The series
“The Bible Under the Baobab” is an animated series that tells the Bible to children aged 3 to 10. In the evening, Grandma Adjoua sits under the village baobab tree and tells a story to her grandchildren, Kofi and Nia. The first season follows the book of Genesis, from the creation of the world to Abraham and Sarah.
The text comes first
Each episode follows a specific Bible passage, named at the end of the video and on its page. The story is not stretched to make it more dramatic. The conversations under the baobab are invented: they are there to ask the questions children ask.
The series tells the text without doctrinal commentary, so that it can be used by families and communities of different traditions.
The characters
Grandma Adjoua, Kofi, Nia and the Bible characters have African and Caribbean features. Every child is welcome under the baobab.
How the series is made
The voices and the music are made with synthesis tools. Each episode has subtitles and ends with a short song that children can sing along to. The videos are hosted by YouTube, on an English channel and a French channel.
Using the series
The episodes can be shown at home, in Sunday school, in children’s ministry or in class. The coloring pages and discussion sheets can be printed as many times as needed for the same uses.
The English channel · The French channel · Printable coloring pages and discussion sheets
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