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 you are connecting ...

✨ 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 home. 👩🏾✨ Until one day- when ...

🐔 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 her chicken back- so she went ...

🎭  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 them each on a difficult mi...

👩🏾 🌴 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 with them after school- and then ...

🌳 👨🏽‍🦱 There was once a poor woodcutter who chopped wood in the forest every day for a living👳🏽‍♂️ 🌟 One day, an old man gives him a magical gift , but he soon learns that some magic comes with consequences. What happe...

The Cats & the Mice 🐱🐭 Something’s brewing in the hosh- the yard... 🐱🐭 The cats are up to something, and the mice aren't sure whether to believe it or not. Can the cats be trusted? 🤔 You w...

👨🏽‍🦱👩🏾 Fatna and her brother Mohamed live together in a house in the forest.🎶  Every night after work, Mohamed sings a special song to let his sister Fatna know he’s home, and she opens the door. 🚪 👹 But wh...

🐐 Kiret the Goat 🐐Kiret loves to play and explore, but she has one big problem—she never listens! One day, after begging her big sister Almi'za Saneeya to join her and her sister goats in the big park, Kiret has the best da...

🌟 Lolaba and the Eagle 🦅✨Deep in the forest, a brother and sister lived a simple life. But one day, the brother set a trap for a big bird—only to catch a talking eagle instead! 🦅😲This wasn’t just any bird… this eagle could SING!...

👳🏽‍♂️ The Father and Three Sons 👨🏽‍🦱👨🏽‍🦱👨🏽‍🦱There was a man who had three sons—Hassan, Ahmed, and Mohamed. One day, he an important question for them-                   ...

Izzayakum!  Hello!Welcome to Folktales from Sudan -   a podcast for kids and families that introduces them to the rich oral storytelling traditions of the African country of Sudan, bringing timeless ta...