African Oral Traditions

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AfricanOralTraditions
By Devon Kelley, Jamie Fletcher, and Ali Paris
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Introduction
Stories in Ancient Africa

• Told Orally
• Explained, Entertained and Taught Ethical and
  Moral Principles
• Moral in A Cow Tail Switch a man is not really
  dead until he is forgotten

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Interesting Facts

• Human cultures in the world create stories
  (narratives) as a way of making sense of the world

• African society value good stories and
  storytellers

• African stories end with a meaningful moral

• African folktales are not written, but verbally
  passed down in the African cultures for many
  generations

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A Cow Tail Switch

• The main characters are Ogaloussa, his wife and
  sons
• Ogaloussa goes hunting in forest and never
  returns
• At first, his sons miss him, but after a
  while,they go on with their lives
• Ogaloussas wife gives birth to another son,
  Puli, who asks for his father
• This prompts the sons to search and discover
  their father was dead
• The sons put life back into their father
• During the celebration of his return, Ogaloussa
  kills a cow and makes a beautiful switch
• He gives the switch to Puli saying,to the son
  who remembered me.

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Connection

• Excellent example of a ethnic African story
• Moral Man is not dead until he is forgotten.

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THE END
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