There are ways of speaking, sitting, looking, acting, reacting, that are inherited from childhood. Some are lucky to be born in families that left them with behaviors that create a virtuous circle around them. They’ve got a great behavioral inheritance. Some are totally unlucky, they inherited behaviors that create a negative loop in a vicious […]
Category: Culture
Home knowledge and school knowledge
In Togo, there is something called ‘ahome nunya’ which translates into home knowledge. Ahome Nunya is considered as the basic package of knowledge any kid should get from home, either from her parents or her tribe. Any kid who failed to get that basic package of knowledge is considered an outcast. Kids who lack that […]
European caste system
Don’t call it racism. Call it European caste system. Like in India. There is nothing scientific about race. If race was a uniting factor, Europeans shouldn’t be slaughtering each other in the millions every other generation. What most don’t know is that Europeans have killed each other more than they have killed any other populations. […]
Tribalism is dead, long live Tribalism
The invention of the tribe called ‘white people’ had helped Europeans unite globally beyond their previous tribal affiliations. Another successful invention of a new tribe is the one called ‘middle class’. It happens when people inside an economical group have more in common to defend than their affiliation to a traditional tribe. Economical tribes come […]
Protesting is dead
According to a Hebrew fairytale, an out of wedlock boy, refused to learn carpentry with his foster father, and started walking the street with a few dusty hustlers saying he was the son of God and he came to save the world. The conservative elite warned him against corrupting the youth with his on drug […]
The rational mind and sleeplessness crisis
The most invisible symptom of modernity is sleepless nights. More and more people are losing their sleep. Even here in Africa, the sleeping continent. Some sleep only for a few hours a night. Some only one or two hours. Some sleep only until 2am and then nothing. There are lot of studies on the global […]
Good People, Bad People
How to know if you are a good person? Good people have to remind to themselves that they shouldn’t forget themselves. Their internal monologue goes like this ‘think about yourself, think about your family…’. Selfish and bad people monologue is very much different. It goes like this ‘I should think a bit about others. I […]
Rules for Men
Don’t speak while standing. Or very little. A wise man don’t do business while standing. A man don’t talk to his children, his wife while standing. Don’t stand up when you are angry, upset, or restless. Speak only with your eyes when standing. Do your talk only while sitting. Following this simple rule will bring […]
Illusion of knowledge
There is public knowledge and there is private knowledge. Very much as there is public wealth and there is private wealth. In a world where private wealth surpasses by folds public wealth, one must deduct that private knowledge is far superior and surpasses by more folds public knowledge. The best knowledge warehouses are private, guarded […]
Ancestors… ancestors …
Our ancestors were defeated and humiliated. We are the consequences of their defeat, their weakness, and their failure to defend the continent. Why all the praise and prayers to them? Bla-bla-bla, they fought, they did their best. But let’s recognize at the end of the day that they lost and our lands were conquered, and […]