Requirements
- Internet connection
- Zoom and Google Meet
Features
- Live session on Zoom
- Pre-reading
- Assignment (Foundation Certificate students)
Target audiences
- This course is open to all and is suitable for all levels of learners. This course will appeal to those who are interested in exploring the history of African societies and to introducing themselves to key concepts in African historiography and philosophy. It will particularly appeal to those interested in reading African historical texts produced within, and at the intersections of, the African, Islamic, and Western traditions.
In this course, we will explore African oral traditions and the place of orality more widely in African society and historical tradition.
You will get an overview of a number of oral traditions, considering their form and function, why they have been preserved, and what they tell us about Africa’s history.
By the end of this course, participants will have an understanding of:
- The difference between oral testimony, oral tradition, and oral history.
- What it means to come from an oral society.
- Chronology in the use of oral tradition as sources of history.
Course Features
- Lectures 3
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 4 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 21
- Assessments Yes
