A classical approach opposes Western conceptions of love and African conceptions, without always giving fair treatment to either group. This study compared love attitudes among American, Ugandan, and Senegalese subjects. Though African, the Ugandan and Senegalese subjects show significant differences that indigenous characteristics only can account for even though on the whole their love style contrasts with the Western one. Senegalese subjects offer an interesting combination of various attitudes about love.
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