Malebo SephodiIn order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness
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In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost. We will do whatever it takes to keep tradition going and not change it, no matter how much the world has evolved. In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness. For example, when the West offered up a new definition of marriage over a century ago, many African countries refused to change their own definitions of marriage. And when a number of African countries decided that the time had come for a reinterpretation or loosening of certain cultural practices that had been in place for centuries, they were met with fierce opposition from other African countries.
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