Elephants Come Home

Elephants Come Home

Elephants Come Home AKA Ouma Olifant / Makhulu Indlovu explores how elephants heal the wounds of the past and re-establish their bonds to humans, to their heritage and to their environment. The story is told from the point of view of a family of elephants. The family...
Hoerikwaggo

Hoerikwaggo

Hoerikwaggo tells the story of Knuckles and Smiley, two young baboons who are sent on an adventure from their home in Cape Point all the way to Table Mountain, on a quest to return a human baby to its family. Leaving the safety of their range, the trailblazing baboons...

Introduction to Resources

Welcome to our resources! Watch a video of JTC’s Artistic Director Vincent Meyburgh introducing the “Jungle Keeps Telling Stories” campaign here. We have a number of exciting ways for you and your children/ learners to enjoy all the folktales we use to create our...

Mantis and the Bee

Discover this /Xam folktale about the origin of life………. Listen to a storytelling AUDIO: Click here for English, here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Read the story as an E-BOOK: Click here for English; here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Watch a...
Bongi Bird

Bongi Bird

Healthy Bird was born during Covid when it was performed to children keeping waiting in cues at soup kitchens and at ECD’s to keep them entertained, teach them about social distancing and wearing masks. The adapted show called Bongi Bird involves a fun and...