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A tsalagi friend, no longer with us, always said that our history is
only as old as the oldest person in our community....sort of the same
idea and so true speaking of oral non lithographic cultures...<br>
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Alicia Fuentes-Calle wrote:
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cite="mid:838304ff1003141219v4ebce283oc03f6c4dbd40f99d@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Arial; font-size: 14px;">This
sentence is by Malian author Amadou Hampâté Bâ, it goes </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> “In
Africa, when an old person dies, it is like a whole </span>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">library is being burned”</span><br>
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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
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