For your term paper, you can review the textbook 21st Century Africa and discuss the importance of paradigm formation for social transformation. 

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Social transformation is composite of distinct human behaviors alteration from succeeding generations to benefit from positive changes and alienate negative deeds that no longer serve their purpose. This is very much displayed by the African-American families’ transformation in various societal traditions that aim to positively acclaim developments in character definition. As such, this paper will analyze Yefru’s book titled, 21st Century Africa: A Paradigmatic Shift, to gain further understanding of the role of paradigm formations in the different stages of social transformation.

The concept of paradigm formation or shift is used to refer to the need for creation of new perceptions to explain new realities that had earlier seemed beyond certain boundaries set by societal norms. In African-American families the role played by multiculturalism and race in an environment characterized by a discriminatory environment, there has been need for a paradigm formation that would trigger social transformation for stimulating the awareness of these families to their rights. For one, the importance of paradigm formation can be noted in the nature of