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Social-Cultural Anthropology

Communication with the African Society [Paperback]

by George Allan Phiri

    • Author

      George Allan Phiri

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Resource Publications

    • Published

      September 2009

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      Description: Effective communication with the African society in the field of missions, church planting, and social development work has been and continues to be a great challenge, particularly to people from western cultural and language orientation. Africans are a ""we"" rather than ""I"" and a ""depended on"" rather than ""independent of"" society. The worldview of a traditional African in terms of society, relationships, and communication is communal. Certainly, the African perception of communalism affects how they communicate with the people of different cultural orientation. Africa has several cultures and people differ in their communication depending on their cultural orientation. However, there are universal African cultures that act as a framework for understanding key aspects of communication with Africans for successful missions, church planting, and social development work. This book, therefore, provides a strategy of understanding communication with the African society. The discussions in this book provide readers with different cultural orientations unique perception of the African society as s/he may be planning to communicate with the African society for missions, church planting, and social development work, even doing humanitarian ministry in African society. Although literacy levels have improved tremendously in most African countries, most of Africa is not a reading society. It is imperative to understand that most Africans still communicate orally and are not time conscious. Hence, effective communication in African societies ought to be based on storytelling rather than literature distribution, although this is in transition. In fact, Africans are oratory and good listeners. Thus, this book provides an understanding to people of different cultural orientations when they plan to communicate with the people in Africa. About the Contributor(s): George Allan Phiri is a lecturer and researcher in Cultural Anthropology and Cross-cultural Communication at Christian Vocation Training Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. This is his first book.

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      • Author

        George Allan Phiri

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Resource Publications

      • Published

        September 2009

      • Weight

        291g

      • Page Count

        190

      • Dimensions

        150 x 224 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9781606087367

      • ISBN-10

        1606087363

      • Eden Code

        4440487

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: George Allan Phiri

      • ISBN: 9781606087367

      • Publisher: Resource Publications

      • Release Date: September 2009

      • Weight: 291g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 224 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 4440487


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