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Hampâté Bâ on the Oral Library
Explore the oral tradition quote.
“Oral tradition is the great school of life, all aspects of which are covered and affected by it — it is at once religion, knowledge, natural science, apprenticeship in a craft, history, entertainment, and recreation." I consider the death of each of these traditionalists as the burning of an unexploited cultural fund."”