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How has the concept of wealth changed in the traditional African setting?

Explain how the concept of wealth has changed in the traditional African setting.

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Maurice
(i) There is too much stress on individual ownership of property as opposed to communal ownership in traditional African communities.

(ii) Some men sell family property leaving the children with nothing to inherit.

(iii) Women and children may own property unlike in traditional African communities where only men would.

(iv) Wealth is measured in terms of commercial buildings, types of vehicles, number of plots and the amount of money a person has instead of livestock, wives and children that mattered then.

(v) Many children and wives are seen as a liability rather than an asset as it was in traditional African communities.

(vi) Acquisition of property is sometimes acquired through unjust/ unfair means such as grabbing of land, swindling and theft.

maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 31, 2017 at 07:31

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