Spoken history: the modern importance of indigenous cultures

August 25, 2023

Our information-rich civilisation is not superior or inferior to the pre-literate world of Brazil's indigenous peoples, just different. Read by Leighton Pugh.

An Amazonian shaman.
An Amazonian shaman. Credit: Media Drum World / Alamy Stock Photo

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