80% of African Languages are Oral Only

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The claim is that entire cultures have no way to pass down knowledge outside of oral tradition.

This is true (of most cultures) which has its pluses and minuses (see also Socrates)

You seem to have a poor grasp on the distinction between languages and scripts so I'm not sure how fruitful further discussion will be.