Nigerian storytelling has historically been an oral tradition. Historically the stories were passed down and told by word of mouth, spoken rather than written.
Storytelling in Nigeria has served not only to keep traditions alive, but as a useful instructional approach to facilitate adult instruction and learning. According to the article of Edosomwan and Peterson "A history of oral and written storytelling in Nigeria", historically, Nigeria has an oral tradition of storytelling to transmit histories and cultural heritage.
This is the inference that is the same as picking out the main idea from the supporting details.
Picking out, or recognizing the main idea from the supporting details or information works on a process of identification. These idea identification skills produce categories for the text we are analyzing.
