ABSTRACT
The term integration is used in so many walks of life that it has come to have several meanings. In the social context integration refers to the process by which two or more ethnic, racial or religious groups accept and live harmoniously with one another so that they contribute to the welfare of that society. In the political context integration refers to the process by which a group of nations comes together on issues of common interest and provision of mutual support while maintaining individual territorial rights. In psychology integration refers to the organisation of the constituent elements of the personality into a coordinated, harmonious whole. In mathematics integration refers to the operation of finding the integral of a function or equation, where an integer refers to a whole number as distinct from a fraction. To the theist integration means salvation of the soul, a state of eternal reality through 'oneness with the Almighty',1 whoever that may be according to one's conviction. To the poet, the artist or the composer integration is the process of creation, by assimilating abstract concepts in the 'mind's eye', of a masterpiece that others can appreciate.
