This stereotyping starts in childhood, where some parents control the kind of music their children listen to, in the process passing down the myths that surround the various categories of music. Looking back, my experience at university had an impact on the kind of music that appealed to me. Elsa OsanoCommunications InternAs a born–again Christian who serves in the childrens’ department at my church and who attends Bible study regularly, there are those who wonder why I listen to secular music. According to some church ministers, Christians are only supposed to listen to gospel music, any other type of music might corrupt good morals. I listen electronic music instead, the kind of songs one can’t dance to.

Source: Daily Nation February 01, 2019 07:41 UTC