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African Accents

African Accents

This download covers a variety of African accents in the Sub-Saharan region, including over 50 recordings of native speakers - more than six hours of recordings.
$30.00
$30.00

African (Sub-Saharan) Accents Learning Materials

  • The Sub-Saharan African accents materials include recordings of AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson guiding you through the basics of these accents along with a native speaker from Malawi demonstrating the practice words and sentences, leading you through the text. You'll also have tracks of Jim leading you through a monologue in the accent, with the native speaker demonstrating it.
  • You will also hear native speakers from 13 different African nations reading through the practice sentences and the practice monologue, along with hearing them in conversation. (You can see the specific information at the Audio Files tab below.)
  • There are additional recordings of native speakers from 23 African nations:  Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Cote D'ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
  • You'll get a PDF book that accompanies the teaching audio. This book also comes in two more formats: a smaller PDF for printing and EPUB for portable readers. You'll also get transcriptions of the recordings of the native speakers in PDF format.
  • Other African accents will be covered in additional AccentHelp materials, including North Africa in the Arabic/Middle East materials and another download focused on South African.
  • All of the sound files are in MP3 format so that you can play them on your computer, load them onto your phone, or burn them to a CD.
  • You'll receive a link via email so that you can download all of the materials as ZIP files directly to your computer.
  • You'll also get future updates for free! (This version was updated in May of 2023.)

All profits from these materials go to diversity scholarships for actors at the University of Houston.

Listen to a Sample!

Audio files in Four Volumes (670.7 MB, 501 minutes)

Volume 1: Learning the Accent

  1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation, and Helpful Hints for learning an African accent (14:31)
  2. R Sounds (10:28)
  3. Other Consonant Sounds (8:38)
  4. Vowel Sounds part 1 (9:48)
  5. Vowel Sounds part 2 (7:24)
  6. Diphthongs (6:13)
  7. Text Practice Sounds (11:02)
  8. Text Practice Intonation (8:11)
  9. Monologue Examples (1:58)
  10. Intro to Practice (:54)
  11. Nigeria Male Practice (7:09)
  12. Nairobi Kenya Female Practice (8:01)
  13. Tanzania Male Practice (10:37)
  14. Entebe Uganda Female Practice (9:12)
  15. Zimbabwe Female Practice (7:49)
  16. Gambia Male Practice (11:05)
  17. Ghana Male Practice (10:26)
  18. Namibia Male Practice (9:35)
  19. Sierra Leon Male Practice (8:52)
  20. Eswatini Swaziland Female Practice (7:05)
  21. Zambia Female Practice (9:01)
  22. Camaroon Male Practice (9:48)
  23. Quelimane Mozambique Male Practice (10:31)

Volume 2: Recordings of Native Speakers in East Africa

  1. Nairobi Kenya Male reading (1:38)
  2. + his conversation (8:31)
  3. Nairobe Kenya Male reading (:50)
  4. + his conversation (2:57)
  5. Nairobe Kenya Bantu Male reading (1:04)
  6. + his conversation (2:04)
  7. Kenya Male reading (2:04)
  8. + his conversation (8:15)
  9. Mauritius Male mixed race reading (1:12)
  10. + his conversation (11:09)
  11. Mauritius Female reading (1:32)
  12. + her conversation (1:42)
  13. Kampala Uganda Male reading (1:02)
  14. + his conversation (2:30)
  15. Uganda Male reading Bible (2:07)
  16. Angola Rwanda Female reading (1:18)
  17. + her conversation (3:49)
  18. Mogadishu Somalia Male reading (1:56)
  19. + his conversation (5:05)
  20. Tanzania Female reading (1:12)
  21. + her conversation (2:02)
  22. Dar es Salaam Tanzania Male reading (1:04)
  23. + his conversation (7:47)
  24. Dar es Salaam Tanzania Male reading (2:04)
  25. + his conversation (7:57)
  26. Mlandizi Tanzania Male reading (1:25)
  27. + his conversation (8:00)

Volume 3: Recordings of Native Speakers in West Africa

  1. Benin City Nigeria Male reading (1:26)
  2. + his conversation (2:29)
  3. Lagos Nigeria Male reading (1:41)
  4. + his conversation (4:46)
  5. Nigeria Female reading (1:53)
  6. + her conversation (3:33)
  7. Nigeria Female reading (1:29)
  8. + her conversation (2:37)
  9. Nigeria Female reading (1:14)
  10. + her conversation (2:08)
  11. Nigeria Female reading (1:41)
  12. + her conversation (5:50)
  13. Ile Oluge Nigeria Male reading (1:26)
  14. + his conversation (1:29)
  15. Nigeria Male reading (1:40)
  16. + his conversation (3:05)
  17. Nigeria Male reading (1:20)
  18. + his conversation (6:12)
  19. Okigwe Nigeria Male reading (1:48)
  20. + his conversation (2:33)
  21. SE Nigeria Igbo Female conversation (6:07)
  22. Lagos Nigeria Igbo Female reading (1:41)
  23. + her conversation (2:19)
  24. Nigeria Igbo Male reading (1:35)
  25. + his conversation (2:19)
  26. Cotonou Benin Male reading (1:19)
  27. + his conversation (3:39)
  28. Burkina Faso Male reading (3:09)
  29. + his conversation (1:00)
  30. Cote D'ivoire (Ivory Coast) Male reading (1:51)
  31. + his conversation (4:43)
  32. Kpalime Togo Male reading (1:53)
  33. + his conversation (7:12)
  34. Lomé Togo Female reading (1:37)
  35. + her conversation (2:33)
  36. Winneba Ghana Male reading (2:05)
  37. + his conversation (2:07)
  38. Tamale Ghana Male reading (1:35)
  39. + his conversation (1:35)
  40. Koforidua Ghana Male reading (1:55)
  41. Senegal Male reading (1:58)

      Volume 4: Recordings of Native Speakers in Southern & Central Africa

      1. Yamsala Cameroon Male reading (2:14)
      2. + his conversation (7:05)
      3. Bangem Cameroon Male (white) reading (1:15)
      4. + his conversation (6:12)
      5. Kinchasa Congo Male reading (2:23)
      6. + his conversation (8:10)
      7. Kinchasa Congo Male conversation (7:42)
      8. Gabon Male reading (1:32)
      9. + his conversation (4:06)
      10. Central African Republic Male reading (1:06)
      11. + his conversation (4:08)
      12. Mozambique Male reading (1:29)
      13. Zimbabwe Female conversation (7:39)
      14. Zimbabwe Male reading (1:15)
      15. + his conversation (:43)
      16. Harare Zimbabwe Female reading (1:30)
      17. + her conversation (8:17)
      18. Blantyre Malawi Male reading (1:22)
      19. + his conversation (8:14)
      20. Gaborone Botswana Female reading (1:42)
      21. + her conversation (:32)
      22. Maun Botswana Female reading (1:41)
      23. + her conversation (10:22)
      24. Luanshya Zambia Male reading (1:32)
      25. + his conversation (8:02)
      26. Swaziland Male reading (1:48)
      27. + his conversation (4:08)

      Most of these recordings are made "in the field" or via online recording, so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background, or some connectivity issues. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.

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