TY  - JOUR
TT  - NEGATIVE ATTITUDE OF MODERN YOUTH ON AFRICAN ETHICAL VALUES: ITS DETRIMENTAL BLOW ON THE ESAN NATION OF NIGERIA
AU  - Ebhomienlen, T. O.
PY  - 2017
DA  - August
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.337336
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 691
EP  - 698
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
KW  - Attitude
KW  - Ethical
KW  - Morality
KW  - Traditional
KW  - Values
N2  - A new form of colonialization emerged inwhich African youths in a bid to be ‘civilized’ copied the lifestyle exhibitedby the foreigners. They then abandoned those aspects of our cultural valuesthat held true to the tenets of human morality and dignity. Consequently, therising wave of sexual promiscuity, teenage pregnancy, cultism and variousviolent acts have assumed alarming proportions in our society. In African TraditionalSociety, indigenous moral values play significant role in the development ofhuman beings and the society. These values are universally accepted as thestandard norms of the society. Strict adherence and observance of these ethicalvalues will ensure a peaceful, settled and united society. Violation of valuesis directly aimed at doom as these values are gifts from God to ensure a safeand peaceful society for man. For instance there is an Esan axiom which says “adatota non dibhilin aki jie enibhokhan we”meaning “couples discuss deep matters when children are sleeping”. These deep mattersrefer to conjugal issues. It is discovered that sexual matters are displayed,discussed on radio, television etc which is exposing our young ones to immorality.Hence, this paper examines the Negative Attitude of modern youth on AfricanTraditional Ethical values and its Detrimental Blow on morality on the EsanNation of Nigeria. The paper discusses the impact of Modernity on traditionalethnical values. Modernity is not evil in itself, but it has been used inpropagating disobedience to African Traditional rules and regulations.Modernity has swept us away from almost all traditional types of social orderand ethical values, in quite unprecedented fashion. It further exposes thevarious ethnical values held in high esteem by the people, Esan. The workemploys the historical, descriptive and evaluative research methodologies. Thework concludes that our values should be rejuvenated and taught to the younger generationwho are the adults and parents of tomorrow.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.337336
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/339873
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