Values build societies and show to the world, the way this society works. Even if some values are redundant, each country is different. My hometown is Mali, in West Africa. Between Mali and the USA there is some commons but, mostly

some differences.

The similarities

A Muslim carpet a Christian cross

The first commons I mentioned is the importance of religion in those societies .God is mentioned in almost all the speeches both in politics one that in other field. Religious feast days are, most of the time, consider as official holidays through the territory.

The past

Americans and Malians both give importance to their past. Thanks to the books in the USA, to the griots in Mali, the history is kept from generation to generation.

Kindness (acceptance of differences)

The third and last commons between those two civilizations is the fact that Malians and Americans are kindness. Even if they don’t know you, they invite you to join them to eat or to spend good time.

The differences

recycle

The first difference I noticed is the fact that Malians only give importance to the present while Americans prepare the future of the future generations. For example, they are trying to decrease the consumption of Carbone to not pollute the atmosphere and permit to other generation to live as we do.

The American way: Each strip represent a member of the family,and everyone make his own way

The second differences are that Malians gives value to the family more than Americans do. For example, in my family, every Friday we usually meet in my grandmother’s house to share the lunch and spend a bit of time together.

self made men

One think witch is really particular to the Americans is the individualism. But there are two faces: the good one .everybody is free to do what he wants of his own life. They advocate the free concurrence and respect the self made persons. The bad one is that Americans are egocentrism. The world revolves around them. Americans give more responsibilities to children that Malians do. That is why, when they became adults, they are more resourceful and more prepared for their professional life.

To put it in a nutshell, even if both those countries advocate religious and family’s values, they differed mainly because Americans are known for this individualism wish make them so big compared to the others