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- Why is examining cultural assumptions important? What assumptions are made about your culture?
- Detachment and engagement are both necessary for participant observation research. Why do you think this would be difficult?
- Can you think of a group you would like to study? Who would it be and why?
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Running head: SINGLE STORIES AND FICTIONAL STORIES
Single Stories and Fictional Stories
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SINGLE STORIES AND FICTIONAL STORIES
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Single Stories and Fictional Stories
The indigenous culture is characterized by various beliefs, practices like arts and crafts,
and vast different religious denominations encompassing Christians, Muslims, and a variety of
customary African religions. Besides, tribal groupings occur, and the countries had a kingdom
system of governance, depicting a different culture to that of western continents. Polygamy is
also allowed, including cuisine, resulting from the dominance of Arabs in the region before
colonization.
Much has been known to be said concerning the African culture that partly, has widely
been perceived as the truth, or primary definers of the continent (Reijnders, 2016). However,
parts of the single stories known to be accurate are right but often incomplete. For instance,
Africans are perceived as poor, violent, corrupt, and often characterized by the presence of
diseases like aids. The actual part of the single-story is that there is a high prevalence of diseases
and widespread corruption. However, the missing piece encompasses the efforts to curb their
development and spread, indicating the unintentional nature of their occurrence on the part of the
natives.
As postulated by Dr. Harari, various fictional stories circulate concerning the origin of
humankind and attempt to offer information that has not been gathered. Fictitious tales on the
background of humankind opine that humans existed even before history and animals first
appeared about 2.5 million years ago. Still, their numbers have been under the myriad o...
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