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Lesson Elements of an Ideal Society
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FACTS African Society is a multilingual society. Arabic
to Understand langauge is spoken by 170 million people followed
by English 130 million, Swahili 100 million, French
115 million, Berber 50 million, Hausa 50 million,
Portuguese 20 million and Spanish 10 million.

Society is a common home where every member lives a life with dignity, feels proud of
being its member, get identity, recognition and a chance to develop personality. Such
society is called an Ideal Society. There are many elements of an ideal society. Some
of them are given below:

Collective Feelings

The members living in a society are very close to each other. There is a collective
feeling in members of the society. Mutual cooperation and support, common feelings
of unity is the common factors of the society. They support each other and participate
in each other’s festivals and programmes.

Good Relations

When people gather in a place, meet each other, develop relationship then a kind of
good feelings develops within them. They start caring for each other, sharing feelings
and supporting each other. This 'we feelings' develops good relations among the
members automatically and it binds people together.

Fixed Territory

A society has fixed geographical territory. Members living in the region become closer
to each other and develop affinity among them. They share joys and sorrows with each
other. In such a way they remain close to each other.

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