Oral history serves a valuable purpose. Without it we would not have written history, we would not have gossip, speech, love, hate, anything. Oral history is language. No matter what if people can communicate they will remember. They will tell others of their memories. Those people will remember that conversation and it may alter their own perceptions. This is not to say that oral history is not without flaws.Theres an old saying "there's three sides to an argument: his, hers and the truth". THis illustrates perfectly the problems inherent in any form of communication. People will have their own opinions and this will alter the "history" they tell; whether it is written
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