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When the Tibetan people formed their first powerful kingdom, in the Middle Ages, they also began to compose epic poetry for the first time, and this is what they wrote. In the [...]
Leo Tolstoy (ca. 1900) The Mongol Empire spread reading and writing all across Central Asia. From the time of the Mongol Empire on, people in Central Asia were able to [...]
By 1500 AD, many people in Africa had converted to Islam, and so they had learned at least some Arabic, so they could recite parts of the Koran and say their prayers. [...]
Learn to speak a little like a person from Africa - try to learn how to make Xhosa clicks yourself - can you do it? How to make the click sounds in [...]
Just as African kids did so long ago, you can also learn pieces of poetry or Quran verses or Bible verses or readings from the Torah by heart. Memorization is fun and [...]
Djenne clay pot from medieval West Africa Long long ago people didn't know anything. They didn't know how to plant crops, or how to weave clothes, or how to make [...]
Anansi's free dinner: Niger River, West Africa Anansi and the Turtle, continued Well, as time went by, Anansi the spider began to think more and more about how Turtle had [...]
Anansi and the turtle An African story This is an African story about Anansi the spider and Turtle. One day, Anansi the spider picked some yams from his garden. They [...]
Anansi and the wooden baby Aso tells Anansi how to catch a fairy So Anansi climbed back down to earth again to get the fourth creature for Nyame, which was [...]
