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Mythology
Date: ________
AFRICAN MYTH WORKSHEET #2: "AFRICAN STORYTELLING" and "How is African Mythology Known?"
1. What purposes has African storytelling served?
| a. Entertainment, cultural revitalization and development of religious practices | b. to pass on and strengthen cultural traditions, morality, history and protocols of social order as well as for entertainment | c. Education and ceremonial presentation |
2. Earliest documented African communication was done through
| a. Cuneiform, a pictographic writing system | b. art, storytelling and ceremonial events | c. Ancient writing in Arabic and Sumerian |
3. What are primary subjects in African myths and stories and why?
| a. Animals because they were a source the people were not only dependent on but lived close to | b. Kings and Queens because they were worshipped as gods | c. Gods because they represented all their life questions |
4. List the 6 ways of understanding oral societies
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