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Whose war? The place of Africa in the ‘Global conflicts’ of the 21st Century. By Ngito JL.
Most people around the world live in relatively safe havens, not having to experience war or the consequences of it. In some of such peaceful countries, a soldier can go through an entire military career without ever seeing combat. There are even countries without a permanent standing army. However, the ugly truth is that war […]
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“Never let a thousand flowers to bloom.” – The hypocrisy of the US and NATO in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
CRITICAL QUESTIONS What if Russia – using a proxy military organization (The Warsaw Pact – for instance), had military bases in Canada, Cuba or Mexico and the US decided to ‘defend its borders’ by reducing the ‘Soviet communist influence’ from near its borders? Would the US be seen as the aggressor? Do extreme sanctions also […]
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Some days
Some days, especially after a fortnight of cheerlessness and despair, good things happened with a heart-warming alignment and surprising sequence. It was just as though someone blew a series of happy vibes your way and made you forget the goddamn roller-coaster for a moment. It reminded you that the battles were not yours alone, that […]
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Nights
I like evenings, as they turn into nights. I especially love them when it is raining and all animals have to seek shelter or sleep. Evenings carry the ‘gift of pause’. A ceasefire! a moment of stillness for most people, a break from the competition and rush of life. In difficult days, nights open the […]
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WHERE EXACTLY IS HOME?
From the exciting Hobbit film series, there happens ‘The Unexpected Journey’. It is the first of a three-part film adaption of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel – The Hobbit. The adaptation forms a prequel to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. In this film, a surviving group of homeless dwarves are on a journey to reclaim […]
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Believe your eyes. It is what it is.
I am reading the fourth book since the year was inaugurated. It is a collection of Epicurean thoughts and philosophy titled – Ante-Oculos. The words ‘Ante-oculos’ are Latin for “Before your eyes.” I would encourage everybody to read it… NOT just when they can. READ it! Ante-oculos! There it is! The truth right there, before […]
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Soliloquy: Of Potentials and broken wings
Today I remember a great poem by William Butler Yeats. Of that poem, it is from this stanza that Chinua Achebe – Africa’s most prolific writer borrowed the title for his book ‘Things fall apart.’ “Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere […]
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Food matters: The radical citizen’s guide against ‘artificial’ hunger. (Part 2 of 3)
Control your own food value-chain Growing our own food is obviously important, but controlling our food-chain goes beyond just growing our food. Controlling our food chain has two main benefits. First, It helps us minimize our losses by ensuring we have proper storage and safe preservation methods for our products. Remember that artificial scarcity is […]
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Food matters: The radical citizen’s guide against ‘artificial’ hunger. (Part 1 of 3)
Barely a century ago, the African society was entirely mechanical and people relied purely on physical labor for agricultural production. Expectedly, the returns were meager and could only take care of their subsistence. There was rarely a surplus to store for the future. As a result, there were famines when it did not rain for […]
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Kenya’s security priorities: How to miss a boat by a river.
When a man’s training and livelihood is to kill men (Legitimately or not), he develops power and confidence over humanity, such power that no human being should have. In this sense, both the violent robber and the flying squad policeman are similar in character and form – they both possess the power to take away life. […]
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