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of African culture when it is in its purest form – undiluted by foreign influences. It brought somewhat a comfort to finally attach meaning to the practices that make up the culture.

 

A Shona student who has “always identified strongly with being African” notes that the “course served to reinforce my appreciation for the land of my ancestry”. The classes became a “representation of how much I did not know. Of those things I thought I knew, explanations of why they were a certain way were given”. She says that in the Cultural Literacy classes a lot of issues that confront “me as an African on a daily basis were scrutinised”. She “feel[s] that teaching African culture is pivotal to the development of African journalists”.

 

However, not all experienced the course in the same way. One of the female Afrikaans students still remained ambivalent about African culture. While various readings showed her that “African women have not always been repressed and they indeed occupied very important roles in African history”, it, however，itseems that these examples all come from ancient culture, that the special place for African women seems to have been one of the things that colonialism and migration have eroded over time… it seems that in African culture, in its purest and undiluted form, women were revered and honoured…in present day life the many examples of suppression, both direct and institutional are just too great for me to be convinced otherwise.

 

From the course, the Afrikaans female student had “hoped to learn” not about ancient African culture “but more about African culture as I will encounter it now”. To this end she “found the discussions about personal experience in the class quite useful”. Furthermore, this student wished “to make a bold suggestion”: As part of the class, could the students:attend an African church service, or go to have tea at an old black lady’s house? These are the situations we will encounter when we are journalists. I also believe that interacting with people is a much better way to improve our understanding of each other than simply reading about it.

 

This sentiment was echoed by a male Coloured who would have “loved to attend a ritual. We need more practical work, such as going out and seeing rituals”. For an Afrikaans male student, “the module has helped assuage even the most hardened hearts in the hearts to be open to thinking on multiple levels, both intellectually and emotionally”.

 

Concluding remarks

This article began by pointing out that ethics is about the practice of right and wrong. With particular reference to journalism practice, I pointed out that when journalists report on communities’ cultures they need to do so from an informed position. In Africa (including South Africa), years of colonialism sought to obliterate African cultural values. Where they survived, co本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。