Nigeria, Aug. 3 -- Culture is a beautiful thing. Just about everyone has a sense of what it is. I can tell examples of it when I encounter it. But few people can easily define it. Unsurprisingly. For outside of its swankier bits - paintings, music, dance, poetry, etc. - it is a portmanteau description of everything that we do. It gets more interesting. Different people have different ways of doing things - especially the same things. Is this one upshot of the nature versus nurture debate? Who knows. One thing is clear, from this, though. These differences invite culture warriors to try elevating their practices over those of others.

This extensive aspect of the conversation around culture is made difficult by culture having an intensive ...