Showing posts with label African traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African traditions. Show all posts

Friday, April 23, 2010

HELP SAVE MADAGASCAR TWINS CHILDREN


Photo: The cursed twins? Madagascar abandons twins because of the superstition that they bring bad luck.

Photo: The cursed twins? Madagascar abandons twins because of the superstition that they bring bad luck.


Africa is bound by so many outdated superstitions and other issues considered taboo. Nothing is seen in these superstitions and traditions they keep on holding from their ancestors other than poverty that has engulfed the whole continent.


Madagascar is one of the most superstitious countries off the coast of Africa. They believe that twins bring bad luck to the community, and to this day still hold this primitive ideology and philosophy about twins.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Rethinking Tradition: When Cultural Practices Hold Africa Back


Culture of disgrace in Africa

Culture of disgrace in Africa


Some traditional values, such as female circumcision, polygamy, and other outdated customs handed over by ancestors to tribes, are doing more harm to Africa than good. 


Female circumcision has caused more health hazards to females than ever imagined, but this old tradition of female genital mutilation is still widely practiced in many African countries.