African Tales

African Tales is a British flash animated children's television series based in Africa and aimed at 3 to 6-year-olds. It was commissioned by the BBC for its 4kids channel African Tales was produced in Kenya by Kenyaboy Animation, a studio of approximately 50 people. The music is produced by Kenyan singer-songwriter Eric Wainaina. The series comprises 55 episodes.

The series was first created at the London-based Tiger Escape Productions, while travelling through Africa. The first three episodes premiered on the BBC website in early February 2010. The rights have been bought by Entertainment Rights (which in 2009 as Classic Media, then in 2012 it was renamed into DreamWorks Classics, and  became the property of Universal Television in 2016).

Synopsis

African Tales is centered on various animated animals and employs music, and colorful imagery to tell African folk tales about the origins of animals, all narrated by a Red Monkey and to answer questions such as Why do Monkeys swing in trees and Flamingos stand on one leg

Characters

Main Characters

Red Monkey (Voiced By Eugene Muchiri) he is the narrator of all episodes

Elephant (Voiced By Lenny Henry)

Lion (Voiced By Patrice Naiambana)

Hippo (Voiced By Johnnie Fiori)

Kingfisher (Voiced By Tameka Empson)

Tortoise (Voiced By Shaun Parkes)

Orange Monkey (Voiced By Ben Spybey)

Yellow Monkey (Voiced By Faraaz Meghani)

African Characters

Buffalo (Voiced By Lenny Henry)

Bat (Voiced By Prince Abura)

Frog (Voiced By Wakanyote Njuguna)

Warthog (Voiced By Kennie Andrews)

Hedgehog (Voiced By Simon Gregson)

Crocodile (Voiced By Edward Kwach)

Chameleon (Voiced By Patrick Kayeki)

Hare (Voiced By Felix Dexter)

Vulture (Voiced By Felix Dexter)

Giraffe (Voiced By Miriam Margolyes)

Lizard (Voiced By Junior Simpson)

Eagle (Voiced By Ninia Benjamin)

Beetle (Voiced By Ninia Benjamin)

Moth (Voiced By Ninia Benjamin)

Bushbaby (Voiced By Bhumi Patel)

Cheetah (Voiced By Angelina Koinange)

Cubs (Voiced By Tracy Rabar, Mikayla Odera, Cullie Ruto)

Snake (Voiced By Johnny Daukes)

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