Download or read book Gathering Under the Mango Tree written by Dickson A. Mungazi and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathering under the Mango Tree discusses how values have shaped the character of society and influenced the lives of Africans. The study addresses the topics of family structure, medicine, religion, government, jurisprudence, art forms, and socio-economic systems. The book also raises the issue of how Africans are caught between past and present values and concludes that Africa is at a cultural crossroad.