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Best african countries podcasts available (Last Updated Feb 2026)
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West African Folk Tales by William H. Barker
Compiled by an American missionary, West African Folk Tales by William H Barker is a delightful collection of folk tales from Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and other countries along the west coast of Africa. These stories spread in various forms to other countries like the West Indies, Suriname, the Netherland Antilles, etc and can be still heard today among the people of these countries. West African Folk Tales is a wonderful read for both young people and older readers alike. The stories are charmingly retold. Most of them are about Anansi, the trickster god of the West African people. He is worshiped as the god of all stories and often takes the form of a spider, which is considered to be very cunning. Anansi the Spider sometimes has a human face, wears clothes or assumes human form but keeps his eight legs. The first story in this book tells of how the Anansi tales originated. In the olden days, goes the tale, all stories were only about Nyankupon the chief of gods. But Anansi the Spider felt that he should be the hero of all stories. He goes to the chief and demands that he should be made the hero, whereupon the chief sets some conditions for Anansi to fulfill before he can call himself a hero. How the clever Spider achieves this forms the rest of this entertaining tale. The Anansi tales are supposed to have originated in Ghana and it is among the Ashanti people of Ghana that they are most popular. However, they remained an oral tradition, passed on from generation to generation, and Anansi himself was reputed to be a skillful speaker and teller of stories. Though Anansi is quite smart, he uses his cleverness to trick others and sometimes he himself meets a bad end! This book contains 18 Anansi stories and 17 others about different animals like leopards, tigers and elephants. There are also stories about various trees and plants. The Anansi tales are closely linked to Uncle Remus' Brer Rabbit tales and Anansi's character bears a strong resemblance to the tricky rabbit. The original edition of West African Folk Tales has some beautiful illustrations which would appeal to young readers. This collection was first published in Lagos in 1917. William H Barker was a missionary and the principal of a government school in Accra. The book was coauthored by Cecilia Sinclair and will certainly provide hours of entertainment for both parents and children.
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Back to Funk
Broadcasting since 1980, BACK TO FUNK is Australias longest running funk music radio show. Not only has the show been a long-time fixture on Sydneys airwaves, but over the years fans have also been treated to rare interviews with funk heavyweights such as George Clinton, Kool Bell (Kool & the Gang), Charlie Wilson (Gap Band), Fred Wesley and members of James Brown's Band, Todd Terje, Mr Scruff, Jamie Liddell, and Lance Ferguson from The Bamboos. The show is currently hosted by DJ MEEM, a celebrated DJ and music producer who has performed at some of the countries biggest festivals, and is credited as a pioneer of electronic music in Australia. Back to Funk reaches a wide and diverse audience, and features many styles of music. It has always represented and promoted black music styles, and was integral to the development of hip hop culture in throughout the 80's and 90's in Sydney. Back to Funk airs every Monday from 12:00 – 2:00pm on 2ser107.3FM and streams live at 2ser.com Each week DJ MEEM resurfaces old funk, soul, disco and boogie gems while also exploring a diverse range of all other related styles including afrobeat, african, hip hop, reggae, latin, jazz, blues, beats and more. Tune in for interviews, new releases, and a huge array of forgotten funky masterpieces.
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Deep House Cats - SA
Deep House Cats (SA) is a South African Based Independent Vinyl & Digital Record Label representing upcoming house music producers with focus on Deep House, Tech and Soulful from around the country and beyond the borders. Our releases can be found on traxsource, juno, itunes and major online stores. Do support the craft and listen to our bi-weekly shows mixed by Tarse-P, Groove Govnor, Dj Relle and guest djs. keep an open mind and enjoy the music _ Leave a comment and share with your friends. Let house music dance through your body ! :-) Disclaimer: Mixes posted here are created for the Djs own experimentation and entertainment, not for profit. The Djs may not be the author or owner of the copyrights of the component tracks. If you like the tracks, support the artists and please buy at major digital store and/or your nearest record store Thanks for Listening
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Unlocking Africa
Terser Adamu, who is an Africa Business Strategist, International Trade Adviser, and Director at ETK Group, hosts the award-nominated Unlocking Africa Podcast. During each episode he shares his thoughts on how to unlock Africa’s economic potential in the 21st century. This is delivered through engaging and thought-provoking discussions with innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and business leaders who are unlocking Africa’s economic potential. Whether you're a business leader, an aspiring entrepreneur, have a comfortable side hustle, or want to take your business to the next level, each episode is jam-packed with information and insight that will enable you to take immediate action and implement key strategies to successfully launch and grow your business in Africa.
