Answer to Question #168925 in Political Science for King

Question

Discus the implication of the Culturalist and Historicist explanations of the rise of the West to the development of Africa

Answer 1

The western culture has tremendously impacted on African traditional society in a very positive and negative dimension. It has given rise to acculturation and improved on the value system in the African society. Obviously, culture is simply the way of life of any given people that is transmittable from one generation to another. It incorporates issues that bother on technological development, language, marriage, mode of dressing, arts and craft, food, festivity, religion, social life, education and the political system of the people.