Onjalazbroz- Testing the Foundation of Knowledge

I do remember him. He suffers quietly and is lonely. He keeps it all to himself. He is a man. Men should not complain.  He educated them, all his children, boys and girls. He supplied them with necessities. He loved his daughters more, not because they were weak, but because he knew they were vulnerable. Now he suffers alone, alone in quietness.  They do not give him money, "Mama, have it all. Men waste money, they waste it on women and alcohol," they say.  "Baba is a drunkard. Baba never worked hard," they say.  "Baba, I do remember you, yes, I do."  "Baba, its not because u were drunk, its because they never take the blame. Even today, they still dont take the blame."  "Yesterday, she paid our house rent baba, now the whole neighborhood knows I depend on her."  "Her mother called, told me to stop bleeding her daughter dry."  "She left me. she left with my kid. she left with my Brian. all because i sell beer."  ...

    I have keenly observed Donald Trump and his confrontation with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un. Unlike most observers, blinded by the controversy over nuclear weapons, a post-colonial African can read the struggle between imperialism and sovereignty that has dogged this controversy. Ultimately, the imperialist (Trump) wins the battle as Kim promises to abandon his country's nuclear program, creating the latest example of how imperialism always subdues the struggle for sovereignty. That aside, the questions raised by Trump's victory are: is the rest of the non-nuclear world safe by the US and its nuclear company of friends having loads of atomic weapons? Are Western efforts to prevent the rest of the world from acquiring atomic weapons measures of safety or standards of maintaining imperialism? Why should the non-nuclear countries believe that owning nuclear weapons is dangerous when the US and the West have stockpiles of atomic weapons with rumors of plans to increase...

   Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye    The death that claimed the life of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye still pains my heart: Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, the Kenyan novelist, author of  Coming to Birth , among other books. I always remember her well, not that I knew her personally, but I knew her through her writing.  Although death is the destiny of all humanity, Marjorie does not deserve to die. She is an uncelebrated female author, yet, her works and understanding of the African culture, particularly the Luo community of Kenya, were incredible. Nobody would have imagined that Marjorie was English-born, but her adoption of and dedication to the newly born country Kenya was enormous.  Marjorie's death was not announced well, a clear indication of African literary icons' ailing appreciation and recognition. I just learned about it a year ago when looking for information about her online. My heart wept. "Coming to Birth" reminds me a lot about Marjorie. It was the set bo...