library has burned down” has become so famous that it is sometimes used as an African proverb. He was commenting on the loss of African oral heritage‚ in praise of both old age and oral tradition‚ which contributes to the historical components of humanities memory. “The folktale is a key source of oral tradition‚ as are other forms of narrative and rituals that are considered essential components of cultural anthropology and ethnology”. (folkculture.org) There is a certain characteristic and
Premium Africa Indigenous peoples Culture
Eng. 410 Term Paper Influence/Power of Storytelling in Midnight Robber Caribbean women writers have been writing since the 18th century‚ prior to this they were silent; they had no voice. These women have used the oral tradition of storytelling as a mode of literary expression‚ and in many cases the choice has been a mixing of discourses‚ specifically a transcribing of peculiar African oral features into European-derived written form (Adu-Gyamfi 1999). For the first part of the twentieth
Free Short story Narrative Writing
ADDICTION COUNSELING WITH GROUPS AND FAMILIES Tabitha Young‚ PhD‚ LMHC‚ LAC‚ NCC Overview of Chapter ●Introduction ●Evolution of Group Treatment ●Group Dynamics‚ Process and Structure ●Group Treatment in the Continuum of Care ●Pragmatics of Group Treatment ●Group Treatment Efficacy Introduction ●Group treatment is the most common modality for the delivery of services to individuals and families recovering from substance use disorders. ●Psychoeducational groups can provide means for learning
Premium Family
meeting that I had chosen was an open‚ discussion themed meeting‚ it was handicap accessible‚ it covered the 12 Steps‚ and covered the 12 Traditions of AA. It was to held at 6:15 P.M.‚ and was about 10 minutes away from my home. I had chosen this meeting because this meeting covered aspects of AA that I was not personally familiar with; such as The 12 Traditions and 12 Steps‚ but also because their name sounded
Premium Disability Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
century Caribbean world. The time when Walcott was writing marked a period of political and creative activity. Walcott himself pointed out the need for bringing together the different creative elements from African‚ European and West Indian art traditions. The most powerful among the indigenous cultural elements is orality that Walcott combined with Western dialogical form in his famous play‚ Ti-Jean and his Brothers. He himself termed it ‘My most West Indian play’. Christopher Balm in Decolonizing
Premium Caribbean Drama Storytelling
orality and literacy becomes less important because of human develop the cyberspace. Today‚ in our society people need to use internet because we are using it everywhere and it becomes part of our culture. In addition‚ the author says that‚ oral tradition has been warning for community living. Fernaback agues that‚ urban legend as popular cultural texts. Folklore can make the people keep up to date with their cultural values‚ mores‚ and ethos. In cyberspace‚ there are different kinds of stories that
Premium Folklore
The earliest example of this is the anonymous history of the city-state of Kilwa Kisiwani. The first African history‚ History of the Sudan‚ is written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi in Arabic style. Traveling performers‚ called griots‚ kept the oral tradition alive‚
Free Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Africa
According to the text‚ the Great Tradition refers to the areas of culture which a literate elite systematizes or arranges (Scupin‚ 2012‚ p. 158). The elite are the authority figures when it comes to the actual version of religion (Scupin‚ 2012‚ p. 158). There are various cultural elements which compose the Jewish Great Tradition. A few are sacred texts‚ rituals‚ and prayers. There are several similarities with other groups I have practiced in as wells as observed in the United States. Many of the
Premium Christianity God Jesus
Essay Paper #2 Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Group Structure: Type of group: This meeting was a “Narcotics Anonymous Open Sharing Meeting”. This component‚ where anyone attending had the opportunity to share. There was no direct feedback from the other participants during the “share”‚ thus only one person spoke at any given time during that portion of the meeting. Organizational affiliation: Narcotics Anonymous as a group has no affiliation outside
Premium Alcoholics Anonymous Drug addiction Alcoholism
EXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: ORAL HEROIC POETRY‚ CHAUCER’S DEPICTION IN THE HOUSE OF FAME AND THE MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANON OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE INTERPLAY OF ORAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS IN THESE CONTEXTS. Many critics have noted the complexities within Chaucer’s The House of Fame‚ in particular‚ the complexities between the oral and the literary. The differences between these methods are constantly appearing; Chaucer is
Premium Geoffrey Chaucer Epic poetry Aeneid