The Failure of Oral Tradition

A Case of African Beliefs and Customs

By: Divine Verkijika

Narrated by: Brian Mali

In this publication, Verkijika explores the role of oral tradition in the evolution of Africa, it's merits and demerits, and how such information could be useful towards forging a better future for Africa. He also uses this theory to clarify a few Traditional African customs and beliefs who's misinterpretations had been a root cause for several debates about the philosophy of the true traditional African man.

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Enlightening and Relieving

That moment when your own words hit back at you like a tsunami. We have come a long way and we need to understand

Great topic, poor execution.

The author makes many broad claims that would require entire books to explore, some of which don't seem to make logical sense, or if they do, need way more explanation. I'm just confused. As a result, even if the author does make good points, I don't know if I can trust anything he says.

Just google the role of oral tradition in African society and the role of elders and chiefs and you'll have a better understanding of this topic, but with actual academic sources to back it up.

The author also uses the term 'mankind' to refer to the entire human population, the term 'African man' to refer to the entire African population, and also uses the phrase 'emasculation of the African man' as an insult, as in making men more woman-like is bad because woman=weak. None of this language is appropriate in this context.