Folktales And Proverbs In African Mythical Tradition: A Study Of K. Sello Duiker's Hidden Stars And Chinua Achebe's Arrow Of God

Folktales and folklore which are traditional art, literature, knowledge and practice disseminated largely through oral communication and behavioral examples were initially collected and documented by some writers for culture preservation only because they felt that these elements of folklore are going into extinction and need to be frozen in print, while some writers incorporate folklore materials in their novels, poems, drama for entertainment and culture preservation. These writers are referred to as active or functional writers but the former are referred to as passive. Many creative works …