History and tribal lore are passed along orally from generation to generation in Africa ans in many other places.
Oral means spoken, so no. But it can be written down later, at which time it is written history, not oral history.
The problems of oral history are that inaccuracies can occur by the fact that the longer the oral history is in place, the more chances there are for honest errors in passing on the stories of events and information about earlier civilizations. Another problem exists in that it would be only natural for the oral history spokesman to have different versions of the same set of facts or circumstances. Even in written history this can occur. In addition to the above, there is always the chance that stories are "on purpose" twisted to favor one point of view over another.
Griots are north Africans that tell oral history. oral history is history that is recorded on a book but is told with plays. they act out history and anything else. ~Kaylana~
first we need to know what oral tradition is and what oral history means. oral tradition is the basic form of historical consciousness for societies in the period of their development, prior to the establishment of a written culture. it can also mean the preservation of personal and cultural history in the oral communication of stories, songs, poems, ballads and folklore. Oral history on the other hand, is the systematic collection of living people's testimony about themselves. However, there are differences between these two. oral tradition means the transmission of cultural material through vocal utterances, painting of the people, the myths of the origin of the people and such related unwritten conversation on salient issues concerning the people; while oral history is a written work of history based on interviews with or recording of participants.
An example of Oral History would be something like aboriginal folklore that has been passed down from person to person by story telling.
Griots were the teachers in Africa's villages.
well ancient africans had people called griots who orally spoke about the history of Africa. this happened because they had no written alphabet so oral history played a huge part in everyday African society!
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They can both provide information about a family’s past. (apex)
People in many parts of Africa including East Africa have a long history of oral story-telling. These narratives and folk tales are a part of their traditions.
Oral means spoken, so no. But it can be written down later, at which time it is written history, not oral history.
Oral History Society was created in 1973.
oral history = mündliche Geschichte
Ethnic groups throughout Africa preserve their histories by maintaining a strong oral and written history or storytelling, through which cultural history and folklore is passed down through the generations.
One possible sentence for oral history could be: "My grandmother shared captivating stories about her experiences growing up during the Great Depression for our family's oral history project."
One may find information on the subject of AIDS in Africa at the website "Global Issues". The site provides information on the current statistics, history and success stories.
An organization that collects oral history. Oral history makes use of the testimonies of individuals as collected through an interview usually conducted by a reporter or historian and uses the insight from the interview to add perspective to historical research. An example of a oral history organization would be the Center for Oral and Public History at Cal State University Fullerton.