100-133. Kenyaparty.
There is so much to talk about and not enough time to post on my blog everyday!
I have realized so much about culture in Kenya. It’s not the culture you think about or the culture you read about in Anthropology textbooks, but I have realized a lot of influences on the youth of Kenyans. A big percentage of the youths in Kenya are focused on partying. I told a 16 year old student today, that I have the mentality of myself, work, then if I have time I might go out and have some fun. And when I said myself, and work first she had the most astonished look on her face. I believe it is because they are influenced by the western POP culture. Not the western culture, but pop culture. They see Weezy videos and they see guys with LA or NYY hats, big chains, and they try to copy that. Let me describe the typical youths and how they dress:
Guys, will wear a baseball cap that I’m sure they don’t even know the team. Plastic aviators that are bright blue and match their bright blue plastic high tops with no laces. Fake Gucci belts, a bright shirt, and their pants halfway down their legs. I bet if they walked into a ghetto neighborhood in NYC they would either a be mugged, or b, laughed at.
Girls wear the skimpiest clothing when they are going out. If they aren’t going out they are wearing the brighest colors and the tallest heels. I feel that they try to copy these rap music videos and all the tabloid magazines. I mean sure, if you have a special event and you need to get dressed up fine, the heels and miniskirts are ok, but not EVERY NIGHT!
And the other thing is how 2am is not really late here. It’s like a contest to go to every club and stay out until the sun comes up. I understand you will hear the lyrics “we party till the sun comes up” but where I’m from we don’t really that every weekend.
In any event, it’s their culture, it’s what they do. I either have to avoid it entirely or jump in every once and a while. Oh another thing….I was talking to this girl, she was maybe a few years older than me, and she was so happy to tell everyone how drunk and hungover she was until Tuesday after her “awesome” weekend. I don’t know about you, but being hungover is awful, and is not something to be proud of. Maybe it’s a maturity thing, maybe I’m just an asshole, or maybe it’s just how these people thing. It seems like some of these people want to just brag about how much they party and how they blackout. People where I’m from talk like that too, but that was probably 5 years ago, and I’m 23.
