Oral Tradition: A Study in Historical Methodology

according affect applied arrive become belong Burundi Bushongo certain characteristics clan collected common comparative comparison concerning contain cultural described discussion distortions established example exist explain express fact factors final fixed function further genealogies give given handed happens historian historical historical source important indications influence informant initial instance interest interpretation kind king knowledge known Kuba language linguistic material means memory mentioned method myths names nature noted occur official oral traditions original particular past period person poems political possible preserved probably problem proverb question reason recited recording reference regarded reliability royal rules Rwanda simply situation slogan social society sometimes sources statements structure supplied tale tales testimony texts thing tion transmission transmitted tribes usually various versions whole writing