Relationship between Watching ‘Gengetone’ Music and Drug Abuse among the Youth in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
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2021-04-30
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East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Abstract
Drugs, substance and alcohol abuse by many youths is as a result of
various factors. Research conducted in the past have looked at how mass
media channels (video and TV) and their influence on abuse of drugs
and other substances among the youth. The purpose of this paper is to
investigate how drug-related information portrayed on Gengetone music
influences drugs and substance abuse among youths in Eldoret town.
The research objectives were to investigate how the acceptability level
of ‘Gengetone’ music and videos among youths, to examine ways in
which ‘Gengetone music lyrics communicate information on drugs,
substance and alcohol abuse and establish the effect of listening of
Gengetone music on drugs and substance abuse among youths in Uasin
Gishu County. The study adopted George Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory.
The study utilised descriptive survey. Questionnaires and interviews
were utilised to collect data from selected youths aged 20 – 30 years
residing in Eldoret town four estates numbering 80 and one county
officer in charge of NACADA North Rift office. Analysis of data was
done through qualitative (content analysis method) and quantitative
approaches (descriptive statistics); The study found out that indeed
lyrics, images and videos contained in some Gengetone music promoted
drugs, substance and alcohol abuse by young people in the study area.
This means that music preference performed a significant role in
determining the level of drugs and substance abuse by youth in Eldoret
town. This calls for stakeholder involvement in educating the upcoming
artist on the importance of developing Gengetone music that is clean and
creates awareness on the dangers of youth addiction to drugs, other
substances and alcohol.
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Gengetone, Music, Drugs, Substance, Abuse, Youths.