Cultural How did I come to be? If we are serious about answering the question in the title of this article, we have no choice but to go as far back into history as we can. Only then can we start the work of properly orienting ourselves in the time and space we currently find ourselves. By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read
Indigenous Wisdom In the Time of the Lotus But we are living in the time of the Lotus, and all truths necessary for the evolution of humankind will be revealed in stages. We have reached another critical stage in our Cosmic evolution. By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
Social Corporate Shadows or The Corrosion of Corporate America Corporate corruption also manifests through abstraction. Harmful decisions are hidden behind sharepoint sites, acronyms, and legal language. Responsibility is fragmented across departments until no one feels accountable for the damage caused. By The Rising Firefly • 2 min read
Cultural Free Visit to the Consul General of Burkina Faso in New York City Disciples of Dogon Master Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig met with Burkina Faso’s General Consul, Estelle Pélagie P. Segda Gango in New York City, strengthening a shared commitment to culture, diaspora engagement, and the development of the homeland By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
Harmonious Healing ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Alternative Treatments For ADHD ADHD is not a rare condition in today's modern world. Perhaps it is the decline of the family and neighborhood and the rise of extremely realistic video games and television shows that are contributing to the problem. By The Rising Firefly • 7 min read
A protestor gestures and holds a placard during a demonstration in front of the South African Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia on September 4, 2019 SALIM DAWOOD/AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Cultural Alienation and the ‘South African’ Dilemma (Pt. 2): The Architecture of Alienation The question before us is not simply why xenophobia has resurfaced in South Africa, but how Africans came to regard one another as strangers in the first place. By The Rising Firefly • 9 min read
Cultural Free 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
Indigenous Wisdom Circumcision, Colonialism & the Danger of Calling Other People's Traditions "Barbaric" As someone who has spent years studying indigenous traditions, one thing I've learned is that there is a profound difference between choosing not to participate in a cultural practice and declaring that practice barbaric. By Irishapi Pernebsati • 3 min read
Neb Naba LaMoussa Morodenibig Indigenous Wisdom Free The Truth Teller by Neb Nehez Meniooh From the Print Rising Firefly Edition 70 Prophet Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig is the Maakheru of the Schools of Kebtah (The Earth Center), an international organization in the modern world representing the unified form of the Kemetic (traditional African) temples and nomes. The title of Maakheru By Nehez Meniooh • 14 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 Free 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 Free 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 Free 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
Indigenous Wisdom Free Dogon: The Living Heirs of “Ancient Egypt” by Nehez Meniooh "The Motherland has been reduced to a mere reserve of minerals and wildlife, denying us all aspects of our identity." -Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, Dogon high priest and teacher of Kemetic wisdom Indigenous Africa is one of the most misunderstood civilizational continuums on Earth. The By Nehez Meniooh • 6 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
Indigenous Wisdom The Village Is Already a Thousand Years Ahead Iritah Shenmira Naba (Neb) brings the wisdom of the Dogon homeland to the Black/African Feminisms Conference 2026 By Biksaa Nessebik I watched it happen through a screen, but it felt more real than that. On the morning of May 22nd, the Black/African Feminisms Conference opened with Diane Hill, By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read
Social Free The Fast Lane to Nowhere: A Comedy of Modern Speed by Repiyah Hentkhepra Human beings have achieved something truly remarkable in the modern world. We have invented ways to move faster than our Ancestors could ever imagine - and somehow, we still have no idea where we are going. In fact, the modern human being wakes up tired, rushes through the By The Rising Firefly • 3 min read
