African Storytelling Course
This course equips learners with the skills to respectfully adapt African oral storytelling traditions into modern digital formats, emphasizing cultural sensitivity, ethical research, and engaging narrative techniques through hands-on projects.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The African Storytelling Course provides practical tools to adapt oral traditions for modern media with accuracy and respect. Learn key genres, performance elements, and themes, then apply close listening, targeted research, and cultural consultation. Build ethical, engaging narratives for web, social media, and podcasts, and complete a guided project with clear workflows, feedback rubrics, and polished deliverables.
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Develop skills
- Research authentic African tales: fast, credible, respectful sourcing.
- Adapt oral traditions to podcasts, web articles, and social media stories.
- Write culturally sensitive narratives that avoid stereotypes and appropriation.
- Use proverbs, call-and-response, and rhythm to enrich modern storytelling.
- Plan, draft, and self-edit a polished short project with clear ethical credits.
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