Oral literature or folklore is often beautiful, and here I've listed two excerpts: one a traditional poem and another a poem based on the oral tradition. This PowerPoint (2007) was created to share with other teachers in order to promote African literature (and the oral tradition) within the classroom. As such, it provides resources for finding books and information to share with students and use in analysis, but is not designed to be shown to students. It is important to know that African liter