For the time zones on the continent of Africa, see Time in Africa.
African time (or Africa time) is the perceived cultural tendency in parts of Africa and the Caribbean[1] toward a more relaxed attitude to time.[2][3] This is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, about tardiness in appointments, meetings and events.[4] This also includes the more leisurely, relaxed, and less rigorously scheduled lifestyle found in African countries, especially as opposed to the more clock-bound pace of daily life in Western countries.[5] As such, it is similar to time orientations in some other non-Western culture regions.[6][7] In 2014, Nigerian-American filmmaker Chijindu Kelechi Eke explored this topic as a cultural rift through his film, African Time.[6][8][9]
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