Podcasts have become a vital space for Indigenous Peoples to reclaim their narratives, revitalize languages, and share cultural knowledge on their own terms. For African Indigenous creators, they serve as platforms for sustaining ancestral wisdom, amplifying oral traditions, and strengthening cultural identity while making these stories accessible to global audiences.
These podcasts not only strengthen Indigenous languages and folklore but also provide tools for education, healing, advocacy, and intergenerational connection. On International Podcast Day (September 30), check out these podcasts!
1. The Indigenous Corner with Gogo Zipho
The Indigenous Corner with Gogo Zipho is hosted by healer, writer, and cultural commentator Gogo Zipho Dolamo. Each episode explores African spirituality, ancestral wisdom, land justice, healing, and cultural identity, creating a space to unpack and celebrate Indigenous knowledge systems.
2. Being Masaai: Tell Me Your Story - Une histoire autochtone
In this episode of Tell Me Your Story – Une histoire autochtone, Jimmy Lemara invites listeners into his life in the Maasai Mara, sharing intimate reflections on his heritage, the landscape he calls home, and the deep relationship between his people and wildlife.
Epokothweni is a podcast conducted in IsiXhosa, South Africa’s second most spoken language, that seeks to make personal finance content accessible to speakers of Indigenous African languages. Hosted by Babalwa Nonkenge, the show uses inclusive, community-centered language to discuss financial stewardship, empowerment, and economic participation in a culturally relevant way.
Griot Amon Mazingo explores the tales of the Afro and Indigenous people created in the Americas and Caribbean. If you want more stories based on the Indigenous people and those of the African diaspora this is the show for you.
5. The Maasai Chronicles (Hadithi)
This episode immerses listeners in the world of the Maasai people, one of Africa’s most iconic Indigenous Tribes, through stories that highlight their traditions, community life, and contemporary challenges. It’s part of the Hadithi podcast, which gives voice to African oral narratives, folklore, and cultural heritage from the perspectives of people who live by them.
