Binta and the great idea discussion questions

The end of the film surprised me because throughout the film I thought tubab referred to some type of machinery that would benefit the economy of Senegal. 2. Bintas father's idea of adopting a child from the west is interesting but I don't think it would amount to anything. A child alone won't help a country become modernized. Modernization comes through improving the quality of education. In my opinion, adoption of children from other cultures is not going to modernize a country. Only education can do that. 3. Soda's father believes that a woman's role is to care for the home and get married. Which may be an old tradition of that country but it is not a tradition that can help empower a country. My grandfather came from Poland and they practiced a very similar tradition in their culture during his day. However, I never could ask him why they practiced this because my grandfather died before I was born. 4. If binta's people adopt a western culture they could lose their sense of self pride in their work. Obviously, if a western culture was adopted binta's father would have to learn to adapt to new ways of fishing. If he chose not to his society could possible ridicule him for it because they may see the way he works as ancient. 5. Western people can learn that not all cultures are as blessed as western culture. Western culture has enabled advancement on so many levels of society which is not available in other countries. 6. Educaion can give people new ideas of how to live in society. And some of those ideas may conflict with old traditions. For example, bintas father believes that girls should stay home but in western culture all girls go to school. So a change in values can take place and even perhaps cause conflict. 7. This film has made me think about how education can influence a shift in traditions of cultures. Education can open up new technologies to make life easier.