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Central Oregon Community College: African Storytelling

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This essay provides an excellent explanation of the importance of storytelling and what the author refers to as "orature," oral tradition as opposed to "literature" or written tradition. Clear examples are provided, including several from African novelist Chinua Achebe's works. RL.9-10.6 cultural World Lit

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
oral tradition, storytelling
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Additional Tags
oral arts, oral narrative, african storytelling, central oregon community college: african storytelling, rl.9-10.6 cultural world lit, narrative, storytelling/oral tradition
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice
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Common Core
RL.9-10.6