Question

300 words describing African culture

Section 1: African Culture summary

• Geographical and historic background

Section 2: African cultural perspective of health and illness

Answer 1

##The culture in Africa is varied and manifold, consisting of a mixture of countries with various tribes that each have their own unique characteristic from the continent of Africa. It is a product of the diverse populations that today inhabit the continent of Africa and the African Diaspora. African culture is expressed in its arts and crafts, folklore and religion, clothing, cuisine, music and languages.Expressions of culture are abundant within Africa, with large amounts of cultural diversity being found not only across different countries but also within single countries. Even though African cultures are widely diverse, they are also, when closely studied, seen to have many similarities; for example, the morals they uphold, their love and respect for their culture as well as the strong respect they hold for the aged and the important, i.e. kings and chiefs.
African culture is expressed in its arts and crafts, folklore and religion, clothing, cuisine, music and languages. Expressions of culture are abundant within Africa, with large amounts of cultural diversity being found not only across different countries but also within single countries.

##Africa, the second-largest continent, is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is divided in half almost equally by the Equator. Africas physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately.
##The recorded history of early civilisation began in Egypt and later spread to Nubia, the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa. Islam spread throughout Africa during the middle ages and remains to be the dominant religion in Northern African today.
##Without access to medicines, Africans are susceptible to the three big killer diseases on the continent: malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Globally, 50% of children under five who die of pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
## In Africa, religion, spirituality, and ancestry are important parts of the cultural environment, therefore its impact on leadership in Africa is discussed. Theories and related dimensions of culture, proposed by Hofstede and the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research team, are briefly reviewed. The role of leadership and the findings of the Leadership in Africa and the African Diaspora (LEAD) project, as they relate to African culture, are then introduced. Finally, cultural differences between African culture and Western culture and its impact on leadership are discussed.