How Colonization Affected an African Society

There is no denying the fact that

> Africa has a bank of rich cultural heritages with

> diverse values that are flexible and highly adaptable

> with ancient wisdom yet undiscovered for today uses and

> purposes. The culture has a lot of educating and reformative

> values which can impact positively on re-regulating

> today’s and future societal norms and morals. African

> culture is one of many different traditions and practices,

> after a major colonization by the British the cultural

> values that were widely respected and known for centuries

> were changed in due time. Like every culture in history

> change has come and gone and the aftermath is evident in

> today’s traditions. This essay will criticize how

> colonization affected the Ibo culture with main references

> and comparison from the novel “Things Fall Apart” by

> Chinua Achebe. When analyzing this essay I thought about all

> the major roles and traditional views that were changed just

> within this novel. Examples

> would be the tradition of kola nuts for important visitors,

> how bride prices are a very important part of a marriage

> agreement, and especially how family legacy is critical to

> the survival of a person in a village. More nontraditional

> roles that can be interpreted differently were the affect

> men and women have on their society and the importance of

> gender roles In order for a village to sustain its

> hierarchy. Another would be the affect colonization had on

> the normal practice of religion and justice being served in

> a community.

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> Culture can be defined as “a system of interrelated values

> active enough to influence and condition perception,

> judgment, communication, and behavior in a given society”.

> It is a configuration of learned behaviors and results of

> behavior whose component elements are shared and transmitted

> by the members of a particular society. Culture is the

> shared knowledge and schemes created by a set of...