Self-determination and identity are deeply emotive issues, and the choices people make in this regard, however controversial, require respect It was already over two years since the boxer formerly known as Cassius Clay...
Africa in Fact Issue 47
In search of African culture
Perceptions that ethnic African cultures are primitive as measured against a western way of life are not supported by modern anthropology Recently in Kenya, in a remote village deep in the western part of this East...
The role of culture in Africa’s development
Many aspects of African culture can be used to support development, but others have delayed progress Africa is a vast continent with a diversity of cultures. Rather than see this as an impediment to development, the...
Africa’s challenge to modernity
Contrary to popular belief, Africa’s fortunes and modernity have been intertwined for at least two and a half centuries Africa’s challenge to modernity – and the continent is by no means alone in this – should be...
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