The first parrot to sing in English. The first monkey to learn the alphabet The first cat to dance flamenco The first black to behave like a white award. I’m always sad when I see posts like ‘first black to…’ behave or did something white had been doing, but never heard about ‘the first white’ […]
5 reasons why Trump matters
#1. Lot of people have no idea how the rise to the top of non-white nation is enraging a majority of white people. White people enjoyed over centuries the top dog status in the world, and suddenly that status is contested, challenged and imminently toppled. Trump is giving all these people a channel to express […]
How the People of Rwanda became almost 100% Christians
On April 1st, 1910, King Rukara rwa Bishingwe killed the religious colonizer father Loupias at Gahinga. He and his people were tired of the colonizers who were harassing their people to convert to Christianity. Following the killing, the German colonizer Gudovius organized a punitive expedition on the local population killing people randomly on the streets, […]
Individual evolution and collective evolution
The study of evolution as science is often focused on one side of evolution, the individual evolution which means how individual animals, including humans, under the contingency and randomness of their environment adapt or fail to survive. The side of evolution that is often overlooked is the collective evolution, which means how species as a […]
Kids success at school
It’s often that people think kids success at school depends on the quality of the schools infrastructures and the qualification of the teachers. Unfortunately, that’s a very limited view of what makes children to succeed at school. A school with basic infrastructures and moderately qualified teachers but in a suburbs with strong families, would turn […]
Schumpeterian Barbarism
‘I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.’ John Adams Descendants of Barbarians are always much better off than the descendants of civilized people. If you don’t believe me, ask the Germans and the vikings descendants. The current world elite is dominated by them from Washington […]
Natural inequality and a Case for Imperialism
Inequality in nature is obvious. Some people are genetically luckier than other. They are more handsome, more beautiful, healthier, smarter, or born in the right family, country or city. It might look unfair, make some jealous but we can’t make everyone look ugly because you are ugly. Nature seems to allocate more ressources to some […]
Poverty is Political
Poverty is political. It’s not a technical problem, nor a mental disease to be cured. The poor don’t lack electricity because electricity technology does not exist, and the know-how to bring it to them unavailable. The poor don’t lack clean water because clean water technologies do not exist, and ways to bring water to them […]
Raising the African Child to Conquer the World
This post is for African parents who believe Africa need great rulers to free our continent and go on to conquer the world with our humanist values Dear African parents, You don’t know me, and I don’t know you. We however have something in common. We are Africans, and we have children to raise. As […]
Debunking a Dangerous idea: Africa Unity
The dream of little schooled African man is to make Africa to become like Europe or America. In his little skull of colonized man, deprived of agency, mimicking the master, he supposedly fought to get independence, is seen as his future. Europe has European Union; therefore, Africa needs Africa Union. America has the United States […]