Cultural Astronomical Timing: What We Need To Know: The Sidereal Calendar The Sidereal Calendar is the only concept of time division that is based purely on astronomical knowledge. This calendar, in reality, is 73,300 years old and its quality still imposes itself onto all scientific works of modern astronomy. By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read
Harmonious Healing The Midwife is a Healer by Gingi Cleopatri Allen Modern medicine is overly focused on machines and tests, often producing false positives, as the primary way to support pregnant women. Yet the indigenous way, which honors spirit, mind, and body holistically, is the foundation of health for both the pregnant woman and unborn child. Blood By The Rising Firefly • 8 min read
Photo by Kévin et Laurianne Langlais / Unsplash Cultural Wherever You Go: The Passport of Kemetic Government by Nezeziyah Sakuhai “Kemetic government structure –even if you apply it in your life and anywhere you go, you are welcome wherever you go. Above all, it’s just that aspect of honoring the one in front of you… that’s the respect and the humility.” –Neb Iritah Shenmira Naba By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read
Photo by Shubham Panwar / Unsplash Cultural When Two Brothers Fight It is becoming a familiar pattern for African leaders to blame foreigners for everything that is going wrong. External forces are real, but we must also recognise that, at this point, poor leadership is one of the greatest contributors to the continent’s current predicament. By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
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
Cultural 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
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 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
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 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
