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Identity formation is planted in the African Indigenous child through family based on the foundation of the cultural principles and traditions that governs African Indigenous people. Through the oral culture, proverbs are shared and stories are told to instill in children the power of knowing one’s identity for their becoming. It is taught in the tradition of African Indigenous people that a person has no other identity outside of their history and culture and they are unable to develop harmoniously if they do not choose to build their own destiny based on their own civilizational values. This chapter introduces the concept of identity from an African Indigenous lens to give a glimpse of what identity entails to the African Indigenous child and people who experience life from within an African Indigenous worldview.
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Upiomoh, O.O. (2023). Theorizing the Power of African Oral Culture for Identity Formation. In: Eizadirad, A., Wane, N.N. (eds) The Power of Oral Culture in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18537-3_5
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