The Impact Of Globalization On Africa

Does the globalization phenomenon increase cultural exchange opportunities or dominate various cultures? During recent decades, with the dramatic changes of society. when asked about globalization issues, I received mixed opinions. As Philippe Legrain said '' Natural cultures are much stronger than people seem to think. Foreign influences can rapidly become domesticated,changing the national culture, but not destroying it''. Katarina Otasevic, however ,released that ''As the globalization process strengthens problems of cultural integrity and identity are more prevalent''. From my point of view, I definetly agree with the latter opinion for several main reasons below as well as providing real evidence. Globalization is a process of

Many countries remarkably gain from the growth of economic freedom zones with pacts the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) free import tax(TPP), however, they are under control of worldwide organization like WTO , TPP which can impact directly to their national identity and force them to change their traditional policy system as well as undermining tradition and national sovereignty.Specific impact of globalization on Africa were identified according to Oyejide (1998) in the political sphere, the most important consequence is the erosion of sovereignty, especially on economic and financial matters, as a result of the imposition of models, strategies and policies of development on African countries by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. In addition , to gain economic benefits and others , many government in developing countries accept to follow the policy system of wealthy ones .As a result , globalization has also steadily weakened democracy, partly as a result of unplanned effects as well as local companies don’t have more liberty to run their bussiness even these policies demage to ordinary and disadvantaged

It is because, more and more people can interact each others by English which is most popular language and English is the common language of our world called globish. Hence, they can spread their national identity to others without any language barrier. However, I think that because of the impact of globalization and modernization, minority , linguistic diversity or indigenous languages worldwide are endangered or the gradual disappearance has become a universal phenomenon. As English has moved toward paramountcy, the status of the other principal languages has changed. Even though they are spoken by more people today than ever before, they have been demoted, degraded in relation to English. Today, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Russian, etc., more or less have the status of regional languages, national languages that can be used beyond their national frontiers. But, they are losing their currency as the language of international communication, formal and informal: both in political and commercial contexts and in intercultural exchanges, as bridges between people who cross cultural frontiers or who like to enrich their lives with media products from abroad. Minority languages are rich reflection of multiethnic cultures and societies and carry a wealth of linguistic, historical, social, cultural, and