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Sabine Dinslage and Sophia Thubauville, eds., Seeking out wise old men: Six decades of Ethiopian Studies at the Frobenius Institute revisited

Aethiopica, 2021
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Alexander Meckelburg
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Observations of red-giant variable stars by Aboriginal Australians

, 2017
Aboriginal Australians carefully observe the properties and positions of stars, including both overt and subtle changes in their brightness, for subsistence and social application. These observations are encoded in oral tradition.
Allen R. H., Anonymous, Aristotle 350 BCE, Bailey J., Bailey J., Bates D., Battiste M., Berndt R. M., Berndt R. M., Bhathal R., Cairns H. C., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clunies Ross M., Frew D. J., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Harmanec P., Haynes R. D., Herschel J. F. W., Hoffleit D., Howitt A., Isles J., Jetsu L., Johnson D. D., Johnson D. D., Leaman T. M., Maegraith B., McNight D., Meyer H. A. E., Mountford C. P., North G., Parker K. L., Prober S. M., Taplin G., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., White I. M., Wilk S. R., Wilk S. R.   +48 more
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Notes from Field Work on the Ijemo in Abeokuta

Yoruba Studies Review, 2022
Until recent times, the vast part of the history and traditions of the Yorùbá people existed in Oral Traditions (OT) and Other Oral Traditions (OOT).
Damilola Osunlakin , Toyin Falola
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Proverbs and Patriarchy: Analysis of Linguistic Prejudice and Representation of Women in Traditional Akan Communities of Ghana

Social Sciences, 2020
Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world.
Charles Gyan, Eunice Abbey, Michael Baffoe   +2 more
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The selective geography of volcanism in oral traditions

Quaternary Research
Oral traditions describing details of ancient volcanic eruptions and their effects survive throughout the inhabited world. Many such eruptions, especially those having catastrophic environmental and societal consequences, proved sufficiently memorable to
L. Franks, Patrick D. Nunn, Adrian McCallum   +2 more
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Human Perceptions of Megafaunal Extinction Events Revealed by Linguistic Analysis of Indigenous Oral Traditions

Human Ecology, 2018
Human settlement into new regions is typically accompanied by waves of animal extinctions, yet we have limited understanding of how human communities perceived and responded to such ecological crises. The first megafaunal extinctions in New Zealand began
P. Wehi, M. Cox, T. Roa, Hēmi Whaanga
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Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition, 2003
Abstract It is Often overlooked that early modern antiquaries relied to a great extent not only on manuscript and archaeological material, but also on a variety of oral sources ranging from popular traditions to the personal recollections of the aged.
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Recapturing the Oral Tradition of Storytelling in Spiritual Conversations with Older Adults: An Afro-Indigenous Approach

Religions, 2022
The historical value of the oral tradition permeates literature as represented in multiple disciplines, including theology. An aspect of this tradition has proven viable in spiritual conversations with older adults.
Florence Akumu Juma
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Local Wisdom Values in the ‘Takneul’ Oral Tradition of the Bunak Tribe of East Nusa Tenggara: A Metaphorical Ecolinguistic Study

Arbitrer, 2023
This study aims to describe the values of local wisdom in the Takneul oral tradition of the Bunak people, East Nusa Tenggara from a metaphorical ecolinguistic perspective.
Fransiskus Yoga Oktavian Bele Bau, R. Kunjana Rahardi   +1 more
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Comet and Meteorite Traditions of Aboriginal Australians

, 2014
Of the hundreds of distinct Aboriginal cultures of Australia, many have oral traditions rich in descriptions and explanations of comets, meteors, meteorites, airbursts, impact events, and impact craters. These views generally attribute these phenomena to
AWR Bevan, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, G Baker, J Goldsmith, P Reeves-Sanday, R Edwards   +9 more
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