Socio-cultural Progress Research Articles

Historical and cultural dimensions of the philosophy of the future: globalisation and identity

The purpose of the research is to highlight the prospects for the influence of philosophy in the context of the socio-cultural dichotomy associated with the confrontation between the principles of globalisation and identity. The turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries was marked by a focus on the synergistic potential in the worldview paradigm, which corresponded to the meanings of global character. At the same time, the dialectical component of society's development has retained its influence, expressing the desire of a person or community to preserve identity. The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of philosophical thought within the two dominant dimensions of socio-cultural progress - interaction and confrontation. Achieving a balance between these two tendencies is the key to harmonising the world picture and avoiding destructive manifestations of a socio-cultural nature. The methodological basis of the study is focused on the analysis of philosophical ideas on the historical and cultural status of man, society and civilisation. The analysis of scientific and philosophical works was carried out within the framework of a variation sample, which allowed to use both philosophical and dialectical, as well as synergistic methodological potential. The results of the study point to the levelling of the positions of the philosophical interpretation of globalisation and identity in the socio-cultural discourse. The analysis of 50 philosophical works published over the past five years has demonstrated approximately equal indicators in the cultural and historical characteristics of social activity. This indicates that the worldview paradigm of our time is at the stage of choosing a strategy for civilisational development, considering the two most popular ways of development: globalisation and identity. The research perspectives are focused on the role of philosophical interpretation of the prospects for socio-cultural development. Strategic thinking is an advantage of the philosophical potential in terms of forming a strategy for civilisational progress. Conclusion. Contemporary philosophical discourse is at the stage of determining the dominant strategy for the development of a person, community and humanity. Globalisation and identity reflect the principles of two fundamental worldviews - dialectics and synergy. The role of philosophy involves a thorough description of these two socio-cultural dimensions in order to determine a favourable scenario for the development of society.

The Influence of Social Networks on the Formation of Modern Culture and its Relationship with Philosophy

The purpose of the research is to highlight the role of social media in the dynamic processes of modern culture development. Socio-cultural progress requires effective tools that will ensure the involvement of individual and social potential. Therefore, the article aims to position social media in the paradigm of the information and digital society. The research methodology is focused on the analysis of scientific works that interpret the content and format of information and communication activity of social media resources. The synergistic approach involves the formation of relevant algorithms for broadcasting social relations based on the interaction between different institutions and correlated with philosophical and ideological guidelines. The results of the study identify a number of information and communication dimensions that define worldview and mental meanings and form practice-oriented models of engaging society in synergistic interaction through social media resources. Among the key dimensions of the functioning of social networks in the information society system are: information, technology, dynamism, flexibility, creativity, heuristics, innovation. A promising area of research into the role of social networks in the context of actualising the philosophical and synergistic discourse is the problem of public self-organisation - the integrity of the approach to understanding social activity. Thus, social networks play an important role in the implementation of the principles of functioning of the social order (local or large-scale), providing the information and communication component of social activity. At the same time, social networks are actually becoming platforms where not only certain principles or elements of social development are presented, but also where discussion activity, debate and identification of the specifics of their implementation are formed. The problem of risks associated with the use of the potential of social communication, namely, responsibility, information security, and compliance with the norms of information culture, remains a matter of debate. Philosophy has historically fulfilled the mission of reconciling innovative dimensions with the fundamental dimensions of social activity, so the mental perception of the status of social networks is no less important than their functional potential.

Balance of traditional and innovative ingredients in the modern educational space

The purpose of the study is to highlight the perspectives of educational strategies in which the principles of innovation and traditionality are harmonized. The tasks of the article are focused around the search for theoretical-methodological and educational-practical guidelines for the correlation of innovative ideas with the traditional educational space. The research methodology is based on general scientific methods (analysis, forecasting, systematization), which provide an understanding of the foundations and features of scientific and pedagogical discourse; philosophical and scientific methods (synergy, dialectics), thanks to which awareness of the coexistence and interaction of educational elements or development strategies is formed. Elements of the novelty of scientific intelligence are focused on taking into account the cultural norms and traditions of the community in which innovative transformations are implemented in the educational space. Sociocultural realities can play the role of a barrier or a favorable environment for information and communication technologies in the educational sphere. Consequently, educational systems are being transformed in today's dynamic world along with other spheres of social activity, actively using digital potential. At the same time, cultural traditions are a stabilizing factor in innovation processes, which allows us to clearly position the role and status of the digital environment in the educational space. The use of ICT has its own characteristics and determines the priorities of future educational strategies. Conclusion. Therefore, maintaining a balance between the classical educational system and new educational environments is the key to the harmonious development of this sphere of social activity in the context of socio-cultural progress.

