African Folk Tales
African Short Stories The African Storytelling Tradition Story telling in African Communities had always been done orally until the art of writing was introduced with the advent of multiple conquests on the Afro continent. Traditionally, African short stories were and are still done orally during different occasions and under different circumstances. There are as such formal and informal Storytelling Sessions. The story teller is almost always an older person narrating the story to younger people and these stories usually serve as a source of entertainment or as a means of passing on information to younger people so as to maintain the continuity of certain values in society.
The information that is usually passed on to younger people could include a variety of issues which among other things usually include traditional approaches on issues of importance to the community such as Marriage, Morality, Hard work, Importance of Family, Relationships with the Creator God Almighty,...