Story Telling in Benin

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African History
African Languages and Societies
Cultural History
Folklore
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Oral History
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One of the most significant traditions of African artists is that of the storyteller. This traditional figure remembers the legends and history of the tribe and village and passes them on to later generations in a linking of oral continuity. Modern phenomena are destroying the social cohesion in which this art form flourished, and although linguists and anthropologists are now endeavoring to record as many stories as possible, many, it is feared, have already been lost.

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1967
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African Arts
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