Cultural THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION: How Two Revolutionaries from Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré and Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, are using Psychological Warfare to Crush Africa’s Biggest Enemies (Part 1) Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig is one of the Indigenous Elders and Wisdom Keepers of Africa who have been fighting for Africa’s mental and spiritual liberation for decades. By The Rising Firefly • 30 min read
A Lion in the Wur Each society had its own significance for the hoodie, whether it be religious and a devotion towards something, or to conceal the face in war. The hoodie has a long and extensive history that can be traced in every epoch of human history. By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read
From Fall to Rise: Part 1 The individual absorbs the smell of the world and begins to mistake it for his own nature. Fear becomes worldview, greed becomes ambition, lust becomes freedom, anger becomes strength, deception becomes strategy, division becomes loyalty. By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read
Photo by Natilyn Hicks Photography / Unsplash Cultural A Message to Black People Part Three We must take the harder path: to look in the mirror, to abandon self‑loathing, and to remember that the greatest forces we can touch are the forces of nature itself. By The Rising Firefly • 8 min read
Photo by Gizem Nikomedi / Unsplash Harmonious Healing Painkillers: The New Drug of Choice Pain is a teacher, not an enemy. It asks us to listen—to pay attention to what our body, mind, and spirit are trying to say. Pharmaceutical drugs may silence the message, but true healing comes only when we address the cause. By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read
Photo by Val Vesa / Unsplash When Knowledge Becomes Character Honesty unmasks the uncomfortable realization that many who believed themselves to be the most educated have unknowingly become the greatest disciples of society's destruction. By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
Social The Night Sky and Different Stars Physical distance does not fix a fundamental lack of cultural empathy. We must ask what truly makes a person belong to a place. Is it the birthplace of their Ancestors or is it a genuine love for the soil they inhabit now? By The Rising Firefly • 3 min read
Photo by Dan Counsell / Unsplash Cultural Writers For Tomorrow If we truly believe that our Ancestors’ knowledge is valuable, then we must take up the pen, or sit before the keyboard, as one of the tools of our responsibility to defend their legacy. By The Rising Firefly • 3 min read
Social Cultural Reform: Eliminating Divisions in Burkina Faso Schools by Nezeziyah Sakuhai One recent evening, my hair braider and her friend finished installing Fulani braids on my girls. I asked them to add beads. The leading stylist warned, “If I put these on their hair, the people are going to chase them around at school.” This scenario sounded like By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read
The Initiate Modern Distractions:The preference of ignorance in modern times. We really are only recipients of what nature chooses to provide to us. Human greed has caused so much imbalance in the world today because we have been convinced to keep pursuing more and more material belongings. Greed has been sanitised and is now called ambition. By The Rising Firefly • 7 min read
In His Father’s Footsteps Who am I? Reconciling with a Rejected Bloodline One of the root causes of the fragmentation and disorder I see in modern life is this profound disconnection from our true self, our lineage and our relationship to the natural world. Without this foundation to stand upon, we have become vulnerable, easily manipulated and controlled. By The Rising Firefly • 11 min read
Social Islamist Terrorism in Africa and the Destruction of Indigenous Traditions We can only find true moral integrity and power in our Kemetic foundations, which is why violent invaders have been trying to destroy these foundations for more than 6,000 years. By The Rising Firefly • 17 min read
