 In this context, the transposition of African folktales into modern French was entirely logical.In response to the French assumption of moral superiority, these tales reflected the wisdom of an ordered society which saw the intimate connection between morality and common-sense, while they incorporated the highest level of imagination and a rigorous sense of style and form.They were also an expression of the African sense of community (a major Negritude concept), since they closely involved the audience in the telling".