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Madhaba Foundation

Your Story

When a story is remembered, a person is remembered.

We preserve African heritage, amplifies indigenous healing knowledge, and empower communities through storytelling and education. African heritage is knowledge, identity, and medicine for the soul. When communities carry their stories forward proudly and in their own voices cultures thrive and futures strengthen.

60+
Communities engaged
28+
Elders & healers recorded
54+
Volunteers
120+
Remedies documented
50+

Documentaries Recorded

Who we are

We are a non-profit rooted in identity, tradition, and community empowerment. We document creation stories, honor ancestral wisdom, and spotlight the healing power of mother nature so communities can shape their own futures.

We blend tradition with innovation pairing ancestral wisdom and nature’s healing gifts with modern media and technology. Culture is history, identity, and a compass for the future.

About The Foundation

How You Can Be Part of It?

We preserve African heritage, amplifies indigenous healing knowledge, and empower communities through storytelling and education.

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Donate

Fuel fieldwork, translations, equipment, and scholarships for youth storytellers.

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Volunteer

Help with filming, transcription, translation, plant indexing, or archiving.

Volunteer With Us

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Partner

Collaborate on research, conservation, media production, or education programs.

Partner With Madhaba

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Share Your Story

Share your story by uploading oral histories, songs, names, rituals, or community practices.

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Featured Episodes - Madhaba Foundation Live

Short films and conversations that honor African heritage, healing wisdom, and the power of community. Explore how names carry history, how nature heals when treated with respect, and how drums and dance preserve identity across generations.

Playlist

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What We Do (Four Pillars)

Find their passion, teach an understanding of reciprocity, and instill a sense of global citizenship and planetary responsibility. Thanks to our advanced technological infrastructure.

Cultural Preservation

Cultural Preservation

We primarily record creation stories, clan histories, languages, music, dance, and art to help in keeping oral traditions alive as a living heritage in our communities.

Traditional Medicine

Traditional Medicine

We research, document, and share African healing practices highlighting herbs, plants, and the custodians of this knowledge while encouraging sustainable care for the environment.

Media & Creative Storytelling

Media & Creative Storytelling

We primarily produce animations, documentaries, digital movies and series that bring ancestral wisdom and contemporary culture to both our communities and global audiences.

Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment

We support education at the grassroots, involve youth in creative industries, and build platforms for cultural entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods.

Uganda

Kenya

Tanzania

Congo

Rwanda

Charity & Culture Spotlight

We run to uplift communities, we create to keep culture alive, and we promote the sacred places that hold our histories. Join our charity runs, fuel the work with a donation, help us promote African arts, and stand with us as we map and protect cultural sites.

Our charity runs raise funds for community programs, storytelling kits for youth, and documentation of indigenous healing knowledge. Be part of the movement lace up, sponsor a runner, or volunteer on event day.

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Updates & Events

Stories from the field, upcoming charity runs, arts promotion drives, and cultural-site spotlights this is where we share what’s happening now.