The Falsafa Prophetology in Modernist Discourse

The article shows how the concept of «natural prophecy», which developed within the framework of Falsafa (the Hellenizing philosophy of classical Islam) and traditionally qualifi ed as heterodox, was revived in the works of Muslim modernists of the 19th-20th centuries (especially Jamalad-din al-Afghani, Muhammad Abdo and their followers), who focused on the reconstruction of theological discourse in the spirit of openness to religious and confessional diversity, scientifi c rationality and socio-cultural progress. In reformist theology were accumulated both rational substantiations of prophetism, which were characteristic of Falsafa: (1) socio-teleological, proceeding from the necessity of a prophet as a legislator, and (2) psycho-noetic, which appeals to the presence of a man with the ultimate exalted soul, especially in terms of intellectual intuition and creative imagination. Developing the Falsafa’s thesis about two types of miracle as proof of the authencity of prophetic missions — «external» (material) and «adequate» (spiritual), modernists teach about the Quranic message as focusing exclusively on the second type. This marks the transition of humanity to the phase of adulthood, and with it the «sealing of the prophethood».

Reformist Revival of Falsafa’s Soteriology

The article highlights one of the most important aspects of the modernizing potential of Falsafa (hellenizing philosophy of classical Islam), associated with the significance of the soteriological concept developed within its framework for the soteriological concept that began in the 19th century reconstruction of theological discourse. On the example of the activity of Jamaladdin al-Afghani (d. 1897), Muhammad Abduh (d. 1905), Rashid Rida (d. 1935) and other reformers, it is shown how thinkers inspired by the ideals of scientific rationality and socio-cultural progress overcame the eschatologism of traditional theology, applying to the intellectualistically and presentistically oriented soteriological teachings of the Muslim peripatetics, primarily Ibn Sina (Avicenna; d. 1037) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes; d. 1198). In fact, denying the normativity of hadiths (reports of proper prophetic sayings) as a source of creed-aqida, modernists exclude from the traditional list of obligatory dogmas all principles based on hadiths, including traditions on the nearness of the end of the world and the signs that precede it. The article pays special attention to the reformist rehabilitation of Falsafa’s theses, previously qualified as heterodox: the immateriality of the soul, the unresuscitatability of the earthly body, the otherness of the otherworldly corporeality, the intellectual-imaginative nature of the afterlife, the universality of final salvation (apokatastasis).

Dynamics of the development of choreographic culture and education

Relevance of research. Under conditions related to the reformation of the national education system in general and in the field of art in particular, when priority cultural values and ideals are being reassessed and rethought, it is becoming necessary to turn to those historically formed pedagogical traditions of choreographic education and culture, which, on the one hand, must be preserved, and on the other hand, adapted to the new conditions of the Ukrainian cultural, economic and political reality. The purpose of the article is to analyse the peculiarities of the development dynamics of the Ukrainian choreographic culture and education. These research methods are used: general scientific (analysis, synthesis, systematisation, comparison, generalisation, comparison) in order to clarify the historiography of the problem under study; historical (historical-structural, historical and genesis-based, historical-diachronic, criterial-complex) ensured the development of the research structure; made it possible to reveal the origins of the development of choreographic education and culture. The content of the study and its results. The article examines the peculiarities of the development of the Ukrainian choreographic culture and education in the context of general cultural trends of a certain era. Special attention is paid to the national cultural tradition, the spiritual sphere of society, the change of the general cultural paradigm, the functions of choreographic education and culture. It is noted that the problem of the dynamic development of modern dance art is closely related to the incessant civilisational and socio-cultural progress, the change in the format of psychological and pedagogical approaches, methods and means of choreographic education. The domestic system of choreographic education was formed in the process of long-term acculturation. The specificity of dance education lies in its bicentricity: it is equally closely connected with the educational sphere and with the artistic and performing practice of art. The reformation and development of modern stage choreography took place through the dialectical denial of academic traditions and the construction of new choreographic forms. Under conditions of the cultural and philosophical era of postmodernism, the phenomenon of modern stage choreography is considered as a stylistic reflection of the artistic trends of synthesis.

