Abstract
The idea of change seems to be a vital part of human life and culture. With the concept of change, people, communities, and cultural practices have significantly evolved. Change has transformed some communities, traditions, cultural values and practices, communication methods, education, art, and literature. Thus, in this paper, I focus on the idea of change, African cultural practices, and the African sense of community. I aim to show how the concept of change has meddled with African cultural practices and the African sense of community. I intend to achieve this by using the Ifá divination system, the idea of storytelling, and homosexuality or the LGBTIQA+ 1 people as examples. LGBTIQA+ is an acronym that encompasses all people whose sexual orientation differ from heterosexual. LGBTIQA+ is the acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual and questioning. Also, I would like to note that for the purpose of this paper I will use both homosexuals and LGBTIQA+ interchangeably.