jenifer daniels ♎ :verified:from reddit /TIL: #TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries
TIL that lots of folks don't know what oral history is (in the subreddit comments). yikes
Benn Berkley 
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But…but how…how did they think ancient stories were passed down before paper was invented? Did they think cave paintings were just ancient emojis? I’m truly baffled right now.
@ScribblerRVA @_L1vY_ chile...the reference they used was reading "Roots"
their term = "bullshit" until they learned otherwise
🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️jaaaaaheeeezuuuuuuus🙄😑”I read Roots” is the apparently the 21st century version of “I have a Black friend”. Alex Haley created a monster!🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️