The Impact of Globalization on African Culture

Abstract

The concept of globalization and its application to human development have been significantly more pronounced in relationship between the developed rich western worlds, which are the new technologies, and the poor developing countries. Globalization has continued to engender enormous debate, controversy, protests and demonstrations that are sometimes violent. Globalization has many dimensions; the paper examines the cultural dimensions of globalization from Africa perspective. Africa is a continent blessed with abundant human and material resources, globalization is a reality which no country can run away from, the paper argues that with globalization the whole world is tending towards a homogeneous culture, we (African) have failed to integrate the positive African values into the borrowed western values. The issue of globalization is a serious matter for concern; the way people live and work are changing both positively and negatively as a result of globalization. The paper concludes that efforts should be made to identify and isolate the foreign practices that have negative consequences on the cherished values of Africans. This requires a conscientious re – orientation of African to intensify efforts in redeeming whatever is redeemable from its rich cultural heritage.

Keywords: Globalization, Culture, Values, Development.