Reliving our culture

Don’t you just love it when you walk around and come across a Maasai in his traditional attire. Walking in strides so proudly, with his club clenched tightly in his hands and dagger hanging from his waist? That’s real African/Kenyan culture right there. Just fills you with pride.

I listen to some of Kenya’s music from way back, the days of Suzzana Owiyo, Achieng Abura, Erick Wainaina, Tony and Jack Nyadundo, Dola Kabari and so on, and I just fall in love with Kenya all over again. Traditional music is the root to all music in Africa. Why we choose to ignore and forget it, I really don’t understand.

There are artistes who have however tried to keep the culture alive and they deserve all the credit they can get and more. These are artistes like Sauti sol (soma, Blue uniform, etc), Nameless (salari), Anto Neosoul (jikaze), Dan Chizi Aceda (sana sana) just to mention a few.

I love Hip Hop and dancehall but would it hurt if we came back to our culture once in a while?