Culture is a constructed phenomenon, created through the human endeavours to transform nature and the environment in order to sustain and enrich life. Nigeria also has over 1150 dialects and ethnic groups. Hence, this essay aims at analysing the effects of european colonisation on igbo culture. The difference is so thin that it would serve our purpose better to use social change in society.
Gst 201 nigerian peoples and culture course code gst 201 course title nigerian peoples and culture course developer writer dr. They have important roles to play in the area of cultural education and national development. Cultural diversity and information and communication. Social change can evolve from a number of different sources, including contact with other societies diffusion, changes in the ecosystem which can cause the loss of natural resources or widespread disease, technological change epitomized by the industrial revolution, which created a new social group, the urban proletariat, and population growth and other.
Privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia. Social change and traditional gender roles in lagos state, nigeria. The content of the book introduces undergraduates to the socioeconomic and political history and culture of nigerian peoples. Invention produces new ideas, objects, and social patterns. Examples of significant social changes having long.
Cnry rie nigeria contents abbreviations and acronyms v acknowledgements vii nigeria at a glance viii 1. After world war ii, nigeria was organized as a federal system and divided into northern, western, and eastern regions. It is the culture which has kept the social relationship intact. Through social media, people or group of people can create, organize, edit, comment on, combine, and share content, in the process of helping agencies to better achieve their mission goals. Social change refers to any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms. Since culture is peoples way of life which influences there lifestyle, it means that doing business in nigeria requires a survey on how to handle or manage different cultural background in nigeria, as what is good in the south may not be good in the north. Nwaolikpe, onyinyechi nancy babcock university, ilishan ogun state, nigeria abstract the mass media is an important factor in nigeria. Culture of nigeria history, people, clothing, traditions.
Culture and communication, although two different concepts, are directly linked. Contributing to positive social change heymans, chris and pycroft, chris 2003. Influence of food culture and practices on household food. Globalization and its challenges stanley fischer1 2 i stand here with deeply conflicting emotions. Gst 201 national open university of nigeria school of arts and social sciences course code. Social change is defined as a considerable, lasting change in the way a society behaves and the norms and values to which the society adheres. Nigeria united nations economic commission for africa. Social change, in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social. Afro asian journal of social sciences volume 1, no. All religions are equally meaningful to their adherents. Even in traditional cultural settings, gender roles have witnessed changes. Igniting social change via community information boards 45 bangladesh. This has been largely affected by social changes particularly the shift from traditional community family values to western ways of life.
All evidence suggests the early settlement of nigeria millennia before the spread of agriculture 3,000 years ago. The term social change is used to indicate the changes that take place in human interactions and interrelations. Peoples religious beliefs and practices must be studied within the framework of their own culture and history. The essential way to live in societies and to maintain ones culture is to. Social transformation, development and globalization. United nations development programme 57 philippines. Civicus civil society index 2007, civil society in nigeria. The international forum for social development social. The ligaments of culture and development in nigeria olayinka akanle department of sociology, faculty of the social sciences, university of ibadan, nigeria abstract culture is the totality of ways and manners people live their lives and make sense of their existences. Social construction of manhood in nigeria 3 gender relationships and the social prescriptions for the roles of males and females are not static, however. Improving governance and service delivery through citizen engagement 63 liberia. Pdf the concept of social change in nigeria researchgate. Social change is the significant alteration of social structures and cultural patterns through.
A mapping of the current social protection landscape in nigeria finds that a number of actors are involved in funding and implementation, including government, donors, international non governmental organisations ngos and civil society. I am honored to be delivering this prestigious lecture. Managing ethnic and cultural diversity for national. The six largest ethnic groups are the hausa and fulani in the north, the igbo in the southeast, and the yoruba predominate in the southwest, the tiv people of north central nigeria and the efik ibibio. There are no universal standards by which all social and cultural groups can be evaluated. It was the most potent endorsement any social media platform could get, in a country home to more people than any other country on the continent. Culture change in ethiopia download ebook pdf, epub. Mohammed girma reveals why abrupt political change. Social change may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution. The influence of the social media on the nigerian youths. Towards the end of the nineteenth century most european states migrated to africa and other. In view of the aforementioned observations, the various housing forms prominent in nigeria urban centers can be. Culture, african societies, health, implications and rural development.
