Ethnicity & Tribalism Futures
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Tribalism or ethnicity, religion and corruption are popular clichés used to describe or analyze various forms of anomalies in Nigerian nation building. In this article, tribalism and ethnicity are used interchangeably, because of its varying use to different people, but refers to same subject in the discourse. According to Wikipedia, tribalism is the state of being organized in, or advocating for, a tribe or tribes. In terms of conformity, tribalism may also refer in popular cultural terms to a way of thinking or behaving in which people are more loyal to their tribe than to their friends, their country, or any other social group. Tribalism has been defined in engaged theory as a 'way of being' based upon variable combinations of kinship-based organization, reciprocal exchange, oral communication, and analogical enquiry. It is defined as “a label for social groups who feel a distinct sense of difference by virtue of common culture and descent” (Glazer and Moynihan; 1975).
Pan-Africanism V
Pan-Africanism: A Dream Raped
by Tim Mugerwa - President of the African Youth Union
Pan Africanism origins are stemmed from the struggles of the African people against enslavement and colonisation” Dr Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (Pan Africanism: Politics, Economy and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century to the first resistance on slave ships – rebellions and suicides – through the constant plantation and colonial uprisings and the “Back to Africa” movements of the nineteenth century.
Pan-Africanism as an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide is based on the belief that unity is vitally important to economic, social, and political progress and aims to unify and uplift people of African descent.
The ideology asserts that the fate of all African peoples and countries are intertwined. At its core Pan-Africanism is "a belief that African peoples, both on the continent and in the Diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny.
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Futurist profile of the month
 Collins G. Adeyanju
Researcher
Research Fellowship: National Defence College Nigeria
Collins answered a few questions about his perspective and on being a futures thinker.
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Ethnicity & Tribalism Bibliozone
Featured in Bibliozone this month is a collection of publications related to the future of ethnicity, tribalism, diversity and race/identity. The selection of documents is partial and based on accessible material. Therefore, we would like to invite everyone to supplement our library with additional materials.
Publications from our FFD library: 
Various other publications are available in our FFD library on ethnicity & tribalism .
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Africa is a close-knit community. It is not a country, but we seem to have a lot of things that differentiate us from the rest and yet bring us together. Culture is an integral part of who we are. With culture comes tribalism.
In school we were taught that tribalism is one of the reasons that colonialism came to an end. The more the natives of the land were able to accept themselves as who they are, the easier it was for them to unite in fight for what they believed in. We see that coming to life especially with the Buganda Kingdom, which is the authority that mainly fought for the independence of Uganda.
Read Ruth's full blog.
Multiple identities, where do I belong?
by Aya Chebbi
I grew up with multiple identities that I questioned throughout my teen years. The strongest identity I was brainwashed with, is being “Arab”. Since primary school, my education, which curriculum I didn’t choose, has been mainly about the Arab civilization and the invention of the zero! My library has been full of books of Gibran Khalil Gibran and Mahmoud Darwish.
I actually loved Arabic, which I believe is my native language. I used to write a lot of poetry and short stories and have always been top of my Arabic prosody class. I lived in a country that has always been portrayed as part of the larger Arab region, with which it shares a language and many cultural elements, including a political identification.
Where do we go from here?
That discussion about ethnicity/tribalism.
Who am I? Who belongs where?
The first question is simple, I am Chioma Agwuegbo, female, Nigerian, and I could go on and on from there. Who belongs where, however, is a slightly more complicated question to answer.
As globalization envelops the world, and migration results in more people being in London who are not Londoners than the British themselves, the conversation about identity, who’s entitled to what, who’s exempt (or not) from what, is becoming louder, albeit not as inclusive as it should be.
Read Chioma's full blog.
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Why strategic foresight matters for Africa
African Futures Paper 12 | October 2014
Africa needs to deepen its strategic reflection in order to anticipate the future with confidence. It must think more systematically about long-term trends and plan for the future if it is to take advantage of opportunities arising from economic growth.
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Talk-@-tive
A selection of quotes about the future of ethnicity & tribalism.
“Although the world is increasingly globalised, tribalism is the most powerful force on earth, when a group of people identify only with each other. It’s more powerful than nuclear bombs, or the combined might of the world’s old superpowers or new ones."
Dr Patrick Dixon
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Videophile
Videophile features selected videos on this month's theme: Ethnicity & Tribalism
Videos Include:
■ David Goodhart - the future of multiculturalism
■ Tribalism in schools, colleges - impact on learning.
■ The path to ending ethnic conflicts
■ Is There A Future For Multiculturalism?
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Noticeboard
9th UNESCO Youth Forum3-5 November 2015
Paris, France
The Forum will bring together young women and men from across the Organization’s Member States to discuss current youth issues and formulate a number of strategic recommendations.
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