Africa Fairy Tales

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    • By: John Steptoe
    • Narrated by: Terry Alexander
    • Length: 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • This memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe.

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    • By: J. A. White
    • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
    • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 376 ratings
    • A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling....

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    • By: Tracey Baptiste
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Series: The Jumbies, Book 2
    • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home....

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    • Legacy of Orisha, Book 2
    • By: Tomi Adeyemi
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Series: Legacy of Orïsha, Book 2
    • Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,543 ratings
    • After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could’ve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too....

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    • By: Zora Neale Hurston
    • Narrated by: Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis
    • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 11-18-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 97 ratings
    • Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s....

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    • By: Nnedi Okorafor
    • Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
    • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
    • Award-winning Nnedi Okorafor, acclaimed for her Akata novels, introduces a new and engaging hero in her first novel for middle-grade listeners set against a richly textured background of contemporary Nigeria....

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    • By: Zora Neale Hurston
    • Narrated by: Ruby Dee
    • Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 12-16-99
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 369 ratings
    • In Mules and Men, some of the rich cultural heritage of black America is revealed and preserved....

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    • A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2
    • By: Kwame Mbalia
    • Narrated by: Amir Abdullah
    • Series: Rick Riordan Presents, Tristan Strong Series, Book 2
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 335 ratings
    • Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there's no rest for the weary when his grandmother is abducted by a mysterious villain out for revenge....

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    • By: Nalo Hopkinson
    • Narrated by: Ron Butler
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The magical island of Chynchin is facing conquerors from abroad and something sinister from within in this entrancing fantasy from the Grand Master Award–winning author Nalo Hopkinson....

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    • By: Morgan Jerkins
    • Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 393 ratings
    • Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old, powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the source of their healing power....

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    • By: Nicky Drayden
    • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 291 ratings
    • In South Africa, the future looks promising. Personal robots are making life easier for the working class. The government is harnessing renewable energy to provide infrastructure for the poor....

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    • Scarlet Odyssey, Book 1
    • By: C. T. Rwizi
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Korey Jackson, Robin Eller, Kimberly Woods, Susan Dalian
    • Series: Scarlet Odyssey, Book 1
    • Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • Men do not become mystics. They become warriors. But eighteen-year-old Salo has never been good at conforming to his tribe’s expectations. For as long as he can remember, he has loved books and magic in a culture where such things are considered unmanly....

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    • A Novel (The Tainted Blood Duology, Book 2)
    • By: Ehigbor Okosun
    • Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
    • Series: The Tainted Blood Duology, Book 2
    • Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The spellbinding conclusion to the international bestseller Forged by Blood delves deeper into Nigerian mythology as the Oluso uprising comes to a head…and the young woman caught in between comes to her breaking point.

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    • A Kenyan Folk Tale
    • By: April Lesher
    • Narrated by: Michael Gillick
    • Length: 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-24
    • Language: English
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    • The bad-tempered sultan of Kenya is angry because a peasant boy's garden will grow, while his own will not. The boy Imani teaches him that feeding the plants meat of the tongue—singing, laughter, and love—will help them to grow.

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    • By: Chikodili Emelumadu
    • Narrated by: Precious Mustapha, Tara Tijani
    • Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Girl with the Louding Voice meets The Water Dancer in this magical, award-winning literary debut that offers a new take on West African mythology....

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