Educating Rural Liberian Youth through Folklore - Edutainment through Indigenous Mode of Liberian Education. DE

Intermittently accompanied by songs, these short stories provide perfect edutainment for both the youth and villagers as indigenous population. As important aspects of Informal Education, the narratives attribute human qualities to imagined characters such as Spider, Boogieman or Monster, Leopard including both wild and domestic lives. The stories, usually teaching moral, spiritual, and social lessons, portray adventure, love, deception, conspiracy, wisdom, truth, reconciliation, among others phenomena which are reflective of human behaviors in real life.

About the author

Leeway Dave Karngbeae, born in Kpaytuo, Nimba County, Liberia/West Africa. MA (Edcational Administration and Supervision), PGD (Peace Studies and Conflict Transformation, PGDDE (Education Studies), BSc (Secondary Education). Chairman, Department of Secondary Education, University of Liberia. Author---books and professional articles/journals

Product details

• Authors: Leeway Dave Karngbeae
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2024
• EAN: 9786208012694
• ISBN: 9786208012694
• No. of pages: 60
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore