Onjalazbroz- Testing the Foundation of Knowledge

I was born and raised in Kisumu, that tiny, loud city on the shores of Lake Victoria, where the air hums with the scent of fried fish and the rhythms of Benga music. Ours was a childhood shaped by political fire and cultural pride—a place where opposition politics ran hot in our veins, and where the lake’s breeze carried both the promise of joy and the tension of unrest. A City at the Barricades Kisumu was—and still is—the heartland of Kenyan opposition politics. Growing up here meant knowing the crack of tear gas canisters before you knew multiplication tables. Every year, the "Sabasaba" rallies turned our streets into battlegrounds. Protesters clashed with riot police, who met defiance with a brutality reserved only for our city. We children learned early that the government saw us as renegades, and in time, we wore that label with a strange pride. Marginalization was our teacher. The potholed roads, the underfunded schools, the deliberate neglect—all whispered the same les...

   Usually, the teeth of the upper and lower jaws misalign when they close. This occurrence is known as malocclusion. Malocclusion is not a serious health problem. However, it can present serious craniofacial anomalies characterized by a distorted face and one finding it hard to speak or chew food. Serious cases of malocclusion are usually corrected using orthodontic treatment. However, a surgical procedure is necessary in severe cases. Definition Of An Orthodontic Appliance Orthodontic treatment uses an orthodontic appliance to correct malocclusions. Thus, an orthodontic appliance is a dental gear that applies force on the teeth of the upper and lower jaws to correct a malocclusion. Types Of Orthodontic Appliances They are two types of Orthodontic Appliances; active orthodontic appliances and functional orthodontic appliances. Active Orthodontic Appliances   These dental gears apply pressure on the teeth to fix and match with other teeth on the upper and lower jaws. Exa...

On November 11, 2018, the world marked 100 years since the end of World War I—a conflict that claimed over 20 million lives and decimated an entire generation. Yet, as memorials honored the fallen, a troubling irony emerged: the very ideologies that fueled that catastrophic war—monoculturalism and hyper-nationalism—are experiencing a revival in the 21st century. From the rise of exclusionary politics in Europe to the nativist rhetoric dominating U.S. discourse, societies are flirting with the same forces that once set continents ablaze. History’s lesson is unambiguous: Monoculturalism is not a recipe for peace, but a catalyst for conflict. The inability to tolerate difference—whether cultural, religious, or ethnic—has been a root cause of wars from the 18th century through WWII. Today, as globalization binds economies tighter than ever, the fantasy of cultural purity isn’t just regressive—it’s economically and socially impossible. The Flawed Case for Monoculturalism Proponents argue th...

  Teeth are an essential part of the body, mainly because we all eat to live. Teeth help digest food by slicing, crushing, and grinding it into small pieces, which are further digested by our bodies. Additionally, teeth help us speak well and improve our appearance. Babies, like us, also need teeth at some point in their development to prepare for and adapt to weaning. So, when do babies start teething? Teething Schedule Before we discuss when babies start teething, we must first define the term "teething." Teething is the breakthrough or the emergence of an infant's teeth out of the gums. Medically, it is called odontiasis. Teething typically starts when babies are six months old and continue up to their third year of life, where it pauses when all milk teeth have emerged. The milk teeth, also known as baby teeth, temporary teeth, or primary teeth, are the first teeth people develop during the infant and toddler stages of development. Later, people develop permanent teet...

I remember him. A man who carried his suffering like old coins in his pocket— quiet, heavy, never spent. He educated them— all his children, sons and daughters— filled their mouths with books when his own stomach growled. Loved his girls a little more, not because they were weak, but because he knew the world would treat their softness like something to peel apart. Now he sits in his silence, a chair creaking under the weight of their forgetting. "Mama, take the money," they say. "Men waste it on women and drink." "Baba was a drunkard," they say. "Baba never worked hard." But I remember. Baba, it wasn’t the alcohol that drowned you— it was their mouths, always pouring blame, never swallowing their share. Yesterday, she paid the rent, and now the whole neighborhood knows my pride fits in her purse. Her mother called, said: "Stop bleeding my daughter dry." As if love is a wound, and I am the knife. She left. Took my Brian with her. All be...

The spectacle of Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s nuclear standoff was never truly about disarmament. For those who understand the long shadow of colonialism, it revealed something far more familiar: the age-old struggle between imperial domination and national sovereignty, where the powerful dictate terms to the weak under the guise of moral authority. When Kim Jong-un capitulated to U.S. demands to dismantle North Korea’s nuclear program, it was not a victory for global security—it was the latest chapter in a long history of imperial coercion.   The fundamental hypocrisy is glaring. The United States, which possesses the world’s second-largest nuclear arsenal, has no moral standing to police other nations on nuclear weapons. If these weapons are truly as catastrophic as Washington claims, then why does it continue to modernize its own stockpile? Why do American leaders speak of non-proliferation while simultaneously investing billions in upgrading their nuclear capabilities? T...

The news of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s passing arrived quietly, slipping into public consciousness with none of the fanfare befitting a writer of her stature. It was not announced with solemn tributes on national television, nor did it trend on social media. Instead, I stumbled upon the fact of her death a full year later, while searching for details about her life online. The realization struck me like a physical blow—another literary giant had departed, and Kenya, the country she loved and documented with such unflinching clarity, had barely paused to notice.   Marjorie was not just a novelist; she was a historian of the everyday, a witness to the promises and betrayals of post-colonial Kenya. Born in England but Kenyan in spirit, she immersed herself in the Luo culture with a depth that put native writers to shame. Her masterpiece, *Coming to Birth*, was more than a set book for high school students—it was a mirror held up to a nation stumbling through the chaotic aftermath ...