Oral Cultures . . . tips for travelers from the world of print

Songezo Nkolombe
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We're about to start a new series of posts on oral cultures titled A Tale of Two Towns by Student.Go intern Songezo Nkolombe.

Songezo Nkolombe just completed his first year of seminary (Baylor) online, due to Covid travel restrictions. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and serves as children's minister in a Baptist church there. It was a natural fit for him to work with Romany education projects. His first blog post on oral learners and oral culture will appear on the Romany Education Network this week. He's read a lot, he's listened a lot, and now he's turning that into Yearn to Learn: A Tale of Two Towns. 

Songezo brings a wealth of experience to the internship. He has served for a number of years as children's minister in his home church in Capetown, South Africa. He lives in a multi-ethnic city. And although he was definitely raised in a print culture, many extended family members live in an oral culture. 

Songezo has sat in and contributed to on online meetings for Romany education projects in Romania and Moldova. He has read and discussed studies in oral cultures. And now he's started to translate that into story form. What an oral culture way to help print people better understand oral cultures!