Thus far in class we have studied many oral traditions from a variety of cultural backgrounds that date back thousands of years. However, we have yet to discuss the oral traditions of the indigenous people of the Aboriginal communities found in Australia. Aboriginal people are said to have one of ...

At its most basic definition, oral history is an account of the past conveyed through word of mouth. Oral history tells of cultures and individuals by presenting oral commentary of events, situations and feelings of individuals. Oral history has made important contributions to the ways in whic...

Much of what is learned and taught today stems from the African culture. As always many different cultures take claims for things that Africans created or long before most even thought of it. Yet in still proper credit is never given to "our" ancestors for many reasons. One being that...