He who wins the war gets to write it's history

In the Dani Kouyate’s film, Keita! Jeliba says to Mabo: "Do you wonder why the hunter always wins against the lion? If lions wrote stories, don't you think they would win some time?" What did he mean by this? How is this statement a comment on the use of oral tradition as a historical source material?

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