Folktales from Sudan

Hana Baba
  • 4.8 (124)
  • Stories for Kids

Stories from Sudanese folklore for the whole family, told by award-winning public radio journalist and storyteller Hana Baba Folktales from Sudan is the first audio storytelling podcast bringing the fairytales of Sudan to global audiences. The stories use original music, sound design and sing alongs, exposing kids to the heritage of a culture they may know little about,  through immersive narrative storytelling. Folktales from Sudan has been featured by the BBC, NPR, OkayAfrica, and was named a 2025  Best Podcast for Kids by The Podcast Academy’s Ambie Awards. 

  1. 1d ago

    See you in Season 3!

    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 with these folktales. We have reached the end of second season, but we will be back for Season 3-  in the meantime stay connected with us on social media- we’re on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok at Folktales from Sudan.  🎉 We have some FUN things coming SOON - follow our socials to stay updated! 👨🏽‍🦱👩🏾 People have been asking us how they can help support the podcast. If you’d like to join the Folktales from Sudan family as a supporter to help keep the stories coming, you can make a donation on our fundraising page- buymeacoffee.com/folktalesfromsudan 🖼️ 🎤🎶 We have a wonderful production team and all donations will go directly into producing upcoming seasons- from buying original music tracks to our episode art, to the amazing sound design and audio engineering.  🎧  And please continue to enjoy the stories, share them with your friends and family, and you can always email us at folktalesfromsudan@gmail.com -we would LOVE to hear from you!  📧  😊 See you in the next season! Maslaama! Support the show

  2. 2d ago

    Basma's Riddle

    👸🏽 A Queen who is loved across the kingdom begins to wonder: are her people truly happy… or just afraid to speak honestly around her? 🤔 🧕🏾 One night, disguised as an ordinary woman, she secretly leaves the palace to search for the truth.. 🪡🧵 She meets a simple seamstress named Basma- who has a riddle that  changes the way the Queen sees her kingdom- forever... ❓What is it? What happens next? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 🙏🏽 Special thanks to Akram Ahmed Almustafa for blessing our use of the classic song Aldunya Tahhla- lyrics by Hassan Awad Aboulela, melody and performance by the late great Ustath Ahmed Almustafa.  🎶 Many thanks to my friend Manal Abdelhalim for lending her beautiful singing voice to this story 📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller ✅ Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ #sudan #sudankidsstories #sudanesestories #kidsstories #kidspodcast #bedtimestories #storiesforkids #podcast #africanstories #folktales #fairytales Support the show

    Basma's Riddle

  3. Aug 15

    Bantar the Frog

    🐸 Bantar the Frog was used to a lush life of swimming, relaxing, and doing exactly what she wanted. 💅 🦔 Then she met Hassaan the Hedgehog and they got married! 💕  🧹🍳 But her new life came with housework she wasn't used to..   🥁 When she complains to her father, it turns into a full-blown hilarious, musical frog vs. hedgehog showdown- and everyone learns a lesson!  🐸 🥁 🦔 ❓ What happens next?  Listen to this funny animal folktale find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 🙏🏽 Special thanks to Atif Elbaghir, Alaa Elbagir, and Shima Elbagir for their help with this story! 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ Support the show

    Bantar the Frog

  4. Aug 8

    The Elixir of Life

    🍯 The Elixir of Life  👑 A powerful king gets sick, and his three sons set off on an epic journey to find a cure. 🍯 They travel in search of the magic healing potion Ikseer Alhayaa -  the Elixir of Life   👵🏾 But along the way, a mysterious old woman keeps showing up.. 👀 And before long, the brothers discover that this journey is testing much more than their courage. ❓ What happens next?  Listen to this epic adventure to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller ✅ Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ Support the show

    The Elixir of Life

  5. Aug 2

    The Two Jackals

    🦊 🦊 Two jackal cousins live completely different lives. 🏙️ One lives in a busy city filled with comfort and treats.. 🌵The other lives out in the harsh desert wilderness..  🔄 When the desert jackal visits the city, he loves it!  And he convinces his cousin to trade places with him... 👌🏽 At first, it seems like the perfect deal! 😐 But things don’t go quite the way either of them expected…  🎧What happens ? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ #kidsstories #kidspodcast #bedtimestories #storiesforkids #podcast  #folktales #fairytales Support the show

    The Two Jackals

  6. Jul 26

    Aziza the Princess Bride

    👸🏽 Princess Aziza marries a prince chosen by her father, and leaves home to begin her new life in the prince's grand palace..  🚪 The palace has dozens of rooms-  all filled with treasures!  But the prince tells Aziza: you may enter any room  -  except one.  👀 At first, Aziza tries to ignore her curiosity.. 🔑 But one day, she decides to find out what’s in the forbidden room. 🎧 What happens next? Listen to find out!  *Note: this story may be a bit scary for our younger listeners, so take care. 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ #sudan #sudankidsstories #sudanesestories #kidsstories #kidspodcast #bedtimestories #storiesforkids #podcast #africanstories #folktales #fairytales Support the show

    Aziza the Princess Bride

  7. Jul 19

    The Magic Forest

    🌳 A woodcutter discovers a forest filled with tall Baan trees and thinks, ‘I can be rich!’ 🪓 During the day, he cuts the trees down… but overnight, they mysteriously grow back..  🌙  One night, he decides to stay awake to find out who - or what - is restoring the forest.. ❓ Who is it? What happens next?  🎧 Listen to find out!  🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 🙏🏽 Special thanks to my aunt Sohair Elbagir for telling me this story  📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ Support the show

    The Magic Forest

  8. Jul 11

    The Friendship Test

    🫅🏾 Everyone wants to be friends with the young Prince Mahmoud, and he really wants to find a good friend to play with.. ❓But how can he know who likes him only for his wealth -  and who is a real, true friend?  👸🏽 His mother, the Queen, has an idea to help:  a test that will show him who his real friends are..  🥚 ❓What is it? What happens next? Listen to find out! 🎧 🎬 Thanks to our Production Team: ✨ Storyteller: Hana Baba 🎼 Music: Ramy Elbaghir, Mohamed Jamal, Ahmed Alejail, Hassan Rabei and Khalid Almahi 🎨 Episode Art: Waddah Eltahir 🎧 Sound Design: Seth Samuel 📝 Story Consultant & Editor: Nawal Gaafar 📖 Folktales from Sudan is dedicated to: Elbagir Gaafar, our beloved family storyteller Hit that subscribe button so you never miss a tale! 📲 Follow the Fun! Join the adventure on social media: @FolktalesFromSudan 🙌 Big love to our listeners! Thank you for keeping these stories alive with us. Make sure to listen to all the stories in our series Folktales from Sudan! Until then—Yalla, masalama! ❤️ #sudan #familytime #stories #storytime #kidsstories #kidspodcast #bedtimestories #storiesforkids #podcast #africanstories #folktales #fairytales Support the show

    The Friendship Test
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Stories from Sudanese folklore for the whole family, told by award-winning public radio journalist and storyteller Hana Baba Folktales from Sudan is the first audio storytelling podcast bringing the fairytales of Sudan to global audiences. The stories use original music, sound design and sing alongs, exposing kids to the heritage of a culture they may know little about,  through immersive narrative storytelling. Folktales from Sudan has been featured by the BBC, NPR, OkayAfrica, and was named a 2025  Best Podcast for Kids by The Podcast Academy’s Ambie Awards. 

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  • Creator
    Hana Baba
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Folktales from Sudan
  • Show Website
    Folktales from Sudan

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