Onjalazbroz- Testing the Foundation of Knowledge

 "Animals are worse than humans. See that cock beating his tied opponent pitilessly. The wild thing about animals is that when their opponents are at their weakest point, they see it as an opportunity to eliminate them.  "Unlike them, we, humans, show much care and compassion. We recognize our fellows lowest points, and empathize with them. We are far better in love than animals," Ngala recollected Owalo's sentiments. However, he strongly disagreed with Owalo.   "There is nothing good about humans. They are more opportunistic and devouring than other animals. "People have brains, but their actions prove that brawn is much better. Their greed, enveloped in sweet terms like civilization and development, has destroyed the environment, eradicated several other species, and sown deep seeds of hatred among themselves. That is why men keep fighting over petty things like religion, race, ethnicity, and traditions. No wonder they came up with this fallacious idea of...

  "Bloody Indians. Can't you read English?" a British soldier scornfully asks  Manikarnika . "I can read English. It's a mere language. Just words. Words without culture have no meaning."  Manikarnika  responds.   It has always been that way. Language is part of a culture. Language goes hand in hand with culture. You cannot separate the two and expect to pass a message. Film producers and directors must be careful when selecting the language in their films and television series. When you choose a language that does not match the culture of your setting, then your work is bound to fail. I have seen how Kenyan producers grapple with the choice of language for use in their films and tv series.   Kenya has several local languages. Then there is Kiswahili, the national language, and English, the official language. Most Kenyan producers select English for their production. That is why they fail, and the Kenyan film industry remains stunted.  Creati...

  The greatest commandment of all is love. Nothing reminds us better of this saying than  Bajirao Mastani , a tragic film that shows how only a few people genuinely love.  Our dreams make us develop pride and ego. Then pride and ego make us hateful. Thus, to love others, we must sacrifice our dreams.  Bajirao Mastani  demonstrates this point well. Plot Bajirao inherits the title of the Prime Minister of the Maratha Kingdom after his father's death. He brings success to the Kingdom in the next few years by conquering nearly half of India. He embarks on military duty to the South, where he meets Mastani, a beautiful princess of the Kingdom of Bundelkhand. Mastani wants him to help her father fight invaders that have come to conquer Bundelkhand. Bajirao is impressed by Mastani’s fighting prowess when she enters his tent, downing several soldiers. He agrees to help her save her home. After the victory against Bundelkhand invaders, Bajirao stays for a few days in the...

                  It is so surprising that some people do not have hobbies, yet many available activities exist. Is the economic situation so tight that people must work hard to make ends meet, leaving little time for fun and leisure? Despite these challenging circumstances, people still need time to enjoy their lives. After all, we are all in pursuit of happiness.  There is no better way to have fun than playing  Football Manager . If you are the hobbyless type, Football Manager will be your hobby. If you are the ever-busy type, you will have time to be a Football Manager. This  game  offers a deep foray into the management profession, not just football management, but overall management. As a manager, you are in charge of a football club. Your responsibility is to drive the football club to success. You have to make the football club profitable. Your success is hugely tied to the on-field game, which is the main product ...

The African continent faces numerous challenges. It is evident in the high level of human trafficking, poverty, wars, and xenophobic attacks. News channels are filled with painful narratives of how thousands of Africans risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on rickety boats and ships that often capsize and drown. They pass through unsafe Libya, a country ravaged by a war that should not have occurred in the first place. The story of the African man remains sad and painful, despite several years of independence and self-governance. There is no better place to get a full view of such a story than the novel  Certificates of Doom  by David Onjala.    Certificates of Doom  traces the hopeless life of a young African man named Kepha. Kepha works at Aviation, a middle-level college, as a tutor. The work environment of the college is exploitative and autocratic. Employees work several hours, yet the pay is less than that of unskilled workers.  ...

  Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend about her marriage. She told me she had been married for 20 years but wanted out. I tried to talk her back into her marriage, but she seemed adamant. It was hard to fathom that a marriage that had lasted for 20 years could experience great turmoil and get to the brink of collapse.  Then I came across this 2012 movie titled " Hope Springs ." The film is about a couple, Arnold and Kay Soames. They have been married for 37 years and are now on the brink of collapse.   The thing that glues me to the movie is that this couple has been married for 37 years, yet their marriage still faces turmoil, just like newlyweds in their second year. If my friend's 20 years of marriage felt like forever, what about 37 years?   Plot   Kay and Arnold are two nesters. Since their youngest child went to college, they have slept in separate rooms. It is over five years since they last made love. Kay is unhappy primarily with th...

Mahatma Gandhi once said that the only language the poor people understand is bread and butter. He was right with this observation. Poverty limits people’s thinking and endurance and makes them susceptible to manipulation and misguidance. That is why the African continent remains colonized even today. We are peasants. Imperialists know this fact and use it to make us eat our people. They know that the only language we understand is bread and butter. A few years ago, colonialists conquered our lands and stirred divisions among us. They separated relatives and friends. They created boundaries in a continent that people traversed with ease. That's why a Luo in Kenya calls himself a Kenyan while a Luo in Uganda calls himself a Ugandan. A Tutsi in Burundi calls himself Burundian, while a Tutsi in Rwanda calls himself Rwandese. There are Zulus and other similar tribes spread across southern Africa, yet they call themselves South Africans, Zambians, Zimbabweans, Malawians and much more. U...