The influence of gender roles on a recreational participation among the Africans: Literature review from an Afrocentric lens

Abstract

African cultural values and the indigenous knowledge system profoundly shape the gender roles and recreational participation of African people. These values are complex and represent the core beliefs and ideals that influence a community's perception of what constitutes appropriate and desirable behaviour for members of African social institutions. The aim of this literature review is to explore and establish how gender roles shape the recreational participation of Africans, drawing on an Afrocentric perspective to critique and contextualise existing literature. African indigenous knowledge systems reveal that gender roles influence the recreational participation of Africans. The literature further indicated that Afrocentric recreation is not viewed merely as a leisure-time activity but as an integral part of community lifestyle, identity formation, healing, and an intergenerational knowledge-transmission system for Africans. The literature concludes that the Afrocentric perspective reinterpreted gender roles that significantly influence the recreational participation of Africans. informed by African indigenous knowledge systems. It is very logical to conclude that Africans perceive recreation as a holistic, communal, and spiritually grounded activity, in stark contrast to the individualistic, binary-oriented models that characterise dominant Western paradigms.

Keywords: {'name': 'Gender Roles, Recreational Participation, Socialisation, Socialisation Process'}

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Khutso Lekgothoane
South African Recreation and Leisure Professionals Association

Ananias Motadi Selekane
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Osia Livhuwani Munyangane
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