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Western influence on african politics Nothing would seem more likely to enhance the role of the Soviet Union in Africa or to damage the prospects for Western influence in black African states than a policy of alliance with South Africa — even if that alliance were Oct 25, 2020 · The Effects of the Politics of Globalization on Politics in Africa: How African Countries Can Achieve Significant Political Stability and Equality in International Multilateral Political Institutions Apr 15, 2023 · The problems emerging from the external influence on Africa's political system include defective leadership. Gover, et al. . Google Scholar Birrell, G. Oct 11, 2023 · It is on this premises that this paper intends to bring forth this discussion to enable an understanding of the strong influence of African traditional religion on the political, social, economic Oct 6, 2017 · Ekeh (1997, 83) described this as an unprofitable mimicry of Western theory and concepts, without a grounding in the discourse of democracy in African political thought, while Olukoshi (1999, 464) refers to it as an analytical subordination of African experiences to the experiences of others. The wave is so strong that it has become irresistible. The core of this Europeanized elite was formed by the national intellectuals and entrepreneurs, who had received European education and adhered to various Western political currents, such as conservatism, liberalism, and socialism. Writers began to address themes Jan 1, 2012 · The political transition from absolutism to democratization in African societies forced many countries on the continent to redress the past colonial rulership’s wrongs and destruction. Regional cooperation and integration are increasing globally with regional blocs working towards economic and political stability. A crisis of influence. It is his opinion that tribe and tribalism must be shed in positive light and understood as the pillar of African Tarabrin summarizes the general impact of Western education on Third World Students thus: The Roots of Western influence in Africa 11 [Western education] will be the vehicle of bourgeois ideas and will help neocolonialism to achieve While insisting that Western civilisation and culture has precariously contaminated the traditional values of Africa, the paper contends that Africa had established, well before the advent of colonialism, a pattern of home-grown political systems, governance process and generally acceptable institutional rule-making arrangement, such that there Mar 7, 2019 · Given that traditional African religious beliefs have had tremendous influence on Africans’ thought processes, it would be of considerable service to Western students and faculty interested in a study abroad program in Africa to be cognizant of such influence so as to have a high-quality educational experience abroad. , only a few decades after the prophet Muhammad moved with his followers from Mecca to Medina on the neighboring Arabian Peninsula (622 A. On the other, the media often depict Africa in a negative way. Conclusion. H. This form of elitism has often led to ethnic conflicts, as competing groups vie for political and economic dominance, exacerbating social tensions and hindering national unity. In the case of the former, the study argues that the major Western Powers have maintained their cultural hegemony on the African continent through a web of socialization agents—education, ideology, culture and the mass media. Either by design or accident, Africans have imbibed the Western culture and have appropriated it so much that it now becomes almost part and parcel of their lives. 7 Minute Read. In both political traditions the principles of human freedom and dignity have provided the moral impetus in the struggle for democracy and political independence. By MoriahSchnose . Dr Nina Wilén and Dr Jack Watling . North African nations, for their part, see cooperation with China as a chance to lessen Western influence and reliance on the EU and US. He holds an MA in African Studies from Copenhagen University. Education Movies This is one area where we are seeing a significant growth in the influence of western media. African modernity is understood here as African forms of life and experiences after contact with the West, which distinguishes it from pre-modern African forms of life and experiences prior to Western influences. In the last 2 decades, Africa Rising has been a concept used to describe a continent whose states, as a collective, are said to be no longer spectators in global politics and trade. In African traditional politics, the power to govern is invested on a group of persons and at times, a worthy leader to act on behalf of the community. The term culture has been defined differently by many people. The bulk of this chapter concentrates on political intervention from states outside the African continent. Feb 1, 2018 · Historically, African political institutions such as constitutions, legislatures and judiciaries have been seen as weak and vulnerable to manipulation, leading some to claim that the continent is Jan 1, 2014 · As African societies navigate the complexities of cultural preservation and adaptation, balancing traditional values and Western influences is crucial for maintaining harmonious family dynamics A critical look at the Western influence on African culture shows both good and bad influences. In a post-Covid-19 world, the continued Chinese presence in North Africa will have a May 13, 2022 · The Reemergence of Geopolitical Alignment On September 1, 1961, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 25 heads of state hailing from four continents—from Cuba in the West to Indonesia in the East, gathered to Nov 8, 2023 · The Collapse of Western Influence in West Africa Points to Wider Problems. Rune Larsen is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie funded PhD researcher at KU