A Culture of Conformity

From when he is young, the African child is forced to obey his parents. His dad is his god, his mom next in command to the god. Each of his movements are watched and his actions are carefully scrutinized. Every unruly act is punishable by canning and sometimes by deprivation of basic necessities. So the African child learns early in life that brute force is necessary, in order to achieve civility.
The African child also never questions, because every question can be misconstrued as as a gesture of an on-coming audacious behaviour. If he asks his parents questions that they are not able to answer, they will lie to him. If they can answer the question, but think that the answer may be too lewd, they will scold him and send him to his room, or worse cane him. So the African child learns early on in life, that questions are not to be asked, unless absolutely necessary.
The African child’s interactions with other adults who visit the home is also carefully controlled, lest he becomes naughty out of his own curiosity. All the adults are introduced either as Aunty that, or Uncle that. Those Aunties or Uncles holding lots of political or academic power, are introduced carefully, and presented as demigods. So the child knows right away that titles are to be respected, that all adults are to be respected without question. After greeting visitors, the African child is told to go outside right away and play, lest he disturbs these honourable sirs and madams with questions they may not like.