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oral tradition

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  • unwritten, verbal accounts of history

- typically told through storytelling

2
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griot

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  • a professional storyteller, poet, and musician
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proverb

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  • a short saying that teach a lesson
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importance of oral tradition

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  • early Africa = no written language
  • oral history helps us learn
  • stories passed down through generations

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