1. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PROVERBS
As do proverbs, African American folktales have origins rooted in West African literary and cultural forms of expression. ... Their traditional tales were similar to those in early European culture where stories tried to explain natural phenomena in human terms. ... Africa has a long literary tradition, although very little of this literature was written down until the 20th century. ...
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