by Danyal Qalb
Foreword by Tom Steffen

ISBN: 978-621-96888-5-7

This book explores how the Maguindanao perceive their reliance on orality and how this shapes their worldview and identity. Using ethnographic grounded theory, Danyal gathered stories, dialogues, and reflections through interviews and narrative-based focus groups. The findings reveal a tension between secular education, the striving for economic progress, and religious life, where oral traditions remain strong. Out of this dynamic emerges the Orality Education Grid (OEG), a framework for understanding orality reliance across both secular and religious education. The study highlights how high-orality-reliant ways of learning continue to shape thought, belief, and community life, offering insights for educators, spiritual leaders, and cross-cultural communicators.