THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON AFRICAN CULTURE AND EDUCATION.

Globalization or often called urban migration, has created rigid cultural traditions and education for Africans.During the colonial and the post colonial era,most African cultures and education which has been preserved for generations continued to shine.However those traditional cultures are prevented from facing extinction due globalization .It was predicted that by the year 2000,half of the world pouplation will be living in big towns and cities regardless of their earnings or congested living conditions.Those predictions are now becoming a reality.In Africa globalization has become something that has to be done if one wants to survive.Globalization also named by Radical African economist as “the African Disease” is also another source of economic platform for many Africans especially those who migrated to the Americas and Europe.
Globalization in Africa has both political and economic reason.The political part is based on the frequent wars which has forced many people to migrate to other parts of the countinent for their own security.The second side of the story is based on economic reasons.As the cost of living gets high and the land to farm on are no longer fertile enough for argricultural purposes,indigenous young men and women who traditionally work on these farms are left with no option but to migrate to big cities and towns for survival.The most important part of the situation is, the people in question here end up working and earning for better living conditions
These skillful citizens when they to meet their needs in the densely populated areas in big towns and cities usually never return back to the villages to continue on their trade.The more the indigenous African people migrate the more of their cultutures they either get lost or completely had it over run by the western civilization.The traditional farming system or the traditional cultural life in all its form is very fragile as migration continues to big cities and towns.First in big cities there is no land for a traditional farmer who all in his life has been farming in forest.As a result they could not farm in big cities where every thing is almost done by machines.The rich family traditions which the younger generation always learn from farming to active life style could not be done in big cities or towns.This has affected the traditional life of Africans.
Globalization has also affected the traditional education of Africans.In some big cities where the traditional African educational system has almost become impossible,conditions are growing worst since the elderly who should be teaching are themselves westernized due to migrating to big cities and towns.The situation has left the younger generation in the dark with no future.The normadic life style which could only be done in the villages and small towns are also being affected by globalization.
The Quaranic schools where young children are taught in the traditional way are also impossible in some cities where almost every child attends westernized school schools.Many Africans also believed that African children learn better in the rural areas than big towns and cities.So children who are forced to migrate to the cities are also forced to forsake their rich traditional cultures.However Globalization is not bad as it is seen by many people.It has perfected the Western Education in some countries and for those who globalization has forced to finally settle in Europe and the Americas,brings in new ideas and techenics for a better living condition.
Since Globalization cannot be stopped,the governments and the international communities around the world should make sure that it is done properly for the interest of the normadic and indigenous people who never want to be displaced but would like to share their ideas and opinion with family members and friends who has been on the run due to globalization. Untile the day when every one will stay at home for better life, Globalization must be to balance the economy of the working class of the modern world.