Stop Playing: African Writers and the Abandonment of Oral Tradition

This is a sharp critique on the use of the written form to promote the orality of African languages. She argues that the best way to promote orally transmitte culture was through recording, and it missed the cassette era.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2025-08-27
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16959719
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Stop Playing: African Writers and the Abandonment of Oral Tradition

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Stop Playing: African Writers and the Abandonment of Oral Tradition

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Abstract

This is a sharp critique on the use of the written form to promote the orality of African languages. She argues that the best way to promote orally transmitte culture was through recording, and it missed the cassette era.

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