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The best Oral Tradition newsletters

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Hadithi

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hadithi.co· weekly· Published 4 months ago

Hadithi publishes long-form explainers on the history and oral traditions of Kenyan communities, including Agĩkũyũ naming customs and clans and the Maasai land treaties. Issues explain how social systems worked and cite sources such as Kenyatta's Facing Mount Kenya and colonial-era legal records.

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thousandworlds.ca· weekly· Published 5 months ago

A personal blog-style newsletter by a writer who revisits Indigenous (Ojibwe and related) oral stories, comparing published versions and reflecting on animacy, governance and legend. It mixes these reflections with anecdotes about travel, dogs and trauma-informed practice.

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