This is just the start of our journey- to create, print, distribute and offer inspiration with relatable stories. This will reprioritize moments of connection between families and help children fall in love with stories told to them in authentic African voices.
Bizmohun Lebrasse Serenza
French
Anshi Ratnabye Saminaden
English
Anne Kerubo
French
Fred Onyari Muchina
English
Stanley Munyiri
English
Jessica Belombre
French
Naomi Wambui Maina
English
Anne Sophie Piat
French
Diana Silandrie
English
Rachel Lo Hun
French
Valerie Oleta Gomo
English
Stanley Mbugua Gitau
Kiswahili
Liesa Bidali
English
Shailendra Kumar Phokeerdass
English
Judy L. Nyakio
English
Christine Ahfat
French
Sandrine Beauharnais
French
Joshua Mutinda Mutisya
English
Fatma Salim Bajaber
English
Farida Machiy
English
Munaa Samia
Kiswahili
Diana Lewis Hodson
English
Oushmita Sumboo
English
Steven Oduor
English
Pamela Kawira
English
Chester Simon Chomba
English
David Kuria
English
João Baptista Caetano
Portuguese
Essie A. Odhiambo
English
Sailesh Teeluck
French
Beverley N. Nsengiyunva
English
Mo Nyarinda
English
Nchimunya Mwenda
English
Jabali K. Mubugua
English
Faith Shali
Kiswahili
Douglas Nzinga Majaliwa
Kiswahili
Beatrice Ivy Syarra
English
Mwende Stardust
English
Joshua Muthaura Mururu
English
Francis Muriuki
English
Annastancia Anyango Kwete
Kiswahili
Kemuma Makana
Kiswahili
Elvina Daniel
French
Munaa Samia
Kiswahili
Caroline Nderitu
English
Zeenat Fugurally
English
Cecilia Wambui
English
Rosey Sembatsya
English
Miguel Ouana
Portuguese
Ijieza H. Kimani
Kiswahili
Sylvia Jepkorir
English
Clotildes L. Massingue
Portuguese
Scholar A. Orayo
English
Ekilah Ndung’u
English
James Kariuki Njoroge
English
Beatrice I. Syarra
English
Joseph Obonyo
English
Emily Gitau
Kiswahili
Caroline Nderitu
English
Wangui Mwenda
English
Naomi Wambui Maina
English
Cecilia Wangui
English
Caroline Nyambura Mwaniki
English
Linet Atieno
Kiswahili
May Odhiambo
English
Anusha Deenanath-Mauguret
English
Angela Njeri Muathe
English
Simon Muriuki
English
Nchimunya Mainza Mutyambe
English
Nyang’au Enock
English
Fardeenah Bacsou
English
Laetitia Emilie Nolan
French
Fatemazahra Muraj
English
Christine Ahfat
English
Swatee Cunniah
French
Hilda Nyanchama Achoki
English
Liesa Bidali
English
Rauma Imrit
French
Douglas Nzinga
Kiswahili
Francis Muriuki
English
Caroline Mwaniki
English
Evans Kipruto Cherop
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/.