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Hosted by Theshira Pather · society · EN
Welcome to Legendary Africa! Your gateway into the mythical, magical and legendary world of the African continent. Join Theshira as she encounters dragons, witches, fairies and magicians, listens to stories about demigods, boy heroes and dragon slaying princesses, runs from ogres, ghosts, vampires and werehyenas, and goes searching for Egyptian treasure! Brought to you by fur-writers, Hestia the Dawg and Athena the Doggo, of the award winning Canine Creative & Co. #staylegendary
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Legendary Africa! Your gateway into the mythical, magical and legendary world of the African continent. Join Theshira as she encounters dragons, witches, fairies and magicians, listens to stories about demigods, boy heroes and dragon slaying princesses, runs from ogres, ghosts, vampires and werehyenas, and goes searching for Egyptian treasure!
Legendary Africa is hosted by Theshira Pather. The show has published 56 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 23: Highway Sheila - South Africa" (29 December 2025, 12 minutes), "Episode 31: Mohammed with the Magic Finger" (21 August 2023, 36 minutes), and "Episode 30: Four Animal Tales from South Africa" (5 June 2023, 18 minutes).
Legendary Africa publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 56 episodes.
Booking probability for Legendary Africa is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Legendary Africa requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Legendary Africa's contact route on record: verified email.
Theshira Pather hosts Legendary Africa, a society podcast with 56 episodes published.
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Episode #23
Hello Legends and welcome back to Mzanzi! Today, we head to Chatsworth, Durban in KwaZulu-Natal (my birthplace!) to uncover the horrific and dark legend of Highway Sheila! * CONTENT WARNING * Please note that this...
Episode #31
Hello Legends! Today, I am narrating a tale called Mohammed with the Magic Finger from Andrew Lang's Fairy books. It's a bit of an odd but enjoyable one. Mohammed is a little boy with extraordinary powers and...
Hello Legends! Today, I am narrating four Animal folktales from South Africa! We meet several of the Ant clans, a unique Monkey who fights for justice with the help of his fiddle, a Tiger (aka Lion) who is scared of a...
Hello Legends! Today's tale is called The Heart of a Monkey. In this tale, Monkey and Shark become unlikely friends but all is not what it seems...and what on earth does a Washerman's Donkey have to do with it...
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Heya you Legends! Legendary Africa is back! It's been a long long time but my disembodied voice will be back regularly in your ears. These will not be weekly episodes necessarily as life is far too hectic for that, but...
Episode #27
Hello Legends and welcome back to Legendary Africa! Today, we travel to ancient Egypt to learn about a prince who is fated to die. #staylegendary Podcast feature: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia – listen here...
Hello Legends and welcome back to Legendary Africa! Today, I have some tricky tales from Jackal and his sons. Our first tale follows Jackal himself and a rather unfortunate encounter with Tortoise. Our second tale...
Episode #26
Helloo Legends and welcome to Legendary Africa! Today, fresh outta hiatus, I am bringing two delightful tales from Congo folklore straight to your ear canal! Our first story tells the tale of two brothers and their...
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Hello and welcome back to Legendary Africa! And a warm welcome to any new listeners! I am coming to you straight from Edinburgh, Scotland, and cannot wait to bring you more African myths, legends, and lore. Who knows...
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Legendary Africa is your African myth, legend, and lore podcast! Join me as we delve into magical stories from the magnificent African continent. Stay safe, stay sexy, and stay Legendary!
Greetings Legends and welcome to Legendary Africa! Today, I bring you three monsterific, marvellous and monstrous tales from the Hausa, the Fang and the Guji Oromo! Join me as we meet the astonishing Zankallala, a tiny...
Episode #24
Hello Legends! Today we are travelling south of the Nile to hear about how Samba, a handsome, strong, and kind prince became Samba the Coward and found himself in self-exile in another kingdom. There he meets a great...
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Happy Birthday Legendary Africa! It is the podcast's first birthday. 1 year since we started the podcast, and how the world and my life has changed. One thing is for sure: I am proud of how Legendary Africa has...
Episode #22
Welcome Legends! Today, we learn all about Jackal and his various (mis)adventures! This episode is very special to me as my dear friend and fantastic fellow podcaster, Dustin Steichmann, host of Sandman Stories...
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Hi Legends! I have a very special episode for you today. I am joined by none other than the fabulous host of The Faerie Folk podcast! A folklore enthusiast who runs an amazing podcast about all things faerie, she and I...
Hi Legends! Welcome back to Season 2 of Legendary Africa! Today we go to Zanzibar to hear about the Islamic-influenced tale of a heroic horse, a wise apprentice and a wicked magician. Straight Up Strange Productions...
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Welcome back to Season 2 of Legendary Africa! I have some personal news and talk a bit about Season 2. Season 2 launches 8th February 2021! #staylegendary Featured: Joshua Gillingham, author of The...
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Hi Legends. This is a tribute to my late aunt - someone who was like my second mother - and an announcement about the end of Season 1 of Legendary Africa. Thank you so much for all the support during this season. I will...
Episode #20
Hi Legends! Happy December! Today, we’re talking about the Xhosa legend revolving around the Hole in the Wall. This is an actual rock formation in the Eastern Cape. My story is inspired and based on the legend - hope...
Hi Legends! I have another simply amazing bonus episode for you. I am delighted and excited to welcome onto the show, Joshua Gillingham! He is the author of The Gatewatch, a novel inspired by Norse myths and Icelandic...
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