Social Change in Africa.

The article discusses the social changes that have occurred in Africa over the years. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ushered in a new era in world history. The rise of the West with its developing industrial way of life heralded a change in the existence of mankind, the consequences of which have not yet run their full course. Industrialism brought with it urbanism, a new kind of urbanism from that of the old, and the impact of this new type spread over the face of the earth, reaching some places earlier than others. The phenomenon of urbanism is nothing new in Africa, for some of the oldest cities in history existed there. A major object of this new urbanization is the social organization of the African, for the life of the modern African as lived by his forefathers is being changed considerably. In the old and traditional African configuration the members were socially linked to one another. The African philosophy of living is based principally on the group, rather than on the individual. One's activities are coordinated in a pattern that is approved by the group.