Issue 19
19 - Culture and values
19 - Culture and values
WHICH CULTURE? WHICH VALUES?
Who would admit to being without a culture and without values? Both “culture” and “values” belong to that select family of words, like “love” and “friendship” which are universally embraced and endorsed but which have decidedly different meanings for different people. So much so that it is perhaps better to abandon attempts at defining them in favour of cataloguing the association of ideas that they are likely to evoke.John Sibi-OkumuKENYAN CULTURES AND OUR VALUES
Simiyu WandibbaLANGUAGE AND CULTURE – A PERSPECTIVE
Frederick Kang’Ethe IrakiDRESS AS A MEDIUM OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION
Karega-MuneneKENYA: A READING NATION?
Justus G. Mbae- INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS
Marginalization - A Challenge to Intercultural Living
When I was asked to share my intercultural experience, the first thing that came to my mind was how to contextualize it in the reality of Nairobi. So I decided to tackle intercultural living from the challenge which marginalization presents to us. Let me start with my personal background.Yago Abeledo YOUTH SPEAKS GIVING CHILD ABUSE A NEW MEANING
George Ajigo- BOOK REVIEW
The Little Prince - The Alchemist
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated from the French by Katherine Woods. London: Mammoth, 1991 edition. 87 p.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, translated from the Portuguese by Alan R. Clarke. New York: HarperCollins. 1993 edition. 174 p.Ciarunji Chesaina