tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post8758261852001655614..comments2024-03-02T02:30:58.261-08:00Comments on Fresh angle: A strange encounter in the MuseumOluchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-62013034314711925442014-07-20T12:08:15.591-07:002014-07-20T12:08:15.591-07:00Felicia, I enjoyed reading your comments. You made...Felicia, I enjoyed reading your comments. You made some great points. We live history in our every day lives, so we are not so nostalgic about the past. Would still be nice if we could preserve some relics for posterity. Because, just like you said, culture is very fluid & we are increasingly becoming Westernized. Thanks for the great input.Oluchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-15099834773202438632014-07-18T05:47:20.853-07:002014-07-18T05:47:20.853-07:00Ha ha ha, thank you Fresh Angle for the fantastic ...Ha ha ha, thank you Fresh Angle for the fantastic pictures. That the little girl was asking her parents if these were the witches? I don't find so surprising. Simply because a lot of people connect Africa with witchcraft, poverty and disease. (Not that such connections have no basis). However as rightly pointed out, that isn't the summary of what Africa is about. As to seeing so little of Africa in Africa, this stems partially from the lack of infrastructure and institutions in place (such as museums) to record such things, but more I think from the fact that many Africans do not value their culture and traditions. Rather they despise the latter and in their dressing, speech, music and other things do their best to be as un-traditional as possible. Another reason could be that African culture is right here with us: people visit the medicine man every day, they carry clay pots and use mortars in cooking all the time, so there is a lot of Africa in daily African living. Those who are interested are invited for a visit to get an original taste!<br />Uchenna Felicia Ugwunoreply@blogger.com