In pre-colonial Africa, the entire community or village was responsible for the oral transmission of knowledge to others – young or old. This type of education was important because what was taught helped them meet the needs of their society. It was a very successful education system. So much has been passed down from generation to generation; for example, knowledge of nature was a very important part of education. It was probably very useful for people to know which plants they could or could not use for things like medicines for