Afrikatyd: Verskil tussen weergawes

'''Afrikatyd''' is die siening van 'n kulturele geneigdheid in [[Afrika]] vir 'n ontspanne houding jeens [[tyd]]. Dit word soms in 'n neerhalende konteks gebruik vir die ongeërgdheid rakende afsprake, vergaderings en byeenkomste. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3211923.stm |title=Can Africa keep time? |date=28 Oktober 2003 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=18 Februarie 2008 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902174713/http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/2/hi/africa/3211923.stm |archive-date= 2 September 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Hierdie woord omskryf ook soms die tydsame en ontspanne en ligter geskeduleerde lewenswyse bevind in die meeste Afrikalande, wat in teenstelling is met die meer klokslag bestaan in die Westerse lande.<ref>{{cite news

}}{{Dooie skakel|accessdatedate=2008Augustus 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-02-18attempted=yes }}</ref> As sodanig is daar 'n soortgelyke tydoriëntering in sekere ander nie-Westerse kulture.

Afrikakulture word dikwels omskryf as "veeltydig" (polikronies),<ref>[http://www.celt.iastate.edu/international/CulturalDifferences3.html "International Community Resources: Cultural Differences," Iowa State University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209095107/http://www.celt.iastate.edu/international/CulturalDifferences3.html |date= 9 Februarie 2014 }}, accessed 2010-1-30]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1ZQftFg_G7gC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false Solomon, Charlene, and Michael S. Schellalse. 2009. ''Managing Across Cultures: The 7 Keys to Doing Business with a Global Mindset'', p. 174, accessed 2010-1-30]</ref> wat kortom beteken dat mense daartoe geneig is om vele take op 'n slag te doen, eerder as in 'n streng volgorde. Persoonlike wisselwerking en verhoudings word ook op hierdie manier hanteer (dit is nie ongewoon om met meer as een persoon gelyk te praat nie<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1ZQftFg_G7gC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false Solomon, Charlene, and Michael S. Schellalse. 2009. ''Managing Across Cultures: The 7 Keys to Doing Business with a Global Mindset'', p. 174, besoek 2010-1-30]</ref>). Miskien is dit om hierdie rede dat onder Afrikatyd Afrika se"emosionele tydbewustheid" teenoor die Westerse "meganiese tydbewustheid" vergelyk word.<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20050415222303/http://mindphiles.com/floor/teaching/timeafr/timeafri.htm Hamminga, Bert "The Western versus the African Time Concept," besoek 2010-1-30] (this webpage article appears to be the author's synopsis of a discussion of the subject of time in John S. Mbiti's ''African Religions and Philosophy'', London: Heinemann 1969)</ref>

{{cquote|Een van die hoofredes vir die voortslepende onderontwikkeling in ons land is ons ongeërgde houding teenoor tyd en die behoefte aan stiptelikheid in alle lewensaspekte. Die stiptelikheidsprobleem het so endemies geword dat laatkommery by enige funksie aanvaar en verklaar word as "Afrikatyd".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21361202_ITM |title=Progress and punctuality |date=17 Mei 2004 |work=Ghanaian Chronicle |publisher=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire |access-date=18 Februarie 2008 |archive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20120905113229/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21361202_ITM |archive-date= 5 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}