African time
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African time or Africa time is the perceived cultural tendency, in parts of Africa and the Caribbean toward a more relaxed attitude to time. This is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, about tardiness in appointments, meetings and events. This also includes the more leisurely, relaxed, and less rigorously-scheduled lifestyle found in African countries, especially as opposed to the more clock-bound pace of daily life in Western countries. As such, it is similar to time orientations in some other non-Western culture regions.
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See also
- Chronemics & Polychronicity
- Time management
- Procrastination & Punctuality
- Tardiness ยง Racial stereotypes
- Colored People's Time
- Slow Movement
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