There have been over a hundred different cultures that have arisen in Africa, and each of them has carried over to the current era. This article will discuss what culture is, cultural competence and how cultural norms and views affect the people of Africa, their actions and attitudes towards the outside world, as well as towards each other ? Another question I will discuss is: how has culture changed in light of outside influences? What type of effect has globalization on culture in Africa had on African populations? What is culture? Culture is commonly defined as the set of values ​​and beliefs that people have about the way the world (both nature and society) works, as well as the norms of behavior derived from this set of values. Culture is simply a way of life shared with a group of people. . However, cultural competence refers to the ability to interact effectively with people from different cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with people from different cultural/ethnic backgrounds . To truly understand what cultural competence is, one must first understand the full meaning of what culture is. Cultural competence can also be associated with diversity and, from an organizational communication perspective, a diverse culture. The development of cultural competence results in an ability to understand, communicate and interact effectively with people from different cultures. Africa is divided into a large number of ethnic cultures. The culture of Africa is multiple and varied. Africa is the product of the different populations that inhabit the African continent today and communities across the world that descend from the historical movement of people...... middle of paper ...... kin and others members of the social group and social facts that occur in the environment in which the person lives (Ritzer, 2008). In the African tradition, collective socialization is important in the process of personality formation. A fundamental unity between the different human beings of the community, that is to say, unity of human relations, is at the basis of traditional African ethics. African ethics places considerable value on the conformity of the individual to the social group in order to preserve the unity of human relations. We could say that in a certain way African thought is indeed more concerned with the relationship than with the different entities that constitute it. All human behavior is expected to conform to this value to ensure social harmony. Human relationships and social harmony are vital elements in the African sense of moral aesthetics..