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5 Drive
Join Zanele Potelwa & Nick Archibald weekdays from 3 PM to 6 PM - providing listeners with groundbreaking, youth-driven content that can't be found anywhere else! Always a step ahead, the team is excited about providing radio that is stimulating, exciting and engaging with content that appeals to South Africans who are educated, young at heart and positive about our country. Along with Producer Masego, Nick (traffic), Jude (sport) and Yanga (news), 5Drive will supply your afternoon eargasms.
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Brotha Que #1 African Podcast over 25 million weekly listeners worldwide broadcast from Africa.
#1 African Podcast 25 + million weekly listeners worldwide Pan-African,Pan-Africanism African culture, Business, Music, Food, Tribes, and much much more. Brotha Que podcast is on over 300 podcast platforms throughout the world, across Africa, Europe, America's and Asian countries. Brotha Que is also on 5 African T.V. Networks. Brotha Que podcast and Products made over $300 million dollars in revenues worldwide. Brotha Que is a African revolutionary activist. Brotha Que is a king connected to African royalty, highly garded in Africa. under a different name reside in the United States part time.
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African Album Review
A podcast centered on music commentary, technical analysis and recommendations for African music albums and EPs across different countries and genres. Hosted by Zimbabwe's MJ Wemoto.
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True Crime South Africa
True Crime South Africa is the first victim-focused true-crime podcast in the country. Host, Nicole Engelbrecht, researches each case herself using media coverage, trial footage, social media sources and often by talking to some of the individuals involved. Using her skills as a creative writer and her passion for true crime, she crafts each script to ensure that listeners are given a deep dive into the case mechanics as well as an understanding of the victims as human beings. The podcast covers both solved and unsolved South African true crime cases. The unsolved cases are often cold cases which can benefit from awareness being brought to them. This concept has been used in the US for many years and to great success. The listenership formed around true crime podcasts becomes a community that advocates for victims and resolution for families. South African victims now have their own voice too. True Crime South Africa publishes weekly, alternating between full-length case episodes and shorter minisodes which discuss true crime cases that are currently in the media. The podcast launched on the 22nd of June 2019 and is making waves in the South African podcast community. On the True Crime South Africa social media pages, South African true crime fans finally have a place to call home where they can express their views on cases and discuss the details with like-minded people. True Crime South Africa is published in conjunction with Arena Holdings, publishers of TimesLIVE, BusinessLIVE, and SowetanLIVE. Keywords: crime, true crime, murder, abduction, South Africa, police, law and order
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Podcasts from the Edge
Peter Bruce, veteran South African newspaper editor and commentator, interviews the country's social and political leaders and experts in a weekly effort to explain what is actually going on in this complicated country. Bruce's interviews are about making events easy to understand for people with little time to listen.
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One 54 Podcast
One54, hosted by Akbar and Godfrey, is a first of its kind podcast spotlighting the untold stories of African entertainers, athletes and business leaders. Through unfiltered conversations, this podcast reveals the challenges and culture clashes of growing up African in America.Akbar Gbajabiamila is a former NFL player, sports analyst, and television host best known for co-hosting American Ninja Warrior and CBS' The Talk. Proud of his Nigerian heritage, he brings a dynamic presence to media, blending his athletic background with insightful commentary and a deep connection to his roots.Godfrey Daneschmah is a comedian and actor who's resume spans over 30 years and known for his sharp wit, spot-on impressions, and energetic stand-up performances. Drawing from his Nigerian heritage, he infuses cultural insight into his comedy, making him a standout voice in the entertainment industry.One54 - Celebrating Africa’s 54 Countries, One Story At A Time
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Old Mutual
Get the latest news and updates from Old Mutual. Old Mutual Limited (OML) is a premium African financial services group that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key markets in 14 countries.
