This is very interesting. There is Kikuyu saying "Urimu no ta uthungu" (Mental retardation is the same as being white) This was because of the observations the Kikuyu made of the white man when he first came. He had strange behaviours that could only be exhibited by someone who had lost his mind. One of the things the Kikuyu could not understand about the white man was how he treated mucus (makamasi). To the Kikuyu mucus was something dirty, you blow your nose and throw it away, actually if you were grown up enough you had learned to get the mucus out of your nose without touching it so that it went straight to the ground. This was the grown up way to do it. Now they observed that the white man had a a piece of cloth (Handkerchief) in which he blew his nose and then folded it up and put it in his pocket. If there was ever maajabu ya Musa, this was it.... this is the kind of thing that would make a whole village come out to look at the white man... he.!!! mutiuke muone !!!! (All come out and see)... It was one of the strangest behaviors they had ever seen.

I also feel the white man has unbundled many behaviors that Africans have thrown into the basket of insanity.

Also interesting to note that until quite recently (1950s) msungu back home used to sh.it in outhouses which is another name for pit latrines or bucket latrines before internal home plumbing became common.

not all aspects of their culture are 'superior' - since culture is a bunch of ideas... many ideas that guide us.


please note... the superior idea always wins when presented to a person with no cognitive dissonance - for example a child! Anger and offense as exhibited in your case is a sign of cognitive dissonance... "this is OUR WAY... it's better because we made it up!"