Contamination By Kwame Anthony Aphiah Summary

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The case for Contamination by Kwame Anthony Aphiah published on January 1st 2006 was a very detailed, in depth explanation about the cultural diversity in the world. The text also focuses deeply on the difference between cosmopolitans and neofundamentalists. At the beginning of the text, the author described a Wednesday festival day in Kumasi, Ghana, the town where the author grew up. The description of the place that he was at for the festival was nothing like anything that I know, it was so different and surprisingly modernized and old-fashion simultaneously, I would experience a culture shock if I were to live in that moment at that place.
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Just because they are exposed to new products through globalization does not necessarily mean that they will abandon their own culture for it nor will they be deeply influenced by it. I believe that people can judge whether a product is right for them and according to their beliefs and values, they will make their own decision about it. Whether they approve it or not, it is their own judgement that matters because at the of the day their values and traditions stay with them since they are innate. I am very convinced that cultural consumers all over the world are not just marionette to be played by the advertisements and products. They are most importantly human beings with the capacity to make decisions that are good for them. In this argument, I agree that the cultural diversity of the world is not threatened just because people from different cultures are exposed to different traditions which are not their own. Let’s face it, we cannot stop people from interacting nor can we stop the grow of globalization of the world. For instance, students from KwaZulu-Natal were asked about American Soap Opera and what lessons did they get from it. One of the student, Sipho responded that in soap opera “Days of our lives”, he drawn the lesson that a man can tell a woman that he loves her. I feel like Sipho took a lesson from the soap opera only because he wanted to and especially because it was correct according to his values and beliefs. What Sipho watched did not completely change his mind about what he already knew but it only opens his mind to a new way to see the same things that he already knew. This proves that the products from a culture do not necessarily affect people from other cultures because they already have their own beliefs and foundations. Thus, I strongly believe that globalization is not at all a treat to the cultural diversity of the

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