The feelings of so-called civilisation are mixed. What may appear as 'civilisation' might be instincts.
"My own impression, from having divided my life between United States cities and New Guinea villages, is that the so-called blessings of civilization are mixed. For example, compared with hunter-gatherers, citizens of modern industrialized states enjoy better medical care, lower risk of death by homicide, and a longer life span, but receive much less social support from friendships and extended families. My motive for investigating these geographic differences in human societies
is not to celebrate one type of society over another but simply to understand what happened in history ( Diamond 18). "
This a Xhosa traditional dress. We call it Umbhaco. Liberation is about owning your story. Many Africans everywhere are fully aware that 'civilisation' has enhanced them technologically, but imposed its superficial standards of beauty. Africans are very smart and know they cannot integrate into white society and feel no need to.
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