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When an old man dies it is tantamount to a whole library being set ablaze.

This statement ”when an old man dies, a library burns to the ground” is often attributed to Amadou Hampate Ba, a Malian writer. This statement eloquently captures the loss of cultural knowledge and oral tradition that takes place when an elderly man dies. library here significantly represent the knowledge and wisdom of the old man,

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