A Short History of West Africa, A.D. 1800 to the Present by T.A Osae

It also goes on to include a people’s social norms, taboos and values. These peculiar traits go on to include the people’s language, dressing, music, work, arts, religion, dancing and so on. Culture, as it is usually understood, entails a totality of traits andĬharacters that are peculiar to a people to the extent that it marks them out from other peoples or societies. The full study of culture in all its vastness andĭimensions belongs to the discipline known as anthropology, which studies humanīeings and takes time to examine their characteristics and their relationship to theirĮnvironments. The culture of a people is what marks them out distinctively from other human Even though African cultures are widely diverse, they are also, when closely studied, seen to have many similarities for example, the morals they uphold, their love and respect for their culture as well as the strong respect they hold for the aged and the important, i.e. Expressions of culture are abundant within Africa, with large amounts of cultural diversity being found not only across different countries but also within single countries. African culture is expressed in its arts and crafts, folklore and religion, clothing, cuisine, music and languages.

It is a product of the diverse populations that today inhabit the continent of Africa and the African Diaspora. Africa culture is varied and manifold, consisting of a mixture of countries with various tribes that each have their own unique characteristic from the continent of Africa.

A Short History of West Africa, A.D. 1800 to the Present by T.A Osae