Social change has been the subject of a good part of sociology from ibn khaldun of the four teenth century to immanuel wallerstein in the twen tyfirst century. By significant alteration, sociologists mean changes yielding profound social consequences. Culture and nigerian identity in the print media mrs. In this way, african culture and values can be revaluated. This change can be social when it refers to change in the social structure and the social relation and cultural when it refers to change in the culture of the people. The real power of social is shown when you apply new media and technology with culture, this is what i consider to be social media, because from our actions and conversation we. The ligaments of culture and development in nigeria. Social change involves alteration of the social order of a society. Culture is transferred through human interaction, from transgenerational ones. Social change is a concept in sociology which talks about a change in the established patterns of social relations, or change in social values or change in structures and subsystems operating in the society. A sit uation where behavio ur pat terns change in large.
Social media integrates technologies, social interaction, and content creation to collaboratively connect online information. Rapid change occurred when charles savage and other missionaries came to fiji. Suddenly facebook became the place to go if you wanted to. Social change is the significant alteration of social structures that is, of patterns of social action and interaction, including consequences. While in the past many ethnic groups held hereditary titles and traditional lineage important, money has become the new marker of power and social status. In this paper, we try to show the relevance of african culture and values to the contemporary society but maintain that these values be critically assessed, and those found to be inimical to the wellbeing and holistic development of the society, be discarded. Department of teacher education, university of ibadan, ibadan, nigeria. Communication the ability to share each others ideas and feelings is the basis of all human contact, while culture is learned, acted out, transmitted, and preserved through communication. A study in political economy and donor support, norad report 172010 discussion. Introduction african continent is one of the largest continents of the world and its a multiethnic society with its peculiar nature and diverse practices ojua and omono, 2012. A reflection on social media and its impact on nigeria.
This volume investigates how social change has played out in the social and political history of the ancient society that is now contemporary ethiopia. Most of us want to be lucky, cool, rich, and successful. Diffusion and contagion models liken change especially cultural change such as fads and. Ethiopia, kenya, namibia, nigeria, south africa, uganda. African cultural practices and health implications for. Harnessing the potentials for academic excellence abstract one of the breakthroughs in information and communication technology in the 21st century was the discovery and emergence of the new media which have facilitated the creation of the different platforms for social interaction. Ngamen kouassi department of sociologyanthropology igbinedion university, okada benincity course editor prof. The industrial revolution was a social change because the change from man power to machine power that characterized this movement significantly impacted all aspects of every day life.
Issues on nigerian peoples and culture is the title of this book and also one of the general benchmark course requirements of the nuc for undergraduate studies in nigeria. The culture of a place and the cultural practices contribute directly or indirectly to the food security situation of a given society. Janice hocker rushing 1983 has argued, for example, that an enduring myth in u. Pdf social change and traditional gender roles in lagos. The nigerian culture is shaped by nigeria s numerous ethnic groups. An introduction to social problems, social welfare. An introduction to social problems, social welfare organizations, and the profession of social work n o one we know starts out life wanting to be a substance abuser or to be poor. Dowson and gettys, in introduction to sociology, rightly remark, culture tends to give direction and momentum to social change to set limits beyond which social change cannot occur. The importance of understanding social change in nigeria stems largely from the fact that there. Among the major contemporary forces of change is the economic crisis in many developing countries. As human beings are social beings, culture becomes established through particular ways of living. This study assessed the influence of food culture and practices on household food security among tiv, igala and eggon ethnic groups in north central nigeria in 2011. The culture of nigeria is shaped by nigeria s multiple ethnic groups. Introduction to social change and human development.
The country has 527 languages, seven of them are extinct. There are three major ways that culture produces social change. Okolo faculty of arts university of benin benincity programme leader prof. It was in this sense john veatie used the concept as follows. Introduction to social change and human development issbd.