Culture is the
collections of values, beliefs, knowledge, norms, language, behaviors, and
material objects shared by a people and socially transmitted from generation to
generation according to experience sociology
by David Croteau and William Hoynes. In Africa for example we share a lot
of these such as behaviors, norms, beliefs… One of the most common one is
polygamy. It exists in all African countries no matter the religion that people
believe, they still have many wives and that constitute a major problems. I have
seen women killing each other or even voodoo other to get run away or get crazy
just to be alone with their husband.
beliefs
We also have another one that we all share but it depends of what ethnicity that one’s belong that women’s excision. For instance we never practice women’s excision in my ethnic group but if we take 10 groups almost 8 or 7 do it. Now that many countries start banning it, it reduces a lot but still exists because African holds on a lot to their beliefs.
We also have another one that we all share but it depends of what ethnicity that one’s belong that women’s excision. For instance we never practice women’s excision in my ethnic group but if we take 10 groups almost 8 or 7 do it. Now that many countries start banning it, it reduces a lot but still exists because African holds on a lot to their beliefs.
material culture:
This is why something like caste still exist and a lot of African would never going to be mixed because noble believes that the only thing that can do with griot is to give them money. Most of the time, they are richer then noble. They usually own a lot of houses, cars, gold and they work.
Norms: what is appropriate
Another one that is not only African is color. We all assign blue to men and pink to women. Most of the time I see people laughing at someone because he or she wears what they call the “wrong” gender color. We can’t wear what we want or do what we want.
Another one that is not only African is color. We all assign blue to men and pink to women. Most of the time I see people laughing at someone because he or she wears what they call the “wrong” gender color. We can’t wear what we want or do what we want.
Going back to my country, we like to eat together in the same bol because we believe that we won't be able to eat a lot when we are alone. when i come to US i had that problem to. i couldnt eat as i used to because we also share diner. we work or go to school in the morning. So i was just eating breakfast and diner. now I'm used to eat alone. this is
interesting points specially about the voodoo because I was just watching a film about the struggles in Liberia and how the men feel a certain way about the female antomy and magic and the corraltion between them.
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