In recent years, I have been more mindful about sharing myths and other forms of traditional literature with students from many countries including countries in Africa like Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.  I found that students had an awareness of Greek and Roman mythology and fairy tales from European countries, but they had no exposure to traditional literature from other cultures.  I have found that it is important for students to understand that there is more than one way to tell traditional stories, and that there is value, interest, knowledge, and entertainment in stories from African cultures.

The videos gave me another way to view storytelling with a scientific lens because of how stories explain the thought processes of people and cultures.  This reasoning is also why traditional literature actually is not classified with fiction stories.