Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

In life, people enjoy some fun migrating from one geographical area to another. In Africa, various countries of the Western world immigrated into the hinterland basically for political, economic, and religious dominion. Historically, Africans migrated within their local communities. Today, Africans immigrate in their numbers to different parts of the globe, mainly for economic reasons. This paper has observed that migration of Africans to foreign countries and foreigners to Africa is immensely one of the factors responsible for the peoples’ degrading religion and traditional identity within and outside the continent. This paper therefore, aims at educating the people on the danger of allowing their recognized traditional identity to go into extinction as a result of migration or migration. This awareness is expected to aid the upgrading of African tradition, culture and religion. The research recommends that various traditional agents of socialization should be enhanced; traditional institution should be rehabilitated among other things. Historical research method is adopted in the study. Data were generated from both primary and secondary sources. Method of data analysis is the descriptive method.

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