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Tinga Tinga Tales

Animation

Children's: Entertainment & Comedy

Learning: Pre-School

Stories telling a modern, young audience how animals got their distinctive parts.

Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened

Series 1

Eugene Muchiri

Patrice Naiambana

Edward Kwach

Akiya Henry

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Johnnie Fiori

Tameka Empson

Lenny Henry

Flaminia Cinque

Junior Simpson

Shaun Parkes

Cyril Nri

Ninia Benjamin

Prince Abura

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Edward Gakuya

Bridget Hurst

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 23: Why Lion Roars

Why Lion Roars

Episode 23

Episode 23: Why Lion Roars

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Lion ventures into the great cave of Tinga Tinga to get his roar back.

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive characteristics. Following Flea's advice, Lion goes to the great cave of Tinga Tinga to get his roar back.

Why do zebras have stripes, leopards spots, rhinos horns and camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened. 

There was a time when Lion lost his roar. Crocodile was snapping at all the animals in Tinga Tinga and ruling over the water hole, and Lion could do nothing about it. Then one day, Flea told Lion that if Lion dared to enter the great cave of Tinga Tinga, maybe he would find his roar. Lion plucked up his courage and confronted the great cave.

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

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Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.

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