What is the connection between the African oral storytelling and the preservation of African culture in the Americas?

(Commonlit "Lasting Contributions")

When African were brought to America during the infamous slave trade, all their connections with the African past were taken away. They did not have the right to pray to their gods, to use their names, nor even to speak their native languages.

Enslaved Africans in America told their stories and spoke about their motherland only through Storytelling. It was how questions were answered, how his history was transferred, and how life lessons were taught and learned. Storytelling was the means of preserving the connection with African culture in America.