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The Africa Hour
A Pan-African show that discusses public policy issues from diverse viewpoints, and breaks down analysis into a context that is easily digestible by listeners. The podcast explores different themes and examines their manifestations in African countries.
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Utano Public Health Chats
A podcast where people get to learn more about public health work in Africa and how to navigate their public health careers. Each episode features an in depth interview with a public health practitioner and/or researcher from an African country and/or working in African countries in public health. Conversation is about how they ended up working in public health, what they do at a high level in their current work, what they love about their field and career path and what words of wisdom they would like to share with the audience.
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African Five-a-side
Learning about the African continent through the prism of its favorite pastime: football. Hosted by Maher Mezahi and backed by Africa Is a Country with funding from the Open Society Foundation.
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1619
In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is time to tell the story. “1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast. "1619" has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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The Wild Fox Party
Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.
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Pánsá Pánsá Podcast
This is a podcast where we discuss the lives of African immigrants and their assimilation into Western society as they raise younger generations in a country that is quite different from their own. We also explore the experiences of children of immigrants as they balance between their heritage African and Western cultures. We are presenting informative, interesting, and expansive dialogue about the intricate experiences of African immigrants in America. For additional information, please log onto our website @ pansapansa.org and follow us on instagram @ pansa.pansaforum
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History is US
There will always be something distinct about our present day, yet history haunts. American democracy is at a crossroads and we have to decide who we really are as a nation. This moment begs us all to look to our past to help understand our present and to imagine a better future. In the aftermath of the carnage of the Civil War, the nation struggled to give shape to a country drenched in blood. In many ways, we are still fighting old battles and still trapped in assumptions that blocked the way to imagining a new America. Written and narrated by award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, History is US asks questions about who we are as a nation, and what race might reveal about our current crisis. Through the voices of distinguished historians and scholars, this limited series gives listeners the background and education to understand how we got here and how we can all use history to clarify the choices before us. History is US is an Audacy original presented in partnership with Shining City Audio and Jon Meacham Studio.
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AudreyStories
Audrey tells "Bedtime Stories for Adults" in English: set in intriguing countries/places. Parts of the stories are true, the rest is imagination - as all good stories should be. All the stories contain fascinating historical facts about lesser known areas of Guatemala, Cuba, Serbia, South Africa, Bosnia, Mexico, Peru, China, India, Burma and more. These stories make good "Bedtime stories for Adults" who struggle to fall sleep, and are humorous - for easy listening while driving to work. Audrey is a South African Canadian storyteller and writer who has traveled to 41 countries. Some of the stories are in Afrikaans, Audrey's first language.
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Bryan Air
Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck. We translate them first. The aviation industry talks endlessly about pay, type ratings, and seniority. We talk about what actually matters; can you earn a decent living, fly a well-maintained aircraft, and still be home enough to watch your kids grow up? Bryan Air delivers straight-talking analysis on the business of aviation, career intelligence, and the reality of life on the line. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed, so you see what's coming before it hits the crew briefing. We go where most aviation media won't, into the mental health pressures that come with long days, contracts far from home, and the conversations that pilots need to have but rarely do. We believe the next generation of aviators needs more than a type rating, they need career strategy, business literacy, and the confidence to lead in an industry that is changing faster than most people appreciate. Hosted by Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock. South African honesty. No corporate spin. No fluff. Just clarity on the business, the career, and life on the line. 260+ episodes | Listeners in 40+ countries | #1 Management Podcast in South Africa



