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Colonialism and African cultural values - Academic Journals
academicjournals.orgColonialism and African cultural values Benson O. Igboin Department of Religion and African Culture, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. E-mail: ohisuccess@yahoo.com. Tel: +234 8057420868. Accepted 19 May, 2011 It is no longer a debate that pre-colonial African life was heavily influenced by religion. Almost every
AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE CHALLENGES OF QUALITY ...
files.eric.ed.govpresentation of African culture as enunciated by several African writers including (Anyanwu 1983, Falola 2016, & Dickson, 1985) who severally concur that culture is a complex whole that embodies the totality of the African in a community, a lifelong process that bestrides birth and death. African culture embodies knowledge, belief, art,
CULTURE, TRADITION, CUSTOM, LAW AND GENDER EQUALITY
www.saflii.orgAfrican culture has experienced rapid change since the colonial invasion. Contemporary African culture is a mixture of traditional elements and alien features. Local African culture was oppressed for many years by white South Africans, who find their cultural roots in western countries. Western cultures tend to be more
AFRICAN CULTURE AND VALUES - SciELO
www.scielo.org.zaIn this way, African culture and values can be revaluated, their relevance established and sustained in order to give credence to authentic African identity. INTRODUCTION. The culture of a people is what marks them out distinctively from other human . societies in the family of humanity. The full study of culture in all its vastness and