Do most Nigerians welcome westernization?

There is fear that the unique cultures and traditions of Nigeria would go extinct in no distance time, even sooner than anyone’s imagination.

Some call it civilisation, others see it as betrayal, while the majority see it as nothing… “It’s none of your business,” they say.

And this thinking is more prevalent with smaller tribes in Nigeria.

One could easily notice this in their behaviour.

In South-south Nigeria, speaking your mother tongue in some places is seeing as uncivilised.

I have seen where bosses got mad at junior staffs for greeting or asking them for favours with a language other than English.

“You’re so primitive, don’t you know this is a cooperate environment?”

My tribe Ijaw is a prime example of this fact:

Kids can’t say the most common words such as ‘come’ in their mother tongue, what they speak is Nigerian English which is a mixture of British and American English which is undoubtedly funny to the English, but their parents love them for it.

A man has to over prepared to marry in Nigeria, mostly in my part because you need to do the traditional and white wedding sequentially.

From the look of things, the White wedding is even more important than our very own traditional wedding.

The way we dress is another prime example as the majority of our clothes are western this day and the trend is growing.

We pride ourselves about having a variety of food, but you would tell a different story when you visit a middle to high-class Nigerian home, the foods that are unique to Nigerians might not be found there, they are mostly fatty western foods.

The negative aspects of this behaviour are numerous.

Many of us are now considered uncultured; the typical African way of life is now oblivion to many, mostly the young generation.

Respect for elders which is a core aspect of our culture is presently considered unnecessary, and so it’s no longer strange to see young people telling their seniors the F- word along with the sign.

I’m a fan of diversity, people borrowing cultures from other countries is not a problem for me, it’s their life but seeing one’s original lifestyle as second-rate is nothing but heartbreaking.

If you don’t like your culture make it better, don’t abandon it only to pick a foreign one.