CLASH OF EURO-AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS: GLOBALISATION PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Globalisation promised integration and mutual benefit to the North and South. Yet, the enduringimbalance in Euro-African political, economic, cultural, and technological relations enforcesEuropean dominance and African marginalisation. This study, therefore, interrogated thepersistent clash of European and African civilisations from a globalisation perspective, exploringhow historical asymmetries and neo-colonial structures continue to shape Euro-African relations.Anchored on Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilisations theory, the study adopts a qualitativeapproach, involving the content analysis of documents. Findings revealed that globalisationfunctions as a vehicle for modern imperialism, intensifying Africa’s economic and politicaldependency through unequal trade agreements, digital colonialism, cultural suppression, andmanipulation by international institutions. Nevertheless, the study highlights growing resistancethrough Pan-Africanism, regional trade integration, digital sovereignty movements, andintellectual decolonisation. It was concluded that the clash of Euro-African civilisations is anevolving struggle shaped by globalisation’s exploitative design and calls for a reimagining ofglobal systems to foster equity. The study recommended the renegotiation of trade terms,technological self-determination, dismantling of neo-colonial financial/military legacies, andreform of international institutions to empower African agencies. Without these interventions,globalisation risks perpetuating the very hierarchies it claims to transcend, making genuinecollaboration between Europe and Africa elusive and fragile.