TOPIC: CULTURAL INSTITUTION GROUPS IN EAST AFRICA.

What is culture?
Culture is the way of life of people in a particular society area.
What is ethnic group?
It’s a group of peiple who share a common cultural background, speak the same language etc.
What are Cultural Values?
These are cultural beliefs which are considered to be good desirable and Valuable.
Thereforce, Those cultural practices should be protected and preserved for the better of society.
CULTURAL VALUES IN FAMILIES.
What is Family?
A family is a group of people or closely related people living together. Thereforce, relationship is
either by blood, birth or adoption.
Traditionally, families have been a source of moral discipline living among the children.
It was the duty of the father to enforce discipline in family and provide security for the family.
Meanwhile, the mothers had the family duty to feed children caring for them by building cultural
values and character for them.

TYPES OF FAMILY.
 Nuclear Family
 Extended Family
 Foster Family
 Matrilineal Family
 Patrilineal Family
 Single parent Family
 Children Headed Family
 Institional(Care taker) Family
1. NUCLEAR FAMILY
A Nuclear Family is a family which consist of Father, Mother and their biological
children.
ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR FAMILY.
 Nuclear Family are easy to manage because of the few number of people in the
family e.g Interms of discipline etc.
 Are econimically stable ie The little finance in the family is always sufficent to
maintain them eg provision of Food. Education and health services.
 Nuclear Family offer effective care and Love to the children. discipline of the chilfren
can easily be managed in the family.

 Parents can be able to save money because of the loss cost to manage the family
 Provide better Emotional, Social, Physical care and advice to the children.
 Decision making is easy due to the few number of family members
 Family members enjoy better standards of living eg feeding accommodation.
DISADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR FAMILY.
 It’s not easy for children to learn from others.
 Lacks family labour for big family projects eg farming.
 It breeds the spirit of selfishness and discrimination since the children are not used to
sharing with others.
  Children in the Nuclear family miss good cultural values because they only live with
their biological parents
 The parents live lonely life when the children become independent.
 Nuclear Family members are faced with bored because of the few members in the
family.
 Nuclear Family lack adquate protection incase of external attacks due to few
members in the family.
 Children in the Nuclear Family can not easily socialise with other people since they
are not exposed.
 Children in the Nuclear family grow up not knowing other relatives
 Children aee exposed to risks of robbers when they are left alone in the home as they
parents are away
2. EXTENDED FAMILY
Extended family is a family which extended beyond the Nuclear family to include
grandoarents and other relatives eg Uncles, Auntys, Nephew and Nieces
ADVANTAGES OF EXTENDED FAMILY.
 Enouge family labour is provided by many family by family members eg Labour in
the big family project like Farming.
 Easy for children to socialise with other relatives.
 Easy for Children to learn good morals from grandparents
 There transfer of culture from grandparents to the grandchildren.
 There is enouge security in the family.
 Children learn how to share with other family members
 There is an advice given to children by Auntys and Uncles.
 It promote culture ie Children will learn cultural values from there relatives eg respect
for elderly.
 Children will have role model to learn from the Auntys, Uncles and others
DISADVANTAGES OF EXTENDED FAMILY
 Difficult to manage due large number of family members.
 Parents Don’t offer effective care and love for their children.
 Parents will not be able to to save money for other project or needs.
 Misunderstanding between family members eg quarrels
 Theft Cases are common in extended Families
 Encorage laziness in the family because some family members will be dodging work.
 Difficult standard of living eg feeding and accommodation.
 Easy spread of disease due to large number of family members.
 Children does not get enough parental Love from Parents.
 Practices of witchcraft is common to win tower-co-wife
3. Patrilineal Family
This is where the fathers line determines the interitence of property and children. This
type of family is common in Africa.
4. Matrilineal Family.
This is where property and children are inherited on the mother Line.
5. Foster Family.
This type of family Consists of Husband, the wife and adpated children whom they treat
like the own children.
6. Single Parent Family
This is a family where one parent is in charge of the family and the children are bronght
up by the single parent either the mother or father.
7. Children Headed Family.
This is where the elderly child takes responsibility of taking care of their younger
siblings. This situation may rise due to death of both parents or being abondoned by the
parents.
8. Institutional(care taker) Family
This is where Children from different background are brought Live together as family eg
orpans age and house for the elderly. Examples of institutional families are Sanyu babies
Home, Nsambya babies Home and Nawukedungo Home for the elderly.
CULTURAL VALUES IN FAMILIES
Cultural values are the core prinicples and ideas upon which family and entire
community exists.
Values are the collective conception of what is considered good desirable and power eg
good morals. These are some of the Vices that di exist in families which are considered
undesirable and bad culturally.
Values have a big influence in a person bahaviour and altitude They servebas guideline in
shaping the behaviours of a society In summary a value is a belief that something is good
and desirable