The Contributions of Soothsayers and Supernatural Powers for Education inMofolo’sChakaandNiane’sSundiata: an epic of OldMali.
Keywords:
Contributions, Soothsayers, upernatural Powers, Mofolo’sChaka, Niane’sSundiataAbstract
This article explores the educational contributionbrought bysoothsayers and the
supernatural powerstothe medieval Zulu and Mandingo societies of the twoepics.
In thisarticlesoothsayersare paintedaspersons highly involved in initiating the
youthtomedicinal plants, prediction tools, incantations, sacrifices, dream
interpretation, and magic. The article goes further pointing out breast-feeding as
means used to transmit supernatural powers. The paper also examinestheinfluence
ofsupernatural beings in the education of the youth in the medieval Zulu and
Mandingo societies of the two epics.Besides, theoutcomes of theseeducational
contributionsfor these societies are also developed through this article.
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