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Written By: Caroline Nderitu
English
Written By: Valerie Oleta Gomo
English
Written By: Swatee Cunniah
French
Written By: Jessica Belombre
French
Written By: Scholar A. Orayo
English
Written By: Joshua Mutinda Mutisya
English
Written By: Bizmohun Lebrasse Serenza
French
Written By: Miguel Ouana
Portuguese
Written By: Ekilah Ndung’u
English
Written By: May Odhiambo
English
Written By: Nchimunya Mainza Mutyambe
English
Written By: Liesa Bidali
English
Written By: Sandrine Beauharnais
French
Written By: Fred Onyari Muchina
English
Written By: Liesa Bidali
English
Written By: Fardeenah Bacsou
English
Written By: Anusha Deenanath-Mauguret
English
Written By: Nyang’au Enock
English
Written By: Mo Nyarinda
English
Written By: Joshua Muthaura Mururu
English
Written By: João Baptista Caetano
Portuguese
Written By: Sylvia Jepkorir
English
Written By: Naomi Wambui Maina
English
Written By: Anshi Ratnabye Saminaden
English
Written By: Jabali K. Mubugua
English
Written By: Zeenat Fugurally
English
Written By: Caroline Mwaniki
English
Written By: Faith Shali
Kiswahili
Written By: Evans Kipruto Cherop
English
Written By: Beverley N. Nsengiyunva
English
Written By: Munaa Samia
Kiswahili
Written By: Anne Kerubo
French
Written By: Francis Muriuki
English
Written By: Nchimunya Mwenda
English
Written By: Angela Njeri Muathe
English
Written By: Naomi Wambui Maina
English
Written By: Wangui Mwenda
English
Written By: Farida Machiy
English
Written By: Christine Ahfat
French
Written By: Clotildes L. Massingue
Portuguese
Written By: Cecilia Wambui
English
Written By: Fatemazahra Muraj
English
Written By: Mwende Stardust
English
Written By: Shailendra Kumar Phokeerdass
English
Written By: Caroline Nyambura Mwaniki
English
Written By: David Kuria
English
Written By: Oushmita Sumboo
English
Written By: Laetitia Emilie Nolan
French
Written By: Douglas Nzinga
Kiswahili
Written By: Joseph Obonyo
English
Written By: Elvina Daniel
French
Written By: Christine Ahfat
English
Written By: Francis Muriuki
English
Written By: Caroline Nderitu
English
Written By: Simon Muriuki
English
Written By: Rosey Sembatsya
English
Written By: Fatma Salim Bajaber
English
Written By: Pamela Kawira
English
Written By: Diana Lewis Hodson
English
Written By: Linet Atieno
Kiswahili
Written By: Beatrice I. Syarra
English
Written By: Sailesh Teeluck
French
Written By: Kemuma Makana
Kiswahili
Written By: Rachel Lo Hun
French
Written By: Douglas Nzinga Majaliwa
Kiswahili
Written By: Annastancia Anyango Kwete
Kiswahili
Written By: Stanley Munyiri
English
Written By: Judy L. Nyakio
English
Written By: Steven Oduor
English
Written By: Chester Simon Chomba
English
Written By: Anne Sophie Piat
French
Written By: Stanley Mbugua Gitau
Kiswahili
Written By: Rauma Imrit
French
Written By: Cecilia Wangui
English
Written By: Munaa Samia
Kiswahili
Written By: Hilda Nyanchama Achoki
English
Written By: Emily Gitau
Kiswahili
Written By: Ijieza H. Kimani
Kiswahili
Written By: Essie A. Odhiambo
English
Written By: Beatrice Ivy Syarra
English
Written By: James Kariuki Njoroge
English
Written By: Diana Silandrie
English
The Cadbury campaign “Give a generous voice to story time” aims to improve the balancing act of parenthood and other obligations by emphasizing the significance of prioritizing quality time with loved ones. It does so by creating an audio library of authentic African stories, enabling children to listen and connect with narratives that truly reflect their society.
2/3 Kenyan parents feel they need to spend more quality time with their children. We at Cadbury want to change this. We want to reprioritize moments of connection through story time by making it a ritual.
The campaign covers Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, and Mauritius which are the ROA markets for Cadbury.
To generously support parents who feel like they don’t spend enough time with their children and inspire them to get involved in creating an audio library of 85 audio books, which will be available to families across Africa.
Multiple audio story submissions will be permitted subject to each entry being submitted separately and in accordance with entry requirements.
The authors whose stories were published were each compensated Kshs.20,000 which was determined by the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO).
The ‘Give a generous Voice to Storytime’ campaign aims at collecting culturally relevant audiobooks available to our children by re-establishing those moments of connection between families. This campaign is not intended or designed to generate any commercial benefits for us.
The audio books are currently available on the Cadbury Dairy Milk ‘Give a generous voice to Storytime’ virtual library and are accessible to anyone who would like to download a story.
From the recordings received from contributors, the publisher, Sisi Afrika, will then select 85 audiobooks as the final submissions.
The final audio stories or recordings selected are only those that will be deemed appropriate for children under the age of ten (10) years.
Sisi Afrika is our publishing partner, and they will be creating the final Homegrown audio stories from consumer audio submissions. For more information on this partner, visit https://www.sisiafrika.com/.