The Kenyan culture is on the verge of extinction

Each one of us whether majority or minority have our own culture. Something that gives us our own identity, a sense of belonging and recognition. This is why many of us often retreat to our ethnic extractions when we are faced by a misfortune consulting the elders to get the better understanding of what has transpired.

This revolves on our day to day lives, marriage, burial, initiation and child naming ceremonies. Each segment of our culture has significance in its own and some of which when ignored will haunt us severely.

Forget about the new generation that has idealized what they see in media whether good or bad as far as it appeals to the majority. The ‘tough headed’ generation are easily brainwashed and that is why cases of radicalization and religious extremism are at large. Very few have heeded to remain in line with what the culture demands. The society has reached a point where it is normal to kill your own culture for the sake of popular culture.

It is very evident that the dressing code we see in present day has nothing to do with our culture. 90% of it is foreign and through media and technology we have copied it. I wonder why a village girl from Alego Usonga, Tharaka Nithi, Nyandarwa would struggle to resemble Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez from Europe and Latin America.

Our youths and men who are supposed to be gentlemen are in the bad business. Today, it is not a surprise to see a man pierced ears wearing earrings, worse enough they adore very tight clothes as they are competing their female counterparts. This is a worrying trend because even in professional field the same vice is slowly taking up.

We need to stay focused in our culture so that we should not be enslaved by the modernity and forget our past or our culture that gives us identity.