Arụmarụka (Jun 2022)

How the Idea of Change has Meddled with African Cultural Practices and the African Sense of Community

  • Ovett NWOSIMIRI

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 23 – 45

Abstract

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The idea of change seems to be a vital part of human life and culture. With the concept of change, people, communities, and cultural practices have significantly evolved. Change has transformed some communities, traditions, cultural values and practices, communication methods, education, art, and literature. Thus, in this paper, I focus on the idea of change, African cultural practices, and the African sense of community. I aim to show how the concept of change has meddled with African cultural practices and the African sense of community. I intend to achieve this by using the Ifá divination system, the idea of storytelling, and homosexuality or the LGBTIQA+1 people as examples.

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