Environmental The Human Cost of Progress: Examining the Losses Beneath Technological Advancement Perhaps the most subtle yet profound impact of technology lies in the spiritual domain, where humans seek out meaning, orientation, and connection to something greater than individual existence. By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read
Social The Laws We Inherited and the Ones We Keep Breaking Even our language betrays us. We say “it’s just business” to excuse harm. We say “don’t take it personally” when we’ve acted without integrity. We say “it’s complicated” when we don’t want to face the simplicity of right and wrong. This is not sanctimony. This is the human condition. By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
Our Mother’s Light Promiscuity and the Degradation of Female Character in the West In the West, women have been turned into commodities and their natural power of attraction used to fuel the rapid degeneration of society. By The Rising Firefly • 7 min read
Photo by HisArt Photos / Unsplash Social The Global Crisis of Masculinity and Femininity, A Kemetic Reading of Energetic Imbalance When the mother and father principles weaken, individuals feel unrooted. They struggle to trust their intuition, to form stable relationships, or to feel at home within themselves. This is not because people are inherently broken. It is because the energetic environment around them is unstable. By The Rising Firefly • 6 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
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
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
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
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
Environmental Modern Distractions: Normalizing Violence The more we consume the distractions of the modern world, the more we are empowering those who have presented them to us. We are giving our minds and hearts to those distractions, allowing them to be programmed to fulfill certain agendas. By The Rising Firefly • 8 min read
Social Free Untangling the Hidden Dangers of Hair Extensions Reclaim your autonomy and the ways of our ancestors in Meritah, the cradle of civilization. By The Rising Firefly • 10 min read
Social The Greatest Crime Against Humanity - Ghana’s UN Resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade The importance lies in waking up every spirit whose eyes meet these words from the hypnosis of baseless white supremacy that has ruled the world and blocked us from unifying around our common origins and our common need for survival and evolution. By Nehez Meniooh • 10 min read
Social Jeffery Epstein and Secret Societies are Old News We cannot create from scratch, so when Epstein created his own doctrine for the rich and powerful, it could only resemble its creator. And when that mindset is already embedded in the foundation of society, people like Epstein are allowed to rise. By Irishapi Pernebsati • 9 min read
Social Free The Body As Loan, Not Brand In Kemetic cosmology, the body is a continuation, a living archive of the people who shaped you. It carries their features, their resilience, their unfinished stories. By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
Social Jihadism and the Footprint of BNT ( Evil ) The question is whether we will continue to drift like separate leaves in the winds created by foreign interests, or whether we will return to the path laid by our Ancestors (representing our common roots). By The Rising Firefly • 3 min read
Social The Pope Visits the Dark Continent The Pope’s message in Cameroon was consistent with his recent prior remarks, a message of peace. He has repeatedly criticized US President Trump, particularly of late regarding the war against Iran by the US and Israel. By Kasabez Maakmaah • 9 min read
Social Free Echoes Beyond Prison Walls: A Call for Global Solidarity with Djeukam Tchameni Imagine being imprisoned for your political beliefs, for challenging those in power, for organizing against the status quo, for speaking out against corruption. By The Rising Firefly • 2 min read
Social TOGO-AES Sahel 2026-2028 Alliance: African Solidarity in the Face of Asymmetrical Warfare by Zefihapi Dematepia Togo launched a revolutionary initiative on April 18th, 2026, in its economic capital, Lomé, by holding a strategic summit with the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) of Burkina, Niger, and Mali. These AES countries officially exited the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2025 to By The Rising Firefly • 14 min read
Social Free Burkina Faso's Path to Sovereignty By Kasabez Maakmaah Part I: Democracy in Africa Burkina Faso is once again being featured on the periphery of Western media outlets. If you’ve been following the developments here, you can guess the coverage is negative. On April 2nd, 2026, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso was interviewed By Kasabez Maakmaah • 11 min read
Social Free Rooted in Both Worlds: A Doula's Return to the West Side On Black Maternal Health, Ancestral Practice, and Building What Our Mothers Deserved By Zetanefert Zipewtu, Founder, Our Mothers' Light Birth & Baby Village On April 17th, I will walk back into a building that raised me. New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church sits on the West Side of Chicago, By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read
Social On NASA & The Space Race Opinion Piece By Kenibashu Saikaptah Two days ago, flicking my thumb against my programming device, I came across a video with a caption that read "Artemis II has officially launched. The first human mission to the moon since 1972..." Before the video finished, I was already reciting Gil By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read
Social A Travelers Goal by Zebekiya Merutepiaou What do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you want to live? How much money do you want to make? One could go on and on with elaborate, ambitious illusions. None of these is the actual goal in life for the seeker working By The Rising Firefly • 3 min read
Social The Dangers of Being Right By Bezsati Maheqwir Completed - SaMa’at Sometimes it's better to be wrong than to be right. Master NABA said a person who succeeds without failure or making mistakes along the way isn't a winner, and someone who may fall many times along the way isn' By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read
Social Cultural Appropriation and Spiritual Consumerism by Ibasahu Pernebsati Whiteness is not about skin color because Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a very dangerous white male oppressor, and his skin is dark in color. So don’t think this is about skin color or hating yourself, and honestly, the intellectual and emotional exercise of “hating By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read
