The culture question

It seems that for many of us Africans, we struggle continually with these questions:  Who are we? What is our culture? I wrote a paper for a political thought seminar held last year, based on my observations and experiences. My conclusion is that the sanitized definitions reflected in our dictionaries do not begin to explain the complexity, brutality and nuances of culture. It is about identity and is reflected in what and how we express ourselves. But the beauty of culture is that it belongs to each one of us, and we should be active participants in its expression and creation.