African Journal of Culture, History, Religion and Traditions (AJCHRT)

Reconciling Culture and Development in Sinology: A Nexus of Harmony in Hangzhou-Zhejiang of South-Eastern China

Abstract

The paper delves into the nexus between culture and development especially as it relates to the Chinese culture and how it has been shaped to pave a way for development. The paper also examines the adherence to Chinese culture by the people of Hangzhou and how that results in a rapid economic development and political stability of the city and its mother province. The paper adopts the library instrument under secondary methodology to generate data for analysis. Findings show that, there is strong attachment between culture and development when old technology is mixed with modern one to produce meaningful change in the society. The paper concludes that It is without doubt that, despite the influx of western culture into Asia and China, the Chinese have been able to maintain their culture. The city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang is not an exception, as the development of culture mixed with modern changes has produced what can be seen in Hangzhou today. Industrialization, e-commerce, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure, education, tourism and many other areas of human development have been achieved. The paper recommends that Hangzhou must be made open to the people of China and those who wish to come from other parts of the world. This will expand market and allow new technologies, skills and manpower into the city, among other recommendations.

Radicalism, Political Consciousness, Marginalization and their Impact in the Agitation for the Creation of Karaduwa State (Katsina), Nigeria from 1987 to Present

Abstract

Radicalism, political consciousness and marginalization are important tools in the discourse of peasants’ history throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. This is true because they were used to fight against exploitation and oppression of the upper class against the down trodden. It bases on this that the paper discusses them and examine how they contributed in the agitation for the creation of Karaduwa state from 1987 to present. However, it should note that the two words; Karaduwa and Southern Katsina will be used interchangeably throughout the paper, i.e meaning the same.