Western Education and Cultural Upheaval in African Indigenous Setup: The Case of the Native Luo Community of Western Kenya.

The opening up of the African continent and eventual occupation of Europeans restructured the traditional lifestyle of the native Africans. This paper examines institutional reforms characterised by this change. This study will reveal the deep rooted impact associated with this change to the communities that were affected during the period of study and raise pertinent issues as to whether or not the fusion of Anglo-African culture was necessary to the native African communities or not. The outcomes of this study can be generalised to include other indigenous communities whose cultural practices were revolutionised as the result of the contact between the continent of Africa and the outside world.