Traditionally an
oral society, Somalia has also rarely re-elected a president.
Like I said earlier, we are in an
oral society where we just believe in discussing but reading, no.
The emphasis on the primacy of hearing is continued in the next chapter, where Eric Lacey considers the significance of sound in the naming of birds in the
oral society of the Anglo-Saxons.
Arabia in the 600s was an
oral society. Very few people could read and write, thus huge emphasis was placed on ability to memorize long poems, letters, and other messages.
When the role of multiformity within the primarily
oral society of Israel is taken into consideration, Person writes, it becomes apparent that the theology of these two works does not differ all that significantly, at least in the minds of the ancient readers and writers.
However, it is theology all the same, and Africa, which is basically an
oral society, has to take oral theology seriously." (8)
Second, circumstances including state censorship and the use of audio media like radio and television can impede the transition from a more primitive
oral society to a literate society.
A predominantly
oral society such as first-century Palestine perceives words as events; words have power to do things.
Her Majesty, the Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, the chief patron of the festival and a published author in her own right, in her inaugural address, outlined the dilemma that Bhutan faced of its
oral society switching to the electronic and audio visual medium without going through the intervening literary phase.
The virus the written word releases in any
oral society effectively renders much of tradition the stuff of nostalgia.