ABSTRACT
Cultural diversity has been a fact of life in countries of east and west, north and south for centuries, and has led to various kinds of co-operation or coercion between the different cultural, religious and ethnic blocs contained within national boundaries (see Bagley, 1973). Since the process of migration and the history of different nations vary considerably, the cultural profile of different regions and ethnic groups within any particular country also varies. However, contemporary recognition of the value of cultural, linguistic and religious diversity and their implications for social justice have marked the post-war, and the post-Soviet, eras.
