57 episodes

Welcome to Legendary Africa! Your gateway into the mythical, magical and legendary world of the African continent. Join Theshira as she encounters dragons, witches, fairies and magicians, listens to stories about demigods, boy heroes and dragon slaying princesses, runs from ogres, ghosts, vampires and werehyenas, and goes searching for Egyptian treasure! Brought to you by fur-writers, Hestia the Dawg and Athena the Doggo, of the award winning Canine Creative & Co. Proudly a member of Straight Up Strange Productions.
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Legendary Africa Theshira & Rashalia Pather

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 32 Ratings

Welcome to Legendary Africa! Your gateway into the mythical, magical and legendary world of the African continent. Join Theshira as she encounters dragons, witches, fairies and magicians, listens to stories about demigods, boy heroes and dragon slaying princesses, runs from ogres, ghosts, vampires and werehyenas, and goes searching for Egyptian treasure! Brought to you by fur-writers, Hestia the Dawg and Athena the Doggo, of the award winning Canine Creative & Co. Proudly a member of Straight Up Strange Productions.
#staylegendary

    Episode 31: Mohammed with the Magic Finger

    Episode 31: Mohammed with the Magic Finger

    Hello Legends! Today, I am narrating a tale called Mohammed with the Magic Finger from Andrew Lang's Fairy books. It's a bit of an odd but enjoyable one. Mohammed is a little boy with extraordinary powers and intelligence. And his family is not all that ordinary either....

    #staylegendary



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    Source:  Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

    Music credits

    Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)

    Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) or from YouTube Audio Library

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    Sound effects from freesound.org

    Logo: Made by yours truly on Canva

    • 35 min
    Episode 30: Four Animal Tales from South Africa

    Episode 30: Four Animal Tales from South Africa

    Hello Legends! Today, I am narrating four Animal folktales from South Africa! We meet several of the Ant clans, a unique Monkey who fights for justice with the help of his fiddle, a Tiger (aka Lion) who is scared of a Ram, and a boastful Lion who learns some important lessons about Man. #staylegendary



    A quick note: the source for these tales was published in 1910 and thus contains some outdated and, potentially, offensive words. I am in no way endorsing the use of these words but I think that these tales should still be told as long as we acknowledge that some of the language used are no longer and should no longer be acceptable. The purpose of my podcast is to entertain, relax, and inform listeners of African-based tales – due to years and years of colonisation, African lore has been corrupted. I hope that by telling these tales, even if they do come from 'white, colonial' sources, people will become interested in the original tales and take some time to find out more about the cultures they belong to and the people to whom the stories originally belonged.



    Another quick note: My good friend Dustin from Stories Sandman Presents told some tales from this book as well. His podcast is simply delightful and I highly recommend you give him a listen.



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    Source:  South African Folk-Tales by James Honey (1910)

    Music credits

    Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)

    Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) or from YouTube Audio Library

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Sound effects from freesound.org

    Logo: Made by yours truly on Canva

    • 17 min
    Episode 29: The Heart of a Monkey (or A Washerman's Donkey)

    Episode 29: The Heart of a Monkey (or A Washerman's Donkey)

    Hello Legends! Today's tale is called The Heart of a Monkey. In this tale, Monkey and Shark become unlikely friends but all is not what it seems...and what on earth does a Washerman's Donkey have to do with it?? #staylegendary



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    Source: The Lilac Fairy Book⁠ by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1910)

    Music credits

    Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)

    Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    Sound effects from freesound.org

    Logo: Made by yours truly on Canva

    • 20 min
    Legendary Africa Update!

    Legendary Africa Update!

    Heya you Legends!



    Legendary Africa is back! It's been a long long time but my disembodied voice will be back regularly in your ears. These will not be weekly episodes necessarily as life is far too hectic for that, but they will be more often and regular than in these last few months. Enjoy listening to African lore and, as always, feel free to reach out on Twitter, Instagram or via email!



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    • 2 min
    Episode 28: Fighting Fate - Ancient Egypt

    Episode 28: Fighting Fate - Ancient Egypt

    Hello Legends and welcome back to Legendary Africa! Today, we travel to ancient Egypt to learn about a prince who is fated to die. 

    #staylegendary

    Podcast feature: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia – listen here 

    Timestamps

    00:00:00 - Episode start

    00:01:43 - Intro

    00:02:12 - The Birth of a Pharaoh 

    00:14:58 - Enter Ramesses

    00:20:39 - Khuenaten Risks Fate

    00:25:55 - Princess Meketaten 

    00:35:17 - The Crocodile

    00:42:51 - The Cobra

    00:45:40 - A Way Out

    00:54:46 - Dog

    00:56:15 - The End

    00:56:38 - Comments

    00:58:11 - Podcast feature: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia

    01:00:20 - Outro and credits

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    Sources

    The Brown Fairy Book (1904) by Andrew Lang

    Music credits

    Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)

    "Ibn Al-Noor" and "Return of the Mummy"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    African Drums (Sting) by Twin Musicom 

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    Sound effects from freesound.org

    Logo: Made by yours truly on Canva

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 27: Jackal Tales - Trickery Runs in the Family

    Episode 27: Jackal Tales - Trickery Runs in the Family

    Hello Legends and welcome back to Legendary Africa! Today, I have some tricky tales from Jackal and his sons. Our first tale follows Jackal himself and a rather unfortunate encounter with Tortoise. Our second tale follows Jackal’s eldest son, Jackal the elder, who tricks the mightiest creatures one after the other until he is brought to a crushing stop by an unlikely beast. Lastly, we meet Jackal’s youngest son, Jackal the younger, who messes with the wrong sheep.

    #staylegendary

    Podcast feature: History of Africa podcast - listen here

    Timestamps

    00:00:00 - Episode start

    00:01:26 - Intro

    00:03:13 - Jackal and Tortoise

    00:14:25 - Jackal the elder's tricky deeds

    00:31:17 - Jackal and Sheep

    00:39:17 - Story comments

    00:41:11 - Podcast feature: History of Africa podcast

    00:42:18 - Outro and credits

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    Sources

    The Grey Fairy Book (1900) and The Orange Fairy Book (1906) by Andrew Lang

    Music credits

    Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)

    'Africa' by Liborio Conti - find his amazing music here

    Sound effects from freesound.org 

    Logo: Made by yours truly on Canva

    • 44 min

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Theshira and Rashalia brought a lot of wonderful tales from the continent of Africa. Stories that would never have come into my world withouth their knowledge and warm storytelling style. I hope that Theshira "Doc" Pather continues on with the podcast and continues to bring amazing stories from the continent that she loves so much. Great for a spooky tale and an insight into what people fear and hope for. A wonderful podcast

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I really enjoyed this podcast. The way the story was told held my attention very detailed I could almost see what was being described. I will be back to listen to more ✌🏼❣️~Lydia
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