Leuven’s Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa and School of Culture and Society, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University, Moesgård, Denmark. This influence can manifest through various channels, including globalization, media, trade, and diplomatic relations. During 2022, the fraught relationship between the Malian Aug 28, 2017 · the Western orbit of influence. Plank, ‘Aid, debt and the end of sovereignty: Mozambique and its donors’, Journal of Modern African Studies31, 3 (1993), pp. Colonialism introduced new social, political, and economic realities to African societies. non-Western centers of power and the return of global polarization among major powers reduce the presence May 21, 2024 · Since 2020, Africa has seen more political unrest, violent extremism, and democratic reversals than any other region in the world. Post-independence African states are a western model. Rural African youth groups tended not to follow Westernized dress trends. The analysis highlights the intricate dynamics of neocolonial control in Africa, including economic dominance, political interference, cultural subjugation, and power imbalances. A wave of coups has washed across the Sahel and West Africa, leaving Aug 5, 2023 · They explored themes of cultural hybridity, blending traditional African elements with Western influences in their works. Feb 15, 2017 · Media accountability has been at the center of debate in African democratization processes. The concept underscores the narrative that governance and economies of African states have continuously been improving to the extent that the continent should be Jun 29, 2023 · Thomas Sankara was born in the northern town of Yako on December 21, 1949, into a Silmi-Mossi family in Upper Volta (Burkina Faso). 1. and American governments have been used to justify exploitive political and economic agendas. Amongst the many influential leaders that have shaped the continent, Kwame Nkrumah’s Jan 1, 1992 · The article examines the issue of the dominance of Western cultural imperialism in Africa, and the resistance to its continuation. Oct 18, 2019 · Notes on contributors. It is precisely for this reason that Africa’s Dec 15, 2020 · The language debate was first foregrounded by a Nigerian critic, Obiajunwa Wali, who in 1963 published a controversial article, “The Dead End of African Literature?” in which he observed that “African literature as now Jan 27, 2024 · The relationship between Africa and the Western world has been marked by tension, especially in politics. African states know the strengths and limitations of the concept of sovereignty better than most within the international community. As the influence and interest of the Soviet Union in Africa declined (and later collapsed with its demise), Oct 6, 2017 · Aid flows into Africa have been subject to debate by journalists such as Tom Burgis (), scholars such as Patrick Bond and concerned citizens such as Dambisa Moyo (), all of whom hold the same judgement of foreign aid in Africa through their unique critical analysis of aid flows into the continent. His academic interests revolve around Oct 13, 2024 · Kalyango’s dissertation, ‘Media performance and democratic rule in East Africa: Agenda setting and agenda building influences on public attitudes’, examines media and government influence on public attitudes to issues concerning democratic rule in the East African Community (EAC), on the assumption that the influence of media on public Jan 28, 2021 · Introduction. Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Dec 15, 2023 · Deny Africa to the West, and especially to deprive the United States and its allies of political influence, economic opportunities, and strategic bases in Africa. Just as the Congo crisis of 1960 was one of the major issues in inter-African relations, it also marked a considerable inter-African politics, periods of crisis-over Congo in the 1960s, Angola and the Horn in the 1970s, Libya and southern Africa in the 1980s-tended Mar 1, 2021 · PDF | A widespread assumption alleges that human rights are not universal, as they claim to be, but are instead Western oriented. (2019). /1 A. The deterioration in relations was not restricted to France. , (2000) : Colonialism often distorted or silenced African history and narratives. D. Jan 1, 2012 · Colonization has been praised for bringing about western education to the borders of West Africa, which in turn enabled civilization, putting the African man on the same pedestal as the European 25 FS African Literature and the European Canon: From Past to Present and Back Again PR O O Jeanne‐Marie Jackson Background N C O R R EC TE D African literature’s relationship to the European canon is both specific and Jul 15, 2015 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other May 31, 2020 · Education is a very important variable of economic growth and development. ” Cited in Baker (1968:8) Jun 9, 2023 · Finally, it examines modern African civilizations, examining the political and economic systems, social structures, African Union, and initiatives to promote human rights and economic development. He further emphasises the impact of westernisation on political ideologies, specifically May 21, 2018 · The African Union has been a translation of the interaction of political thought and reality on the African scene. Polity Press. Oct 17, 2024 · Through a thorough analysis of existing scholarship, empirical evidences, divergent perspectives, and emerging trends across the selected literature, the paper uses descriptive Nov 8, 2010 · While insisting that Western civilisation and culture has precariously contaminated the traditional values of Africa, the paper contends that Africa had established, well before the Dec 29, 2018 · He argues that westernisation brought through the colonisation of Africa has led to the diminishing of their traditional beliefs and culture. It could be said that the rate of growth of an economy is directly proportional to the quality of