Folktales from Sudan

🦊 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 t...

4 Jul 17min

🤴🏽 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 bottl...

26 Jun 13min

👧🏾 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...

20 Jun 19min

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 yo...

12 Jun 20251min

✨ 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 ho...

2 Jun 202522min

🐔 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...

26 Mai 202518min

🎭 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 t...

19 Mai 202535min

👩🏾 🌴 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 wit...

12 Mai 202528min