African Culture and the Problems of Social Order in Nigeria
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
No part of culture is totally unrelated to the social order, but it remains true that changes sometimes occur which has resulted to the recent societal unrest. Political crises, youth unrest, armed robbery, corruption and general decadence are the order of the day in the African societies. People are taking laws into their hands and nobody seems to know the solution to it. As a move towards contributing to the solution of this problem, the discourse on African culture and the problems of social order was undertaken with the objectives of finding out the place of the African culture in maintaining social order. The African pre-colonial period in comparison with the colonial and postcolonial was studied in relation to how order was maintained, using some Nigeria ethnic examples. It was discovered that the African culture have values enshrined in them that if maintained is capable of maintaining order in the society which is the norm in the pre-colonial periods. It was therefore concluded that the African culture has an active implication in the struggle to maintain order in the society and recommendations were made in that line. Keywords: Culture, Social Order, Africa, Norms, Values.
Authors and Affiliations
Iton Enobong Etim, Aliyu Mustapha, James Sylvester Anthony
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP379608
- DOI -
- Views 93
- Downloads 0
The Status of the Arabic Language in the Lyrics of Hafez
Persian poets mostly when influenced by other language, they wrote their ideas in the style of that language. In that era the intellectual language was Arabic, then the poets accustom with Arabic poem’s rhyme and meters,...
The Contribution of Metacognitive Skills and Critical Thinking Skills on the Retention of Senior High School Students at Biology Learning Basedon PBL in Malang, Indonesia
Retention is an important indicator of learning. There are various factors that can influence the level of the students’ retention, including the metacognitive skills and critical thinking skills. This research aims at d...
Print Media Prejudice in Kenya: Presentation of Sportsmen and Women in the Moscow 2013 IAAF Championship
The mass media have an important role in informing, developing viewpoint towards an individual and their progress in the future. What people read and see in the media shapes, changes and re-enforces People’s attitudes to...
An Unforeseen Linkage in Fine Arts Education: Photography and Visual Communication Design
The process following the invention of photography is a period when there are discussions as to whether this discipline is a technological development or a form of art. The photography has not lost its quality as a docum...
Pandit Jawhar Lal Nehru’s Policy towards Soviet Union
Policy is the projection of country’s goals she wants to achieve. A policy towards other country is always guided by its own interests, its security, and safeguard of its public, natural resources and environment. Mainta...