Dynamics of values in contemporary Africa: the imperative of value clarification in the reconstruction of Africa cultural studies
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Dynamics of
values in contemporary Africa: the imperative of value clarification in the
reconstruction of Africa cultural studies
Africa today is as a word of shaken belief and changing values.
There is a total distortion of the values of Africa. These changing values
being witnessed presently in African societies has brought about crises of
value, which has besieged every aspect of the African life. A cursory
examination of the African society shows a disintegration of her value system,
which is clearly evidence in cases of moral decadence.
A
new and foreign value, which has permeated into our society through education,
religious, social and political interaction, have brought about crises of
values. Nigeria for instance, in the past few decades has witnessed this
socio-cultural change with profound impact on its values, beliefs and customs
broken by modernity. The youths are faced with conflicts in value orientation
in the face of violent clash between traditional values and modern values. Youths
often times want to discard the old African traditional system but in most
case, there is sufficient confusion and lack of value clarification which makes
the victims (youths) to suffer value crisis. This invariably makes it difficult
for them to pattern their lives after traditional or foreign values. For the
youths to be saved from the clutches of crisis of values system, they need help
in value clarification to make realistic decision. Unfortunately, a large
number of young people do not have access to such professional
assistance. From
this stand point however, this paper takes a look at the dimension of these
changes. It concisely explain the concept of values in Nigeria, the dilemma of
the crisis and finally anchors on value clarification approach as a viable
strategy for the reconstruction of African cultural studies. Analysis brought
to light is that every society based on its historical evidence; demand a
reconstruction and rewriting of the whole.
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