Transcript Cow Tail Switch

African
Oral
Traditions
By Devon Kelley, Jamie Fletcher, and Ali Paris
Introduction
Stories in Ancient Africa
•Told Orally
•Explained, Entertained and Taught
Ethical and Moral Principles
•Moral in “A Cow Tail Switch” a man is
not really dead until he is forgotten
Interesting Facts
• Human cultures in the world create stories
(narratives) as a way of making sense of the
world
• African society value good stories and storytellers
•African stories end with a meaningful moral
•African folktales are not written, but verbally
passed down in the African cultures for many
generations
A Cow Tail Switch
• The main characters are Ogaloussa, his wife and sons
• Ogaloussa goes hunting in forest and never returns
• At first, his sons miss him, but after a while,they go on
with their lives
• Ogaloussa’s wife gives birth to another son, Puli, who asks
for his father
• This prompts the sons to search and discover their father
was dead
• The sons put life back into their father
• During the celebration of his return, Ogaloussa kills a cow
and makes a beautiful switch
• He gives the switch to Puli saying,”to the son who
remembered me”.
Connection
• Excellent example of a ethnic African story
• Moral: Man is not dead until he is forgotten.
THE END
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