Moral Decadence among Igbo Youths: A Challenge to African Values

Abstract

In the past, Africans have been known by different values which they portray through their good morals and characters. In the contemporary today, Igbo land as an example, reverse has been the case. That is the good morals and values Africans in general and Igbo people in particular were known for had been thrown into waste bin hence, the moral decay that is rampant not only in Igbo land but also in Africa and in the world at large. These days, Moral decadence has been the virus that has eaten deep into the fabrics of African culture, which has become plague to African values thus affecting every facet of African countries, thereby hindering economic growth and development. It has become a huge problem in Igbo land and in Africa as a whole which, if not tackled early and now will seriously and entirely mare the Igbo and the entire African values in no distant time. It will not be out of place therefore to discourse these ills and nightmares of Africans as a whole and Igbo people in particular. This is why the writer chose this topic to make a clarion call to Igbo people and Africans especially mothers to make hays while the sun shines. This work therefore intends to discover some of the prevalent moral decadence in our contemporary society, their effects on the society and unit families in particular. It seeks also to investigate the place of mothers in the proper upbringing of their children. It is expected that the views of other writers about what moral decadence is, and the place of mothers in child’s raising will help the writer to x-ray the topic better. The knowledge from the findings and recommendations will be of great help to the contemporaries to seek ways of curbing the problems so that Igbo and African values will be preserved and maintained for posterity.