Culture of tolerance in Africa: A moral imperative
AshEse Journal of Family and Lifestyle
Vol. 4(3), pp. 039-043, June, 2020
ISSN: 2517-1720
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Culture of tolerance in Africa: A moral imperative
Ayedero, Taiwo Martins
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Ekiti State University, Nigeria. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Received May, 2020; Accepted June, 2020
Hostility, violence and intolerance are commonplace in Africa today. Africa is synonymous to violence and hostility. But political strife and social upheaval is not limited to Africa alone, as a matter of fact, we now live in a world under constant fear of racial, cultural, religious, tribal, political and economic hostility. The world’s record of intolerance related violence for this century surpasses all centuries on the magnitude of violence, social unrest, hate, intolerance, insecurity, hostility kidnapping and terrorism. The whole universe groans for the revival of culture of peace and tolerance, else, this century may be the last in human history. Against this backdrop, this paper argues for a positive conception of toleration as a panacea to promoting global culture of tolerance in Africa, and the world at large.
Keywords:Tolerance, culture, hostility, mutual respect, morality.