Culture of Africa
De Culture of Africa dey vary den manifold, wey dey consist of a mixture of countries plus chaw peoples wey dey depict dema unique characteristic den trait wey komot de continent of Africa.[1] E be a product of de diverse populations wey dey inhabit de continent of Africa den de African diaspora. Generally, dem fi define Culture as a collective mass of distinctive qualities wey dey belong to a certain group of people.[2] Dese qualities dey include laws, morals, beliefs, knowledge, art, customs, den any oda attributes wey dey belong to a member of dat society.[3] Culture be de way of life of a group of people.
Africa get chaw ethnic nationalities all plus varying qualities such as language, dishes, greetings, dressing, dances den music. However, each of de regions of Africa dey share a series of dominant cultural traits wich distinguish chaw African regional cultures from each oda den de rest of de world. For example, social values, religion, morals, political values, economics, den aesthetic values all dey contribute to various African cultures.[4] Expressions of culture be abundant within Africa, plus dem dey find large amounts of cultural diversity[5] no be across different countries per buh sanso be within single countries. Even though within various regions, de cultures widely be diverse,[6] dem sanso be, wen dem closely study, dem see dem get chaw similarities; for example, de morals dem dey uphold, dema love den respect give dema culture, as well as de strong respect dem dey hold for de aged den de important, i.e. kings den chiefs.[7]
Africa be influenced wey na e be influenced by oda continents.[8] Dem fi portray dis insyd de willingness make e adapt to de ever-changing modern world rada dan make dem dey stay rooted insyd dema static culture. De Westernized few, wey American culture den Christianity persuade, first dem deny African traditional culture, buh plus de increase of African nationalism, na a cultural recovery occur. Na de governments of chaw African nations encourage national dance den music groups, museums, den to a lower degree, artists den writers.[9]
Na dem hold over 90 to 95% of Africa ein cultural heritage outsyd of Africa by large museums.[10] E sanso be important to note insyd a quote from BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) on African culture, “a recent study by Foresight Factory on defining factors of identity, 50-60% of British black African/Caribbean respondents, agreed that ethnicity played a key role, the largest of any group. The singular viewpoint of ‘black’ as an ‘identifier’ or an ‘ethnicity’ not only denies cultural differences between the population, it also denies the nuance within a vastly diverse community…. When we attempt to define African culture and identity, we have to be mindful that we are viewing a broad ethnicity comprising different sub communities that are resistant to having their heritage and culture boxed in simplistic labels.[11]”
African cultures, wich originate on de continent of Africa,[12] get chaw distinct differences dan dat of Black culture,[13] wich originate by African Americans insyd de United States after na dem strip dem of chaw of dema own African cultures during enslavement.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "African Culture - Rich, diverse culture across the vast continent". www.victoriafalls-guide.net. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ Saigo, Heather (21 November 2023). "Characteristics of Culture | Overview & Examples". study.com. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ↑ Burnett Tylor., Edward (1871). Primitive Culture. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Idang, Gabriel E (2015). "African culture and values". Phronimon. 16.
- ↑ Diller, Jerry V. (2013-12-31). Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services (in English). Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-305-17753-6.
- ↑ Brittner, Thomas (21 November 2023). "African Ethnicity | Overview, Population & Tribes". study.com. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ↑ Falola, Toyin (2003). The power of African cultures (in English). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-139-9. OCLC 52341386.
- ↑ Gaye, Mamadou (1998). "Western Influences and Activities in Africa". Journal of Third World Studies. 15 (1): 65–78. ISSN 8755-3449. JSTOR 45197784.
- ↑ Berger, Peter L.; Huntington, Samuel P. (2002). Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World (in English). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516882-2.
- ↑ Nayeri, Farah (2018-11-21). "Museums in France Should Return African Treasures, Report Says". The New York Times (in American English). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ "BAME We're Not the Same: Black African". www.bbc.com (in English). Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ↑ "The Los Angeles Times 07 Sep 1994, page Page 80". Newspapers.com (in English). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ↑ "Southern Illinoisan 11 Apr 1993, page Page 11". Newspapers.com (in English). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
Read further
[edit | edit source]- Finnegan, Ruth; Leiper, Thomas. Oral literature in Africa. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
- Robert H. Milligan. The jungle folk of Africa. New York: Fleming H. Revell company, 1908.
- ---- The fetish folk of West Africa . New York: Fleming H. Revell company, 1912.
- Klipple, May Augusta. African Folk Tales with Foreign Analogues. Volume 1. Indiana University, 1938.
- Lambrecht, Winifred (1967). A Tale Type Index for Central Africa. University of California, Berkeley.
- Arewa, Erastus Ojo. A classification of folktales of the northern East African cattle area by types. New York: Arno Press, 1980. ISBN 9780405133022.
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