Mzee Mponda is a storyteller from Nungwi, a village on the northernmost tip of Zanzibar. He is a well known storyteller as well as a local TV actor. This video was filmed by Maimouna Jallow from an organisation called "Positively African." Maimouna gathered these stories as part of a project for them called "The Ancient Tales of East Africa." This is the English version of "Makame and the Genie" with a translator providing the English narrative.