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The Kisii tribe of Kenya is among one of the earliest Bantu settlers in modern-day Kenya. They are the dwellers of the highlands east of Lake Victoria. Accounts concerning their points of origin before situating themselves in their present locality are of varied nature; some scholars claim they came to their present settlement from ancientContinue reading “Omobari Omotwe: The Highly Skilled Traditional ‘Head Surgeon’ Of The Kisii Tribe In Kenya!”

Even in their liberation, enslaved Afrikan-Americans were treated as commodities to be traded, it felt as though their dignity and worth as human beings who bear within themselves all that is required to live and reproduce life were but bonuses on their priced head. When history reveals to us that The District of Columbia EmancipationContinue reading “Slave Owners Were Paid To Free Their Slaves In 1862!”

“Honour physicians for their services for the Lord created them; for their gifts of healing came from the Most High, and they are rewarded by the King…The Lord created medicine out of the Earth and the sensible will not despise them. Was not water made sweet by a tree so that its power might beContinue reading “Mar: The Holy Honey Healing Ritual Of Ethiopia’s Honey Churches!”

Let me tell you a story; my tribesmen belong to the cohort of people named ‘the oldest living’ group of people on Earth, we are the San, sons and daughters of the Sun named ‘bushmen’ by other men only because we chose to stay on the Kalahari; to learn of her secrets and nurture her inContinue reading “Why I Am Afraid Of The Rainbow: A Kalahari Bushman’s Tale!”

The Karamajong tribesmen are a group of agro-pastoralists (a group of people who combine farming with cattle rearing/herding) occupying North-east Uganda. Historians report that they migrated from Ethiopia to their present-day settlement in about the 1600 AD.  As a people, the Karamajong speak ‘Karamajong’ in their bid to communicate with each other. This language forms a partContinue reading “The Joy Of Nudity: Why The Karamajong People Of Uganda Love To Walk Naked!”

“Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our own imagination.” – Chinua Achebe. One of the prime reasons why the Afrikan and the Afrikan’s socio-cultural surroundings and history have been referred to as ‘primitive’; a word that is intended to signify amongst other demeaningContinue reading “How Living In An Afrikan Mud-Hut Safeguards The Eco-System Whiles Building Wealth!”

To be is to belong, to belong is to be.” – Iroegbu, 1995. Nicole M. Monteiro reveals in the article; ‘Addressing Mental Illness in Africa: Global Health Challenges and Local Opportunities.’ how 44 per cent of Afrikan states lack well-established policies and their corresponding institutions for persons who may be struggling with mental health challenges. This notwithstanding, theContinue reading “Mental Health & The Problem Of Out-Casting The ‘Mad’ In Present-Day Afrikan Communities!”

The human race is now at a crossing, we are standing on the brinks of a global meltdown and we want to choose a way out. But the problem is; there is no ‘choosing’ now. Because we used up all our choices when we decided to trade innocent souls for profit, we used up allContinue reading “Why We Struggle With Mediocrity & Choose In-Between Choices!”

The Luba tribe of The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the largest ethnic divisions in the nation. Their widespread presence in Congo took on traction around the 1500s in the geographical area constituting the Upemba Depression which still serves as their original home. They are organized around a central Kingship authority referred to as the Mulopwe (Sacred King) whose power andContinue reading “Men Of Memory: The Congolese ‘Mbudye’ Elites Who Used Wooden Boards To Recount Historical Knowledge!”

Where do we draw the line between the Past, the Present and the Future? We stand in the Now; that functional gap between the Past and the Future and from this standpoint, we may have observed that every tick of the clock nullifies our ‘Now’ into a Past and the same ‘Now’ into a FutureContinue reading “Duo Fastos: Pre-Historic Egyptian Calendars That Have Shaped Our Modern Concept Of Time!”