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...

Dassie’s Tale

Explore this isiXhosa folktale about discovering your talents.…. Listen to a storytelling AUDIO: Click here Read the story as an E-BOOK: Click here for English; here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Watch a storytelling VIDEO/PHOTO’S/PICTURES:  Click here for...

River of Life

An African fairy tale about a rural tribe and a special princess.…. 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 English; here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Watch a...

When Lion Had Wings

Go on an adventure into this Khoekhoe folktale about magic.…. 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 English; here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa. Watch a...

Python and the Qunube Tree

Explore this Swazi folktale about the clever tortoise…… 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 in English; here for Afrikaans and here for isiXhosa....