African short stories

African boy reading
African boy reading (Flickr/Celestial Meeker)

In 1982, Radio Netherlands’ Transcription Service produced a number of African short stories. Most of them have survived. A number of them were later (in 1985) also broadast in our regular transmissions to Africa.

  • The Fig Tree
    By: Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenya
    Reader: Elizabeth Adare
    Produced and directed by: Jumoke Debayo

  • The False Prophet
    By: Sembène Ousmane, Senegal (1923-2007)
    Reader: Luis Mahoney
    Produced and directed by: Jumoke Debayo

  • The Cheapest Nights
    By: Yusuf Idris, Egypt (1927-1991)
    Reader: Nadim Sawalha
    Produced and directed by: Jumoke Debayo

  • Black Skin, White Mask
    By: Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe (1952-1987)
    Reader: Luis Mahoney
    Produced and directed by: Jumoke Debayo

  • Emuakpor
    By: Isidore Ikpkewho, Nigeria (1941-2016)
    Reader: George Browne
    Produced and directed by: Jumoke Debayo

  • The Old Must Go
    By: Peggy Appiah, Ghana (1921-2006)
    Reader: Eliabeth Adare
    Produced and directed by Jumoke Debayo

  • Azikwekelwa
    By: James Matthews, South Africa
    Reader: George Browne
    Produced and directed by Jumoke Debayo

  • African Trombone
    By: Xolile Guma, Swaziland
    Reader: Alex Tetteh-Lartey
    Produced and directed by Jumoke Debayo

  • The Mad Woman
    By: Sarief Easmon (Sierra Leone)
    Reader: Willie Jonah
    Produced and directed by Jumoke Debayo

  • The Bilal’s fourth wife
    By: Sembène Ousmane, Senegal (1923-2007)
    Reader: Luis Mahoney
    Produced and directed by: Jumoke Debayo