This 6-slide PowerPoint introduces students to the ancient Africans' oral traditions. Slides include explanation of oral traditions including influence of Arabic later on, definition and roles of griot (storytellers), and detailed definition, roles, and functions of African folktales.

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I have been teaching grades 7 and 8 Language Arts and Social Studies at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts in Ventura, California since 2001. I have also briefly taught high school ESL (grades 9-12), and I spent one month teaching English in Moscow, Russia.
