Popular Nigerian reality star, Dotun voices his concern over the decline rate of young people familiarity with Nigerian language and culture.
Popular BBNaija star, Dotun voices his disappointment and concern over declining rate of young people’s familiarity with Nigerian culture and language.
He expressed his disappointment that some young Nigerians cannot speak their mother tongue and what he considered disheartening is their unperturbed reaction to this.
Dotun in a recent statement noted that the dominant impact of Western culture is the main cause of the fact that many young people are unfamiliar with their own culture.
Dotun ended by advising young people to embrace western heritage without sacrificing their Nigerian identity.
Dotun said;
“An average Nigerian probably doesn’t know how to speak their native language which is quite sad. Even as easy as Yoruba is, some people can’t speak it.
I might be guilty as well but at least I can speak to an extent. It’s sad that we are losing this touch because some people can’t even put two sentences together.
I feel like as much as we want to claim more to the western culture we should not let go of our roots because our culture is what makes us Nigerians. Even the western world wants to tap into our culture because they enjoy what we can offer and it is evident in their music.”