CULTURE: A SANDWICH OF TRUTH AND LIES

All human beings are born into a culture and no human walking the earth chose his/her culture, it was a gift from destiny. Culture tells largely how a people interpret and interface with their world. For many a people they believe 100 percent what their culture[s] suggests to them as true or false.

Culture varies according to the geographical location of a people. For people in the tropical part of the world or the Major World, animism is what basically anthropologists have described their culture or worldview. Animism is the belief in spirits; immaterial beings that control the affairs of mankind. And anything that happens, the animist will say some powerful diabolic or benevolent spirit is behind it.
Culture greatly affects the success or growth of a people. It tells how they will relate to concepts such as time, money, work, religion and their fellow human beings.

There are so many garbage in the African culture that needs urgent attention if the continent is to grow and take it rightful place in the scheme of things. Africans are regarded backward because of how they have rejected 'modernity' and stuck to the old ways of engaging with the world.
Cultures that have evolved did so because men raised critical questions about the way[s] of life that their ancestors have passed down to them.

Young Africans are today growing up in a world that is post-modern. The main theme of post-modernity is that there are no absolutes. What is considered to be true is subjective to the perspective of the individual.
 A people's growth depends largely on the sophistication of their culture, which in most case[s], should be in tone with global trends. An example of a culture in Africa that needs attention is how children are regarded. Children are not allowed to raise questions or even talk and have conversations with adults because of the age system of socialization in Africa. Africans socialize base on their age grade i.e. with their peers. Although this is not a general situation in Africa.

The irony with the whole thing is that adults often tell children that they are the leaders of tomorrow. But how can can a future leader lead when [s]he is not allowed to ask questions or socialize with an adult?
Young Africans need to start engaging thoughtfully with their culture[s] and embrace changes that would advance the continent. It is easy to believe a lie as a culture just because our parents passed it down to us and we were not allowed to question it validity.