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14-04-06, 07:23 PM
What does that tell us, about pre-colonial Africa?
How can we record their histories, so we keep them static and not changing every generation?
Teach them to our children!
The Japanese do the same thing, their griots are trained and told the history to keep it recorded. If we didn't do things this way I honestly belive that the europeans would have stolen so much more from us and our situation would be 10x worse than it is now. They would have raided the libarys and burnt what they didn't keep, then, like they do now, they'd change up the stories and retell them as though theycreated it.
By keeping the histoy with one or a few peoplesitssafe and secure, the tribal leaders keep many secrets and are walking upholders of an African Rennessance.
Credo Mutwas book makes an intresting read... has anyone read into Sudanese stories and beliefs? I'd love to hear that.
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