Question about saying

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

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...

Alicia Fuentes-Calle wrote:
> This sentence is by Malian author Amadou Hampâté Bâ, it goes  “In 
> Africa, when an old person dies, it is like a whole 
> library is being burned”
>

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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon

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