Influencer as a Special Sociocultural Category in Modern Media Communications

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the influencer as a special sociocultural category in modern media communications. A set of methods is used: case study; comparative analysis; sociocultural modeling; secondary analysis of statistical data. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is P. Lazarsfeld’s model of two stage communication, A. Ya. Flier’s theory of cultural genesis, and the author’s concept of an influencer as a special type of public opinion leader. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that the emergence of an influencer is due to sociocultural progress, which is determined by the dynamic development of modern media communications, primarily, the strengthening of products of the Internet field — mainly social media — in social everyday life. An influencer is a “representative” of the culture that has developed at a given stage of sociocultural development, and a “creator of the cultural world”. In this regard, the influencer is considered as a special sociocultural category in modern media communications, which is the result of sociocultural progress caused by the need to endow selected actors with the symbolic status of a public opinion leader in the disposition of social media in order to most organically influence the audience in accordance with the pragmatically inherent effect.

Exhibition activities of the Kyiv Experimental Ceramic Art Factory after the closure of production in 2006

The purpose of the study is to identify general trends and comprehensive approaches to the problem of analysis and preservation of artistic values, part of which are porcelain, to determine their place in the context of socio-cultural progress of Ukraine in the twentieth century and the impact of these processes on national identity. Porcelain art acquires special significance as a phenomenon based on artistic, aesthetic and ideological traditions embodied in art forms. Given the state of destruction of the domestic porcelain and earthenware industry, porcelain products of its leading enterprise - Kyiv Experimental Ceramic and Art Factory need to analyze and highlight their impact on the national identity of Ukrainian culture. The research methodology is to apply the principles of scientific reliability and comprehensiveness, as well as the use of socio-cultural and art approaches. Used in the study and a set of scientific methods, in particular: axiological, ontological (existential), cognitive, system-historical, comparative (historical-comparative), culturological, cross-cultural, typological, iconological-iconographic, art analysis. In addition, general scientific research methods were used - theoretical, empirical and empirical-theoretical. Scientific novelty. Scientific research uses a comprehensive study of unique porcelain art samples created on the basis of the Kyiv Experimental Ceramics and Art Factory (KECAF) and highlights the state of study of certain aspects of the impact of these works of art on Ukrainian art culture after the cessation of production. Conclusions. The obtained results allow to testify that: for the first time the phenomenon of domestic porcelain as a catalyst of innovative transformations in modern society has been comprehensively studied; found that the sphere of realization of the cultural potential of Ukrainian porcelain there are private and state collections in which works of art are witnesses of historical and cultural national experience; it was found out that the exhibition activity of museums and galleries promotes intellectual and aesthetic education, forms the national identity of the individual, strengthens the manifestations of original creation and renewal of the national tradition; scientific development of this issue has become the basis for the possibility of further dissemination of this innovative impulse and determine the essence of the impact of creative achievements of the porcelain industry, and in particular KECAF, on the general artistic culture of Ukraine of the beginning of

МОДЕЛІ ОСВІТНЬОГО ПРОСТОРУ: ПОГЛЯД ІЗ МИНУЛОГО У МАЙБУТНЄ

The article is aimed at reflecting on the significance of the phenomenon of educational space as an open, multilevel, and stochastic system. Emphasis is placed on the space and time dependence of the educational space, which is revealed in the peculiarities of the development of education in different world countries in a certain historical period. The phenomenological involvement in the issue of the formation of a single open information space has been emphasized, which is consequently correlated with the vector of integration and globalization processes. Six historical and pedagogical models of the educational space have been identified, which are correlated with specific geographical «realms». The dependence of each model on the epoch-making values reproduced at the level of worldview positions of a particular social group has been summarized. The significance of secularization influence on historical models of different historical periods has been problematized. The issue of forming an educational space is one of the most interesting for the modern pedagogical community, however, few people think about its semantic and historical origins. From the point of view of the available socio-cultural significance of the studied phenomenon, the necessity of its objective reflection and scientific identification does not cause objections. The urgency of involving the term «educational space» in modern pedagogical circulation is determined by the multi-perspective formation of single open information space for educational, educational, and developmental purposes. The latter consequence is timed to the strengthening of the social significance of integration and globalization processes, which «invisible wing» covered all spheres of society, education as well. It is no coincidence, in our opinion, that in the pages of the author's thematic works we find a semantic-synonymous identification of the studied phenomenon with a «complex, stochastic, and multilevel» construction. Extrapolating such a construction to the pedagogical outline, its high «adaptability» to the real assertion of the tasks of continuing education development at the level of different social communities is noticeably distinguished. Educational space, like any spatial «construction», has its space and time «realms». The peculiarity of such «realms» is a certain geographical length and temporal variability. The content of the latest author's thesis is hidden in the peculiarities of the development of education in different countries of the world in a certain historical period. As a rule, such «development» reflects the value outline of socio-cultural progress when education is considered self-worth.

