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Sub-Saharan African Accents

Sub-Saharan African Accents

These materials cover 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 Accent Help 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 over a dozen 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 have instant access to the materials online, including audio and written guides, plus a PDF "cheat sheet" for learning the accents. You'll also get transcriptions of the recordings of the native speakers.
  • Other African accents will be covered in additional Accent Help materials, including North Africa in the Arabic/Middle East materials and another download focused on South African.
  • You'll have immediate access to all of the materials on your computer, tablet, or phone.
  • You'll also get future updates for free, as you continue to have access to the materials, showing up automatically whenever new elements are uploaded!

 

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

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Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning the Accents

  1. History & Social Context
  2. Sound Placement
  3. Intonation
  4. Helpful Hints
  5. Consonants
  6. Vowels
  7. Diphthongs
  8. Specific Pronunciations
  9. Wrap Up
  10. Practice Sentences
  11. Practice Monologue
Practice Sentences & Monologue with native speakers:
  1. Nigeria Male
  2. Nairobi Kenya Female
  3. Tanzania Male
  4. Entebe Uganda Female
  5. Zimbabwe Female
  6. Gambia Male
  7. Ghana Male
  8. Namibia Male
  9. Sierra Leon Male
  10. Eswatini Swaziland Female
  11. Zambia Female
  12. Camaroon Male
  13. Quelimane Mozambique Male

Native Speakers Vol 1: East Africa

  1. Nairobi Kenya Male
  2. Nairobe Kenya Male
  3. Nairobe Kenya Bantu Male
  4. Kenya Male
  5. Mauritius Male
  6. Mauritius Female
  7. Kampala Uganda Male
  8. Uganda Male reading Bible
  9. Angola Rwanda Female
  10. Mogadishu Somalia Male
  11. Tanzania Female
  12. Dar es Salaam Tanzania Male
  13. Dar es Salaam Tanzania Male
  14. Mlandizi Tanzania Male

Native Speakers Vol 2: West Africa

  1. Benin City Nigeria Male
  2. Lagos Nigeria Male
  3. Nigeria Female
  4. Nigeria Female
  5. Nigeria Female
  6. Nigeria Female
  7. Ile Oluge Nigeria Male
  8. Nigeria Male
  9. Nigeria Male
  10. Okigwe Nigeria Male
  11. SE Nigeria Igbo Female
  12. Lagos Nigeria Igbo Female
  13. Nigeria Igbo Male
  14. Cotonou Benin Male
  15. Burkina Faso Male
  16. Cote D'ivoire (Ivory Coast) Male
  17. Kpalime Togo Male
  18. Lomé Togo Female
  19. Winneba Ghana Male
  20. Tamale Ghana Male
  21. Koforidua Ghana Male reading
  22. Senegal Male reading

Native Speakers Vol 3: Central Africa

  1. Yamsala Cameroon Male
  2. Bangem Cameroon Male (white)
  3. Kinchasa Congo Male
  4. Kinchasa Congo Male
  5. Gabon Male reading
  6. Central African Republic Male

Native Speakers Vol 4: Southern Africa

  1. Mozambique Male reading
  2. Zimbabwe Female
  3. Zimbabwe Male
  4. Harare Zimbabwe Female
  5. Blantyre Malawi Male
  6. Gaborone Botswana Female
  7. Maun Botswana Female
  8. Luanshya Zambia Male
  9. Swaziland Male


Most of these Native Speaker recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along. In addition to a conversation, most speakers also read a list of words and The Rainbow Passage.

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