Sentence:  The decolonization of the African mind and imaginagion is a job that must be done. It is a job that requires that our perceptions, our imaginations, and our literary devices be fertilized by the past literatures and <WSD>oratures</WSD> of the Pan-African world, and by the literatures and <WSD>oratures</WSD> of other lands besides Europe. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing. (from 1970s)