Temuriylar renessansida musiqa san’ati

The advanced musical traditions that developed during the reign of the great Amir Temur were perceived by his successors-rulers as symbols of classical art and were adequately continued in their palaces. Thanks to the favorable conditions created by them, the comprehensive support of scientists and art workers, during this period science flourishes, important socio-cultural progress in the field of music takes place, professional cre-ativity and performing arts reach a qualitatively new level of development. Especially, the art of maqom reaches unprecedented heights. In particular, on the basis of the system of the Twelve Maqoms, which has be-come widespread in the palace culture, the musicians have created many works expressing national and universal values. In general, the classical musical traditions of this era, which largely determined the further pros-pects and trends in the development of the musical art of the Uzbek people, also had a significant impact on the cultural development of the peoples of Central Asia and beyond. At the same time, the fruitful activity of great musicians and theoretical scientists has left an indelible mark on the his-tory of the culture of all mankind. For the musical art of the Timurid Renaissance is of epochal importance and therefore is highly valued in world civilization.

ВИЩА ОСВІТА УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОЛОДІ У ЗМІСТІ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ПРЕДСТАВНИКІВ СХІДНОЇ ГАЛИЧИНИ В АВСТРІЙСЬКОМУ ПАРЛАМЕНТІ НАПРИКІНЦІ XIX–НА ПОЧАТКУ XX СТОЛІТЬ

The article reveals the reasons for clarifying the issue of higher education of Ukrainian youth, peculiarities and ways of its realisation at the regional (Eastern Galicia) and state (Austrian) levels in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. The views of Ukrainian teachers, cultural, educational, public and political figures elected to the Austrian State Council in 1880–1900 on the ways of solving the problem of higher education in Eastern Galicia are analysed. The author focuses on the content, methods and forms of activities of Ukrainian parliamentarians and prominent representatives of the national socio-cultural progress of the region in the field of defending the idea of a nativeuniversity.

Floating on oil and antiquities: Iraq Petroleum, Al Amiloon Fil Naft and Iraqi cultural modernism

The Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) played a paradoxically contentious and constructive role in the development and distribution of Iraqi modern art and visual culture during the twentieth century. During the 1950s and 1960s, the IPC sponsored a wide-ranging public relations platform that not only advanced the company’s agendas but also opened spaces for Iraqi artists, writers and thinkers to articulate their own cultural ideologies. In its publicity campaigns, the IPC often triangulated oil, antiquity and modernity into narratives of sociocultural progress to promote its brand. This article explores how the Baghdad-based editors of the IPC’s Al Amiloon Fil Naft reformulated this vision of Iraq’s ancient and modern history to fit within the locally constituted cultural trends, fashioning Al Amiloon Fil Naft into a cultural journal that circulated a nationalist vision of Iraqi modernism.

