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Direct linkOkafor, Clement A. – International Education Journal, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that oral literature, which is an aspect of the oral tradition, has functioned historically as a vital medium of moral and civic education in non-literate societies the world over. Through the ages, oral literature has performed this function by presenting its various genres as forms of entertainment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Tradition, Role of Education, World Views
