I'm saddened to hear that the mindscaping of young minds and old cultures has reached your country's schools. I'm also heartened to hear that you resist such and retain what you can/will of your proud heritage.
Is there no group or groups among your people that strive to keep the old ways alive? Have you ever asked your grandmother why she watches such foreign programming. Is she truly entertained by such things...or would she like to be among those who help re-educate the youth?
Here in Canada, the USA the original peoples have grouped together in the effort to keep old ways and languages alive. Perhaps one day you will see the value in such things.
For now it is enough to be young...and proud...strong...and full of aspirations.
Thank you for sharing @misterakpan, I'm happy to have met you in Discord this day.
This is not my heritage, I am Scottish on both sides...200+ years in Canada. Nothing of my family's heritage remains...although the sound of the bagpipes take my mind to an awful place. This link is but one facet of Canadian culture and I thought you might find it as fascinating as I.
Be well..be strong...be ever-young! ✌️
EDIT: UVed/RSed/following
The throat singing is lovely. Wow. It's oral as are lots of African cultures. A group not too far from me had an indigenous system of symbols that is hundreds of years old, long before any contact with the English. Guess what. It's all dead. The last that was left of the "nsibidi" were those used by the "ekpe secret society." And that too is dying rapidly 😞
I'm saddened to hear this. Here there are grants available to help preserve the older culture and customs. This isn't happening in Africa at all?
One would think, as the continent being the cradle of humanity, the anthropologists would be all about preserving as much as they can.
I'm truly upset that this isn't the case. :-/