education meted on the Jan 7, 2024 · This paper argues that sum of the effects of Western impacts on African, politics, social and economic life and development is negative and insists on the need to rethink the relationship Oct 13, 2015 · influence of the modern Western state on the formation of the modern African state has been no less significant. Through Africa’s exposure to western culture perpetuated via television shows, movies, and other digital platforms, global media may Dec 14, 2024 · Western colonialism - Africa, Imperialism, Exploitation: Although Britain’s energetic activity to suppress the slave trade was far from effective, its diplomatic and military May 10, 2019 · Following the conquest of North Africa by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century CE, Islam spread throughout West Africa via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries, that is Aug 1, 2019 · The dominant argument of studies preceding the collapse of the Cold War is that foreign policy decision-making and implementation processes in many African states were centralised, due to A critical look at the Western influence on African culture shows both good and bad influences. It is a nice thing to have democracy. Different narratives and opinions deliberate how Africa should look in a post-colonial The paper argues that the foreign policies of the United States and USSR – two major actors in Africa during the Cold War – had some of the most significant impacts on the political culture Aug 1, 2023 · Claiming that the foreign aid Africa has been receiving is systematic aid with repressive political conditionalities designed to instill liberal values in an illiberal continent that celebrates social wholeness, this article Oct 30, 2022 · One where supposedly Western curatorship can represent Africa’s cultural and political adversary, to avoid African practitioners playing to the original and imperialist rules of the Mar 1, 2014 · The paper concluded that the weakness of the structure, politics and economic diplomacy of emerging African States after independence arose from the underdevelopment of Africa and continued Aug 2, 2019 · Africa would be to treat them as more blind to the realities of African international politics than they actually are. Nov 24, 2015 · The study continues by highlighting the significance of redressing past injustices, advocating for inclusive governance, revoking the neo-colonial yoke, undertaking a complimentary dialogue of Mar 11, 2024 · Africa now suffer from level of mental enslavement; cultural imperialism; the need for decolonisation of the mind. In this paper, the nonsituational concept of political commitment and the Oct 13, 2020 · African History, Western Perceptions, Development, and Travel in Kenya. Throughout the decades following the establishment of the Dec 14, 2024 · Western colonialism - Africa, Imperialism, Exploitation: Although Britain’s energetic activity to suppress the slave trade was far from effective, its diplomatic and military Dec 9, 2019 · This resistance has emanated from five major sources: radical and nationalist regimes, the liberated African church, mass movements, the new breed of radical African Oct 18, 2019 · This debate piece discusses how exceptionalised images of Africa are reproduced in contemporary Western discourse and imagination, and argues that these exceptionalised PDF | On Jun 15, 2019, Daniel Chigudu published The relevance of Western type of democracy to African states and way forward | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate Aug 2, 2019 · Western influence in black African states than a policy of alliance with South Africa — even if that alliance were covert in nature, and the West were successful in making Western influence refers to the political, economic, cultural, and social impact that Western countries, particularly those in North America and Western Europe, have on other regions of the world. %PDF-1. Africa is in desperate need of foreign aid and foreign direct investment; however, the influences of foreign aid and investment on economic growth and Rodee (1983) saw African social problems which emanated from Western influence as one-crop economies, pervasive corruption, spiraling inflation, massive unemployment, over-crowded cities and destitute villages. This difference set these youths up as ‘bush’ or ‘uneducated’ in the view of urban, more Westernized youth . 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This study is on the effects of western civilization on African culture a case study of South West Nigeria. The community Feb 11, 2013 · See for example, David N. May 24, 2019 · A front-burner issue in the discourse of the African experience today is the nature, problems, and challenges of African modernity. The history of aid in Africa, particularly colonial Africa, informs us that aid is a Keywords: Colonialism, Culture, Development, Governance, Liberal Democracy, Missionary, Neoliberalism, Political System, Western Civilization. ). Throughout Africa’s existence, the West has ignoredAfrica's political, technological, and economic advances in order Jan 24, 2024 · Thus, describing good leadership in Africa has been confined to what Western media think, which may distort facts to suit one’s agenda. Western styled democracy is working in Europe and America and they are trying to export it wholesale to Africa not taking into cognizance, the fact that, Europe and Africa Nov 2, 2024 · Multiple Trajectories of Islam in Africa Islam had already spread into northern Africa by the mid-seventh century A. While China and Russia strengthen their ties with Africa, Western powers find themselves increasingly marginalized on the continent. 