Being African, and I want to say that there is a lot of westernisation taking place here with us, the most prominent form being the adoption of western dressing habits. With this I have no problem given that we want freedom of everything. But when one starts having problems like discomfort in adverse weather, harrasment and/or rape; evidently caused in one way or the other by the way we dress, then we have to think again.

The degree of damage this freedom is causing to our indegenous cultures and rich heritage is lamentable, but i also wonder aloud if it is at all avoidable given the fast rate at which most African girls are picking up the strings and the thongs which leave the wrong parts sticking oddly out.