CONFLICT BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND WESTERN CULTURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. A CASE STUDY OF AUWALU HAMZA’S LOVE PATH

Abstract

Cultural conflict has become a source of confusion for the indigenous people who have been colonized by the White. They have experienced different types of humiliations from the White but most Africans still have the love for the western culture and prefer it to their own culture. Thus, this study has adopted the sociological theory by focusing on Hamza’s texts; Love Path because it best suit our study. The conflicts are discussed through society’s norms and belief system, psychological conflict and generation gap.