Consumerism isn’t a topic most Kenyans give a second thought. Yet that’s a bit ironic given we are first-class consumers, especially when it comes to shopping for items like cell phones which virtually everyone wants to own.
We consume second-hand clothes, flat-screen TVs and all kinds of gadgets. Yet most of us rarely think about how those items affect us or our psyche. How do they make us think about ourselves? Can any one of those items change the way we see ourselves and the world around us?
