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Title: | Africa's Social and Cultural Heritage in a New Era |
Author: | Oosthuizen, Gerhardus C. |
Year: | 1985 |
Periodical: | Journal of Contemporary African Studies |
Volume: | Special Jubilee Edition |
Period: | October |
Pages: | 77-113 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Africa |
Subjects: | African culture Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Religion and Witchcraft Development and Technology |
Abstract: | This article explores the extent to which Africa's social and culture heritage is enhancing or retarding its development. It is argued that the following cultural changes need to be engendered: a movement away from a microcosmic to a macrocosmic perspective; a change in the analysis of nature in terms of its potential for man; a change from emphasis on the community to emphasis on the individual; the replacement of a consumption-oriented disposition towards Africa's resources by a creation-oriented disposition; the substitution of the 'strong man' ideal with symbols that encourage progress and development; the elimination of undue emphasis on the past; the development of new educational methods; and avoidance of anything that emphasizes tribal loyalties. Ref. |