illegitimate son of King George III. Possibly her greatest legacy however is the publication of a collection of folk tales which in her own words '… are the common property of every country child in South Africa...MORE Producer/Network Sanni Metelerkamp
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9. African Stories

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This Podcast seeks to act as an archive for African folktales.
Producer/Network Captain Sankara
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Instagram 64 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

10. AFRICAN FOLKTALES by Akwasi Badu-Aning

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For several generations, stories from Africa have traditionally been passed down by word of mouth. Usually, the stories are meant to prepare young people for life, and so each story taught a lesson or moral.In the African folktales, the stories reflect the culture where diverse types of animals abound. The animals are often accorded human attributes, so it is not uncommon to find animals talking, singing, or demonstrating other human characteristics such as greed, jealousy, honesty, etc.MORE Host Akwasi Badu-Aning
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Instagram 1.8K Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

11. The African tour train Tales

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A Christian podcast that talks about stories about Christianity in Africa. A Product of Bloom Radio
Producer/Network African train
Email ****@bloomradio.co.ke
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Facebook 1.3K Avg Length 3 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

12. African Tales

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This show is an dramatized rendition of African Myth and Tales. We produce the episodes with intentional writing, great voice acting, and a full auditory worldbuilding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Askan Studio
Email ****@africantales.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 831 Get Email Contact