ORAL TRADITION OR SPOKEN WORD The oral tradition constitutes the main element of transmission and coverage of the oral literature and history‚ music and dancing. This tradition begins with the internal context of the group and the communication through interaction which brings fourth a folkloric process. The Afro-Caribbean folklore of the Archipelago is a mixture of the African‚ the British‚ and the Creole aspects distributed through a cultural continuum of variations. The members of the elite develop
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LALEYE OLUWAWEMIMO 100908465 ENGL 2926 MIDTERM ESSAY (QUESTION 2) PROF. PIUS ADESANMI OCTOBER 14TH 2014. Many ancient scholars believed Africa had no history prior to colonialism because there was no documented evidence. Professor A.P. Newton‚ who was a distinguished British historian in the early 20th century‚ believed that there was no African history because most of the African society was illiterate before the European intrusion. ’History ’‚ he said‚ ’only begins when men take to writing
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However‚ these are not considered literature. Among those considered to be the earliest records of literature is theEgyptian Book of the Dead written down in the Papyrus of Ani in 250 BCE. Many of the literary works are handed down by oral tradition. In Africa‚ the lack of literacy did not make it possible to write literature down. Histories‚ myths‚ legends‚ including stories‚ dramas‚ riddles‚ songs‚ proverbs and other literary works were handed by mouth from generation to generation to entertain
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narrator and author‚ played an important role in introducing the world to African oral heritage‚ especially the folktales of West Africa. The man known as the “living Memory of Africa” he liked to say he was “one of the eldest sons of the century‚” was one of the major intellectual literary figures of the 20th century. The saying with which he will always be associated for (his often quoted statement)‚ that “In Africa when an old man dies‚ a library has burned down” has become so famous that it is
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particularly African about orality or anything essentially oral about African culture. The "oral form‚" she contends‚ "is not the concrete literary simulacrum of African essence but is‚ rather‚ a manifestation of social consciousness‚ vision‚ and possibility allowed by particular moments and niches in African socioculturel life."1 Despite her doubts about the wisdom of associating orality with Africa‚ Julien does acknowledge that the manifestation of oral forms in the work of African writers is common‚ but
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Sub-Saharan Africa feature a vibrant and varied oral culture. To take into account written literary culture without considering literary culture is definitely a mistake‚ because they two interplay heavily with each other. African oral arts are "art’s for life’s sake" (Mukere) not European "art’s for art’s sake"‚ and so may be considered foreign and strange by European readers. However‚ they provide useful knowledge‚ historical knowledge‚ ethical wisdom‚ and creative stimuli in a direct fashion. Oral culture
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QUESTION: Assess the significance of Oral tradition in Bantu Religion. In your view‚ does oral tradition have a future in the midst of modernity and social change? In African Traditional Religion‚ morals‚ values‚ beliefs and culture among other things play a critical role in society. The upholding of societal norms and values is a sacred affair especially that in African society religion is a way of life. In addition‚ the younger generation is also inquisitive about the history of the
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the encyclopedia was collated. A few hundred years before that people did not have books or they were too expensive for most people to own. This was the time of the oral tradition during which people had to rely on the spoken word as means of learning new things. Memorization is perhaps the most import aspect of the oral tradition. There was not much difficulty for me in remembering the story. The only problem I ran into when recording what I heard was in the recollection of specifics. I remembered
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century Caribbean world. The time when Walcott was writing marked a period of political and creative activity. Walcott himself pointed out the need for bringing together the different creative elements from African‚ European and West Indian art traditions. The most powerful among the indigenous cultural elements is orality that Walcott combined with Western dialogical form in his famous play‚ Ti-Jean and his Brothers. He himself termed it ‘My most West Indian play’. Christopher Balm in Decolonizing
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Story telling has been used as a staple for human development. Oral storytelling traditions varies from place to place‚ and has lessons to share with everyone. For centuries‚ stories have been used to guide people with advice through the main point of a story. They can tell about one person’s experience in certain situation. The tradition of oral storytelling is used to inform a community of member’s unique experiences in certain situations. “Storytelling that’s verbally expressed can be counted
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