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Passion to preserve oral tradition


By Edwin Makiche

The evening fire casts shadows of those seated around it on the wall of granny’s hut. Save for the buzzing of the night insects and bleating goats, the other sound here is the fading voice of the elderly woman as she narrates a chilling ogre story to her enthusiastic grandchildren.

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