3 %âãÏÓ 41 0 obj > endobj 61 0 obj >/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[41 44]/Info 40 0 R/Length 95/Prev 474708/Root 42 0 R/Size 85/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Mar 1, 2015 · Colonialism has impacted the political and economic conditions of the contemporary Africa. The Social Science Journal, 1992. This research intends to find out the influence of western culture on the Mar 16, 2023 · Africa has a rich history of cultural diversity and vibrant political movements. This lack of political engagement is most often due to a lack of Mar 22, 2023 · The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly. it has been comfortable with a simmering political status quo on the ground. In the context of North African politics and the Arab Spring, western Jan 1, 2012 · This process includes the colonial history, the resources and culture distribution, and also foreign aid, which I view as one of the major ways of implanting Western impact in the modern era. Western influence on African political systems has been significant and has only sometimes been positive. His father’s work as a gendarme in various parts of the country not only exposed him to other cultures, but he also became aware of the socio-economic conditions of poverty across many parts of the country (Ray, 2007). It is common knowledge that one of Africa's major Dec 12, 2023 · As African societies navigate the complexities of cultural preservation and adaptation, balancing traditional values and Western influences is crucial for maintaining harmonious family dynamics Jan 14, 2019 · African political elites are more determined than ever to shape their own destiny, and they are doing so. The trend of Western civilization in Africa and western Diaspora is pathetic; the strength of wave of Western civilization is such that Blacks are hardly capable of resisting it. The African political experience of Apr 4, 2023 · On one hand, Western politics fails to foster cooperation and growth in African countries. 407–30; David Williams, The World Bank and Social Transformation in International Politics (Routledge, London, 2008); Graham Harrison, The World Bank and Africa: The construction of PDF | On Feb 7, 2021, Isidore Agbanero and others published The Effects of Globalization on African Culture | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate A critical look at the Western influence on African culture shows both good and bad influences. George Kieh. For example, Sefa Dei, Toyin Falola, Mark Chingono, and Oyeronke Oyewumi 36 have declared that what is considerably a valid story about Africa is that which is told by its intellectuals, who according to Oyewumi must be proudly “nativist” by The roots of western influence in Africa: An analysis of the conditioning process. Yet a growing body of | Find, read and cite all the research Sep 23, 2024 · Hence, while limited research exists on the changes in ethnic influence in African party politics, it tends to suggest a gradual decline in influence. Mar 20, 2013 · failing in Europe, Africa must adopt them, even when Europe is becoming apathetic about their political system. The media has impacted significantly on the continent's civic and political education, the raising of The so-called new world order also has had significant effects on African governments. The author argued that the stories and the people involved in African stories are most likely going to be Jan 28, 2018 · The most readily evident difference was in relation to access to Western influences. For decades, Western engagement in Africa has consisted of foreign aid, military interventions and development assistance linked to governance reforms and democratic principles. How Western, Chinese, and Cuban Elitism Influence African Elitism. 8 November 2023. Western Influence: Western-style elitism, grounded in meritocracy and democratic values, have the Oct 14, 2023 · Whereas in 1930 only Liberia and Ethiopia, or Abyssinia as it was then known, were independent, apart from South Africa that was ruled by its white minority without the indigenous peoples having equal rights, by the end of the twentieth century every single nation in Africa had gained its freedom after a long and arduous, often bloody struggle for political Nov 15, 2024 · Abstract. Many Dec 14, 2021 · Knickmeyer (2005) affirmed to this by stating that the Western media hardly take the coverage of Africa seriously because of its lack of influence globally, except when there are African stories or events that threaten Western interests. Nov 17, 2023 · Through a comparative analysis of selected African countries, this study delves into the mechanisms and consequences of this influence, including language, trade, security, and political structures. Due to cultural change, Okon (2016) avers that the political atmosphere in African land is now a problem which has made the contemporary African politician no longer Sep 17, 2021 · During the period of African colonization along with the representatives of the traditional pre-colonial, a new elite emerged. The Arab conquest of Spain and the push of Arab armies as far as the Indus River culminated in an Dec 14, 2020 · It serves to contribute African perspectives to the field of International Relations, particularly regarding power politics, which is important in terms of Africanising the narratives of a subject Sep 22, 2023 · A vast majority of people from 34 African countries polled by the independent political survey outfit Afrobarometer in September 2022 said they believed regular, Nov 23, 2021 · The position that the onus of telling African stories and wisdom is on Africans and not Westerners, is consistently reasserted. This has made much of African native culture give way to the European culture. In This chapter assesses diplomatic and political influences on the continent emanating from outside Africa. Similarly, 89% of the posts in the major parastatals were The challenges of scholarship in conceptualizing or teaching modern African history and politics in the African perspectives has been identified by several scholars as a source of weak understanding and inquiry within the space of western and African academia. kekz bsmpd mvvvbzq wtb rypkf pxki nrt hil ntal cjpdgf