Culture of Africa

De **Culture of Africa** dey vary den manifold, wey dey consist of a mixture of countries plus chaw peoples wey dey depict dema unique characteristic den trait wey komot de continent of Africa. E be a product of de diverse populations wey dey inhabit de continent of Africa den de African diaspora. Generally, dem fi define Culture as a collective mass of distinctive qualities wey dey belong to a certain group of people. Dese qualities dey include laws, morals, beliefs, knowledge, art, customs, den any oda attributes wey dey belong to a member of dat society. Culture be de way of life of a group of people. 

Africa get chaw ethnic nationalities all plus varying qualities such as language, dishes, greetings, dressing, dances den music. However, each of de regions of Africa dey share a series of dominant cultural traits wich distinguish chaw African regional cultures from each oda den de rest of de world. For example, social values, religion, morals, political values, economics, den aesthetic values all dey contribute to various African cultures. Expressions of culture be abundant within Africa, plus dem dey find large amounts of cultural diversity no be across different countries per buh sanso be within single countries. Even though within various regions, de cultures widely be diverse, dem sanso be, wen dem closely study, dem see dem get chaw similarities; for example, de morals dem dey uphold, dema love den respect give dema culture, as well as de strong respect dem dey hold for de aged den de important, i.e. kings den chiefs.

Africa be influenced wey na e be influenced by oda continents. Dem fi portray dis insyd de willingness make e adapt to de ever-changing modern world rada dan make dem dey stay rooted insyd dema static culture. De Westernized few, wey American culture den Christianity persuade, first dem deny African traditional culture, buh plus de increase of African nationalism, na a cultural recovery occur. Na de governments of chaw African nations encourage national dance den music groups, museums, den to a lower degree, artists den writers.

Na dem hold over 90 to 95% of Africa ein cultural heritage outsyd of Africa by large museums. E sanso be important to note insyd a quote from BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) on African culture, “*a recent study by Foresight Factory on defining factors of identity, 50-60% of British black African/Caribbean respondents, agreed that ethnicity played a key role, the largest of any group. The singular viewpoint of ‘black’ as an ‘identifier’ or an ‘ethnicity’ not only denies cultural differences between the population, it also denies the nuance within a vastly diverse community….  When we attempt to define African culture and identity, we have to be mindful that we are viewing a broad ethnicity comprising different sub communities that are resistant to having their heritage and culture boxed in simplistic labels*.”

African cultures, wich originate on de continent of Africa, get chaw distinct differences dan dat of Black culture, wich originate by African Americans insyd de United States after na dem strip dem of chaw of dema own African cultures during enslavement. 

## References


## Read further

* Finnegan, Ruth; Leiper, Thomas. *Oral literature in Africa*. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
* Robert H. Milligan. . New York: Fleming H. Revell company, 1908.
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* Klipple, May Augusta. *African Folk Tales with Foreign Analogues*. Volume 1. Indiana University, 1938.
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* Arewa, Erastus Ojo. *[https://books.google.com/books?id=c4LYAAAAMAAJ&q=%223743%22 A classification of folktales of the northern] [https://books.google.com/books?id=uA8TAQAAIAAJ&q=%22ojo+arewa%22+707 East African cattle area by types]*. New York: Arno Press, 1980. .

## External links

* Unesco African Website
* Squinti African Art
* culture africaine
*African Union