The colors of Africa: Let's talk about South Africa culture!

South Africa is a culturally rich country. It is made up of many, many cultures that in turn consist of many other subcultures. Here are three of South Africa's best-known subcultures: 1. Zef This is a more well-known subculture thanks to it becoming a household name after a popular rap group called Die Antwoord burst onto the scene. They, along with other artists, managed to change the meaning of this derogatory term to a style. This subculture mainly refers to lower middle class white people in South Africa. The people described as Zef are the ones who wear crocs, a crop top (including men), and sport a mullet cut. 2. Smarteez Youth who dress in bright colors and patterns and don't match to make their statement. They defend their thought that they were born to be free and that is why they express it by wearing what they want and calling attention to themselves. His style may be too vibrant for some, but he makes the Smarteez instantly recognizable. 3.Izikhothane Izikhothane i

The Model of the 6 dimensions is a theory created by Geert Hofstede and serves to identify the cultural behaviors of people or groups. This helps us to improve our understanding of other cultures based on the values they have, the way they act and how this influences their context. According to Hofstede, the 6 dimensions of cultures are: hierarchical distance (PDI), Individualism (IDV), Masculinity (MAS), Aversion to uncertainty (UAI), Long-term orientation (LTO) and Forbearance vs Containment (IVR). Taking into account what these dimensions try to evaluate, if we made a comparison between South Africa and Colombia, we would obtain the following graph as a result: As can be seen in the graph, in terms of hierarchical distance, South Africa has a much lower level than Colombia. This means that, although South African culture presents inequality to a certain extent, it does not normalize it and struggles to decentralize power. While, in Colombia, inequality is greater, it is naturalized