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Direct linkAbdi, Ali A. – International Education, 2007
Pre-colonial traditional societies in Sub-Saharan Africa were mostly oral societies whose languages were not written. In the African context, especially, it was clear that the mostly oral traditions of these societies' languages were neither being appreciated nor promoted as media of communication, or means of education by the invading Europeans.…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, African Culture, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
