THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON AFRICAN INDIGENOUS RELIGION AND EDUCATION

Résumé

The digital technologies are the modern technologies which bring the world religions and cultures into close contact in the contemporary society. The world including African continent is digitally expanding. The changes are seen in all aspects of the society. As a result, the study was designed to ascertain the impacts of digital technologies on African indigenous religion and education. The study made use of postmodern theory and secondary source of data collection in reviewing the key words and identifying the effects of digital technologies onAfrican indigenous religion and education. The findings showed that digital technologies have made information on African indigenous Religion and traditional education available on the internet. The digital technologies threaten the character formation goal ofAfrican indigenous religious education by exposing youths to social vices and encouraging religious syncretism. The digital technologies weaken interpersonal communication and good human relations essential in sustaining African Indigenous Religion and traditional education. It is therefore recommended that Africans should embrace African indigenous technology to ensure the survival of African indigenous education which is the education rooted in African traditional religion and cultural values.