ІСТОРІЯ КИЇВСЬКОЇ ФІЛОСОФСЬКОЇ ШКОЛИ В УСНИХ СПОГАДАХ ЇЇ ТВОРЦІВ: СТУДІЇ З ІСТОРІЇ ФІЛОСОФІЇ ТА КУЛЬТУРИ КИЇВСЬКОЇ РУСІ

The article deals with the academic research of the founders of the Kyiv philosophical school S. Krymskyi and V. Horskyi on the history of philosophical thought and culture of the Kyivan Rus as an important page of revival in the H. S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy in the late 1950s – 1980s of interrupted by the Stalinist regime studies on the history of philosophy of Ukraine. These studies, in particular the ones of S. Krymskyi and V. Horskyi in the 1980s – 2000s, were resumed at the beginning of the Khrushchev "thaw" era by the generation of philosophers of the sixties of the Ukrainian SSR and became the object of attention of their authors in independent Ukraine in the pilot innovative projects on the oral history of philosophy. The autobiographical reconstructions of S. Krymskyi and V. Horskyi initiated by T. Chaika in the ptoject "The Philosophers' Oral Histories", as well as more than ten years of interviews of the first of them to the all-ukrainian newspaper "Day", became important alternative sources of post-Soviet – uncensored, historical and philosophical reproduction of the formation of the history of philosophy of Ukraine as an academic discipline in the 20th century. Both of them interpreted there in an autobiographical way their own more than thirty years of "Kyivan Rus" studies as their two leading initiators in the Kyiv philosophical school. They revealed their original visions of the "philosophical culture" of Kyivan Rus in the light of the high appreciation of its "spiritual luminaries" as embodiments of Christian virtues (V. Horskyi) and "Sophianess" of Ukrainian culture since the times of Kyivan Rus as a subject of "European culture of the Greco-Slavic type" (S. Krymskyi). They jointly emphasized the exceptional role in their scholar and personal development of ethical principles and moral ideals of this stage of ancient Ukrainian culture as an important source and model of socio-cultural progress of Ukraine.

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT OF “TECHNOLOGICAL” SOCIETY

The purpose of the article is to find out the essence of scientific and technological progress as a factor of development of “technological” society. The research methodology is based on the principles of integrity and systematic nature, which could reveal major contradictions in the development of modern technologies related to their impact on contemporary culture. The scientific novelty is to clarify the importance of scientific and technological progress for the development of a “technological” society, to find out the impact of engineering and technology, including information and communication, on modern culture. Conclusions. Sociocultural progress is largely related to the progress of technology and its application for the development of science. The importance and role of technology in sociocultural development throughout human history have grown steadily, reaching an unprecedented level today. The interaction of technology, information and traditional culture and their joint impact on all spheres of human activity is extremely complex, giving rise to many sociocultural issues. However, disputes over the technique’s future concern, not so much technology itself, but the future of civilisation. Humanity is vitally interested in technology, thought as the only common phenomenon of human culture, which has become a factor that largely determines the further development. One of the main causes of many so-called techno-problems is the gap between technology and culture; in the predominance of the paradigm of the dominant role of science and technology in the general development of civilisation in the rather large period of society, in the emergence of this “mass culture”. Therefore, the concern of the objectives and solutions to the problems afflicting cultural studies today requires the formation of a new paradigm of understanding and attitude toward technology in society, including the definition of its role in modern culture and sociocultural transformation’s tools. This refers to a patently controlled process of creating and making extensive use of the technologies required for the betterment of all people.

Improving Attributes of Teacher Education: An Analysis

Teacher education has been a cause of serious concern. Despite several commission and committees the state of affairs in these schools and colleges of education remains pretty much the same as it used to be three or even four decades ago. The paper analyses the new practices, policies and procedures in the area of teacher education that affect the quality of teacher education and accordingly the education and the nation. The attempt here is to describe several innovations that have been introduced in this field for instance NCTE, continuing Education and its centres, correspondence Education, experiments, Technology, Microteaching, UGC Panel on Teacher Education and population Education etc. These methods are indicative that the role and responsibility of the teacher is vital for the individual personality and socio-scientific as well as socio-cultural progress of society and humanity.

Contribution of universities to the socio-cultural progress of the Azerbaijan

Contribution of universities to the socio-cultural progress of the Azerbaijan

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF NADDNIPRYANSHCHYNA IN THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF THE XX CENTURY

The subject of the article is focused on the analysis of the peculiarities of the development of technical education in the areas of the Dnieper region under the influence of historical milestones of the first half of the twentieth century.
 The basis of the influence of scientific and technological progress of the European states on the trajectory of development of the national education of the studied period is systematized.
 It was noted that historical events in the territory of Ukraine that affected all spheres of society's life (in particular, socio-economic, political, cultural and educational) had a significant influence on socio-cultural "crystallization" of domestic technical education.
 On the basis of the author's generalizations, the socio-cultural progress of the educational branch was reflected, which was possible due to: the progressiveness of educational initiatives, the diversification of didactic tools, the growing authority of progressive and intelligent circles in the international arena, and the high effectiveness of research developments.

