Tag: #HoniaHealAfrika
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Patience
Poet: Rhondah Wambũi PatienceAs we embrace the virtue of patience, we cultivate, deeper sense of trust and understanding in life’s natural rhythms. Just as the farmer relies on the seasons to nurture his crops, we too must recognize the importance of timing in our own journeys. Through patience, we develop resilience and wisdom, learning to…
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Moringa: The Tree That Spoke
We are the Moringa tree. When it’s cold we not only produce more leaves,That conserves by trapping heat from escaping,Embracing the environment with generous warmth. But also we’re the multitalented seed,We heal 300 diseases,But oh humans, Oh some of you humans!Do you…Do you still call yourselves human? Seeing how have chased me,From your diseased splits…
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MUSA Webinar Reflections: Remaining Vigilant In The Midst Of The Storm
Today, Saturday, 9th August 2025 we just had a very proactive Webinar organised by Murang’a Students Association (MUSA) from 8:00 PM – 09:00 PM EAT. The Guest Speaker was no other than his eloquence, Africa’s most inspirational living philosopher Prof. PLO Lumumba The moment arrived during the webinar when I felt the weight of history…
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Mugumo in Motion: Kahumbu Ward’s GenZ Tournament Revives Youth and County Spirit
By Gĩtaũ wa Kũngʼũ Kahumbu Ward, Murang’a County In a whirlwind of dust, determination, and dancing dreams, the GenZ Football Tournament lit up Mugumoini Playground this past Sunday with the vivacity stirring lax young football talents and summoned history at the same time. Beneath the symbolic shadow of Mugumo, the sacred fig tree of the…
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The pain of indifference
I have learnt that ,the people you love won’t love you the same,I have come to the understanding that ,they will never take you seriously ,I have learnt that they will never care, as much as I do or show concern,I have learnt to except, less if nothing from people who claim to love me.…
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JUST A GIRL 💁
JUST A GIRL 💁Am just a normal girl,in a normal world,Trying to survive this world ,full of hunters and beasts,A girl with normal feelings,but they think Don’t get sad,Since I was born to be understanding and polite.Because am too kind ,polite,mature and patient,People think they can take advantage and use me,Use me for their own…
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Cry for Justice
Poet: Rhoda Wambui The pain of a father, crying for justice can be seen ,The injustice done by the unjust to cover the cruelty,While their faces show no concern nor repentance ,Their mouths open and spit lies like we were fools,Who never understood the sarcasm in their tone.They say he killed himself,but they know it’s…
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Honia: The Befitting Tribute to Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the River That Heals
By Gĩtaũ wa Kũng’ũ (profgitauwakungu@gmail.com) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was more than a writer—he was a revolutionary thinker, a Dreamweaver, a prophet whose resistance, exile, and defiance against linguistic imperialism became a guiding light for African generations reclaiming their lost heritage. His work sought to free African minds from colonial chains, advocating for linguistic sovereignty to…
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Thabai: The Stinging healer
Gĩtaũ wa Kũng’ũ writes✍🏾 There is time in 2008 when there was such great famine that we even received food donations – in Mũrang’a County formerly renown as the granary of Kenya. There was this yellow maize that produced yellow flour we used to call “gathirikari” possibly because it was donated by the government (in…
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Thĩĩna Unbound: Cuscuta kilimanjari’s Poverty Healing and Resilience Spreading Aspects.
Gĩtaũ wa Kũng’ũ writes✍🏾 I was now scaling the steep Warũhiti hill from Kangiri Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society to Kĩgumo township via Nyoka Nyoka Road – whose name seems to slither off the tongue with the promise of serpentine adventures. Warũhiti hill gets its name from the Gĩkũyũ name for hyena, also called Wamũtĩrĩ. True…
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🌿 Welcome to “Healing Afrika Through Climate Action: Rediscovering Herbal Treasures” 🌿
By Gĩtaũ wa Kũng’ũ Founder Honia-Heal Afrika Initiative-HAIAt Honia-Heal Afrika Initiative (HAI), a Panafrican initiative inspired by the Honia River in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s The River Between, we believe in the transformative power of nature to heal and unite. Just as the Honia River nourishes the land and symbolises connection between communities, this series seeks…