Personal Narrative: Christian Music

Music. The one thing that everyone,no matter the gender,culture, or colour, can connect to and understand. It is the one thing can can change an entire mood of a situation without saying a single word. In my family, my parents love christian music. If it has a christian meaning they can comprehend, they love it.They are moved by it, they cry, dance, and worship to it. To them it is the only type of music that matters. To them Christian music is a lifeline, they tug in times of crisis. My father he goes through a specific song that plays. Over. And over. And over again. Until I get sick of hearing it and he finds a new song, and begins the cycle again. In my family any other music is considered noise, and that is the cause of many fights in our home. Their upbringing in Nigerian churches told them all non-christian music is devil’s music and should be avoided. They were taught to limit their …show more content…
They were taught from a young age what was socially acceptable and what was not. The opinions openly discussed in America could not ever be discussed in Nigeria. They are considered taboos, and are considered inappropriate to be even talked about in the confines of your home. An example of a big difference in culture is gay marriage. Gay marriage is legalised in America; however, in Nigeria you can go to jail for suspicion of homosexuality for over 30 years. Nigeria does not understand the separation of church and state and runs everything on “moral Christian”values, despite corruption being the main problem in that country. My parents were raised with people of the same religion, nationality, and values. The American culture of talking about things that makes you uncomfortable is something that still shocks them, despite being here for over ten years. They often complain about how in we still lived in Nigeria most of the things I am most passionate about that I wouldn’t have known