Dividual Africa: Nodal Issues of Tradition and Contemporaneity

Anna Kawalec; Aleksandra Lukaszewicz

doi:10.18290/rkult23143.1

Published : 2023-10-27

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023)

Dividual Africa: Nodal Issues of Tradition and Contemporaneity

Anna Kawalec

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-8486

Aleksandra Lukaszewicz

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-9037

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rkult23143.1

Abstract

The editorial consists of two parts. The first part is an introduction to the complexity of the ‎cultural contexts of the African continent, focusing on this ‎complexity as a specific and important structure of the cultural reality of the world. The ‎second part introduces the issues undertaken by the TPAAE project team, ‎devoted to the traditions and transformations of the Kenyan Coastal ‎Region.‎

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contextuality, dividuality, transformations, Africa, Kenya‎

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