The Night Sky and Different Stars

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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