The impact of innovative technologies on a design of the spatial – object environment as a factor of gradual development

Actuality of the study is that the rapid development, in particular, of innovative technologies, enables to bring the educational process to a new high level, which will provide a better training of specialists in the field of design, which are necessary for the prosperity of our country. The article explores design artifacts that are differentiated in the cultures of information society. The concept of how the innovative technologies influence on the design of the spatial-object environment is considered.Problems of studying innovative technologies were taught by such scientists as: O.Bazilevsky, V.E. Barysheva, I.S. Rizhova. Problems of studying the design of the spatial-object environment were also carried out by Ukrainian scientists such as S.P. Migal, I.S. Rizhov, V.O. Timokhin, N.M. Shebek, T.V. Malik. Among the Ukrainian researchers, thinking about the existence of the city should be noted T. Voznyak, M.Karpovets, T.Kornienko, M.Prepotenska and others.The realization of this goal requires solving such tasks as outlining different approaches to understanding the phenomenon of space-object environment design; definition of the specificity of innovative technologies in the modern ecological city. Research methods. In theory and practice of research of innovative technologies, methods of structural-system, structural-functional analysis are widely used. Methods of structural-system analysis are used to solve complex problems related to the activities of people in the city, as well as to identify the structure of the city as a dynamic system that promotes self-development of society and personality. Methods of structural-functional analysis are based on the interaction between the structural components of the space-subject environment and their relationship with the functions of the system. The result of the study. In order to solve the problems of the influence of innovative technologies on the design of the spatial-object environment, one should create a concept of the strategy for the development of innovative technologies, aimed at cooperation with leading companies in the industry and the production of domestic analogues in accordance with world standards. Conclusions Innovative technologies as a factor in the development of modern design of the spatial-subject environment represent a synergy of science, technology, cultural development, on the one hand, as well as state, education, creative social entrepreneurship - on the other. That is why innovative technologies represent the basis of intellectual and creative resources aimed at achieving economic and design success, which will represent the socio-cultural progress of society, which will take place thanks to innovative technologies and creativity of designers. The practical significance of the research topic lies in the fact that research designer artifacts that are differentiated in the cultures of the information society

Critical Appraisal of Governance and Justice: Then and Now in Nepal

Governance and justice strengthen systems in order to support security, economic, politics and socio-cultural progress in the country. Nepal since ancient period of Kirats, Lichhavis, Mallas to Shah to Rana period, to Panchayat system to republican democratic state governance and justice make our civilizations more accountable, transparent, inclusive, efficient and participative. Yet they are inadequate for reflecting development and prosperity. Nepal is the first country in the history of Asia to have made the most comprehensive code of law and justice called Manab Nyayasastra (the code of human justice). Also the first country to practice natural justice –jasko pap usko gardan (one who commits crime is liable to face the punishment). Dharma in the past was one of the method to enhance governance and justice whereas the transparency, accountability, management of human, natural, economic and financial resource and equity promote governance in the federal system in the present days. The paper aims at presenting critical appraisal of governance and justice since period of Dharmasastra to modern federal republican state. It highlights with diverse stakeholders involved in education, human rights, equity, inclusion and empowerment initiatives in federal republican state. Dharma was pillar in the past whereas equity, equality, transparency, accountability, rule of law and inclusion are grains of modern concept of governance and justice.

African indigenous values identified in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”: a socio-cultural analysis

It is the case that no human society exists without committing itself to certain unique values evidenced in the people’s way of life. This paper analytically identifies and assesses some African indigenous values depicted in Chinua Achebe’s novel: Things Fall Apart . These values are tied to the African culture and consistently define African identity, history, beliefs, and worldview. We observe that while some of these pristine indigenous values of African cultural heritage remain undiminished, others have in many and different ways, been significantly affected or vitiated mainly by the wave of globalization. In the light of modern intellectual enlightenment, we hold that the African indigenous values that respect the dignity of the human person, have to be revived, re-evaluated and made more significantly relevant in the day-to-day societal life of Africans for veritable integral development and socio-cultural progress of African states in the contemporary world. Keywords: African, indigenous, value, culture, community