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ABOUT THE BOOKAfrican Tradition Stories serve as congenial Atmospheres for: (1) "Being With" in "Relating to" Good "ME/We" humans; (2) "Doing For" in purposes to persuade, inform, entertain, express, share, teach, instruct, educate, serve as a call to action; (3) invaluable for learning "Flexible" Thinking + Outside-the-Box" thinking; (4) shedding pre-conceived thinking Patterns to better understand and carry out Serious Business. Type I Stories were originated by Primitive Africans as Myths (sacred stories) pertaining to Life Systems, displayed in Pleasure/ Pain. African "Logic" (to connect) deals with establishing the legitimacy between ideas in a Qualitative Algebraic manner between human-derived truisms equated to/in harmony with the Spiritual Elements. Type II, Figures of Communication are in categories of Speech, Thought, Sound, Drama. These make expressions of comparisons for imaginative interpretations so as to "touch" ones "Heart" and/or "Head." "Heart" touchers stimulate like-kind Icon Images which invoke Spiritual, Secular Emotions, and/or Sentiments (Thoughts wrapped in Emotions). Any of these can be life-shaping or life-changing. Unique Styling is given by stylish Playful Icon Images present in Affect Symbolic Imagery surrounding the core message. Type II display the Type III forms of Personification, Metaphors, Allegories, Fables, Analogies, Similes, Legends, Proverbs, Parables. They take ones reality-beyond-meaning so as to awaken non-thought experiences + non-feeling impacts disengaging one from the External World. From all came Type IV-Jokes, anecdotes, Riddles, Conundrums, Puns, Enigmas, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Mysteries. In African Tradition, these concern ones Highest Self, manifested by Instinct Play/Fun, while Sublime Pleasure embraces Humane Humor, Wit, Comedy, so vital for "Making Fun Out of Hard Work!"