Award-winning guides on the culture, customs, people, language and social & business etiquette of countries around the world. Perfect for business professionals, travellers and tourists.
Cameroon, Republic of (Republique du Cameroun). In FALOLA, Toyin, JEAN-JACQUES, Daniel (eds.), Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society. San Francisco, California: ABC-CLIO, 2015, pp. 139-177.Falola, T. and D. Jean-Jacques (Eds.) (2015). Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and...
, and began to learn English English to me a lot. Through reading essays, understanding of the foreign culture, customs, and so on. English has opened up my horizons and improve my self-confidence. Learning of the English language to enable me to do more with a kind of lesson, and...
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation. noun The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. noun (microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an...
of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly Hamito-Semitic) family and is infused with many Arabic words as a result ofIslāmicinfluence, which spread during the latter part of the 14th century from the kingdom ofMali, profoundly influencing Hausa belief and customs. A small minority of Hausa, known asMag...
Location and Geography. Nigeria is in West Africa, along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea, and just north of the equator. It is bordered on the west by Benin, on the north by Niger and Chad, and on the east by Cameroon. Nigeria covers an area of 356,669 square miles (923...
Diahann lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their five cats. She kindly took the time to share some of her cultural transition stories with us. Join us as we talk about TCK burnout, courting customs in Manila (just in time for Valentine’s Day!), and various forms of therapy. ...
Since the mid-twentieth century starting with Frankfurt school there has been an ongoing debate on the distinction of high and low culture and art. With evolution of cultural studies and especially with its latest spin-of, the "visual studies", this distinction and the debate around it rose an...
Food Customs at Ceremonial Occasions. At weddings, baptisms, and funerals, people prepare a lavish table set in the Portuguese manner with a large array of dishes that are admired by the guests. Bottled beverages grace the table setting. These occasions are marked by roasted goat, chicken, ...
Red is considered lucky in many aspects of Chinese culture, and this belief is reflected by the color’s inclusion in several customs. Red is often used for traditional weddings to symbolize the happiness and joyous times to come for the bride and groom. During Chinese New Year, some families...