AFRICANS LOST THEIR IDENTITY

I think we should go back to the earlier 19th Century whereby our grandfathers lived their true identity. We are unconsciously losing our identity as Africans and embracing others' cultures. We have somewhere, somehow lost our originality. We are more adopting the western cultures and neglecting our very own. Of course we cannot run away from the fact that westernization has induced almost everything on how we do certain things. It has set us a criteria on how we should perceive things and judge others in spite of their actual being. However, we should not get overwhelmed by its influence in a way that we all completely become Americans. 

Back then teenagers could feel so unfortunate to have small narrowed breasts and wish they could have those "big-balled-breasts" as much as do their contemporaries. It was all the influence of the western culture in which celebs and models with big breasts were portrayed and considered sexy by the american modellers. Lately, the likes of Nicki Minaj (anaconda) and Katy Perry promote the notion that booty is sexy. This again made those who are not so booty feel inferior and not sexy. Nevertheless, we should know our value-being as Africans and embrace our identity. Although we need to acknowledge that westernization has super-powered  the globe but we should never throw our cultures and customs. We must go back to where we left our identity.
  

Sending your children to private schools where they speak English all-day long it's not a matter of concern but when they come home they should speak their original language, not just a mother-tongue but their home language. 
Why is it so common when one cannot speak or express themselves in English fluently we ought to laugh at them but when they fail to speak their original language we consider it okay? Speak your language and live your African but don't forget to adapt to the new and constantly changing lifestyle but most saliently,  never lose your identity.