created in which to educate their youths. The Africans had an oral tradition of education

to pass down their cultural values. Through a series of rites of passage these children

were taught the various tribal laws and customs and also an assorted range of skills

needed to survive in pre-colonial society. These children were taught through oral

literature, consisting of myths and fables, the traditions of their culture. The student

would learn the basic cultural values through these stories. Sugarcane Alley, we see

Monsieur Meduse educating Hassan on their historical background through idioms,

proverbs, and oral literature explaining to him the importance of morality. For example,

he told Hassan that if he steps on the ant that will be the end of it. He added by saying:

"Man knows how to destroy life but...