Msingi Afrika Magazine

17/06/2025

I healed a bad toothache by using the Neem plant as my chewing stick. It worked. https://www.msingiafrikamagazine.com/2025/06/nature-heals-even-if-we-dont-understand-how/
Kenya Organic Agriculture Network The beauty of Nature Nature Nature life

I should note up front that the information in this article does not constitute medical advice for any ailment. However, if you enjoy my story and want to give it a try, you’re more than welcome. Sometime last year (2024), when my family and I were still living in Malindi, something happened that ...

16/06/2025

Sometime in April this year, a fourteen-year-old girl was mauled by a lioness in my neighborhood. The incident occurred in the same areas where I go for my morning walks. The girl's remains were later found by the men of the community. eighty percent eaten.
When it rains, the savannah is a green beauty to behold, especially since the animals come out to graze, but in the dry season, the dust is not friendly.
The lioness' attack on the young girl was not a nice story, but it gives a clear perspective of the beauty and beast sides of the African savannah.

Anyone who knows me or has read my work can attest that I write extensively about my morning walks in every neighborhood I live in. Morning walks not only let me work out my body but also nurture my mind, spirit, and creativity—especially when I bring my camera for sunrise photography. Because my ...

31/05/2025

We did this video a while back, and it's a great conversation about building a breathable, sustainable earth house. Check it out.

Modern living is responsible for so many unnecessary pressures and strains and too many Afrikans have bought into the story that has been told in American mo...

13/05/2025

Hello everyone. Please join us later tonight at 8 PM EAT as we livestream this new video: https://youtube.com/live/RBsiWDss7Is?feature=share
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It warms the heart to know that more Africans have begun to see how Western imperialism works and how they use their propaganda machine to destabilize nation...

08/05/2025

Nature always tells its story of love and community in a very unique, real, original, and healing manner. You can almost not get it wrong with nature.

I love nature and green spaces, especially now that most cities are becoming chaotic and gradually losing touch with life. If you ask me what my wish is for a place to live or build a house, I will probably tell you on a hilltop overlooking green landscape, with access to sunrise and sunset. Or to build a forest house, or a house close to a lake. You know what I mean. It just makes sense to me to wake up in the morning to the sweet sound of chirping birds or chattering monkeys doing their usual cheeky acts, or wake up to the sound of the ocean tide hitting the shores. And this is not me being a luxury freak. The house can just be a small thatched roof house made of natural earth materials, but within nature.

Take a look at the full article: https://www.msingiafrikamagazine.com/2025/05/nature-always-tells-a-different-story/
Nature Lover Nature Amazing Nature

Nature always tells its story of love and community in a very unique, real, original, and healing manner. You can almost not get it wrong with nature. I love nature and green spaces, especially now that most cities are becoming chaotic and gradually losing touch with life. If you ask me what my wish...

03/05/2025

Uganda remains one of my favorite countries in Africa. Lovely landscapes, amazing people, and a sweet culture of respect and honor for people. Take a look at this article from our latest issue: https://www.msingiafrikamagazine.com/2025/05/touring-uganda-a-few-facts-to-know-about-uganda/

Uganda Martyrs University Alumni Uganda

I can’t pretend to be an expert on Uganda or to have seen everything it offers—I only spent about ten days visiting a handful of places. While I may not have a complete picture, I believe that the experiences I did have reflect some elements that are widely enjoyed by Ugandans. So, here are a...

09/04/2025

Culture plays a vital role in how people evolve in their journey of development and self-actualization. And one aspect of culture is marriage and the institution of family.

In his usual comic/painter style of writing, Wanyax shares some insight into wedding ceremony in the Swahili culture of Lamu Island in the coast of Kenya.

Take a look and also share your thoughts: https://www.msingiafrikamagazine.com/2025/04/lamu-love-and-affection-of-swahili-wedding/

04/04/2025

I just got back from a visit to Uganda. And even though I had visited Uganda twice before, this particular trip opened my eyes to some things I had not noticed in my prior visits.

First, I realized that every building I saw in all the areas that I visited in Uganda are made of clay bricks. Pure natural clay bricks made with soil dug from the ground. It doesn't matter if it's a cathedral, a bungalow, or a storey building, all made of clay bricks. In a world where cement, aluminum, and steel, or the construction industry, create 37% of greenhouse gas emissions, Uganda's use of clay bricks for its architecture should be studied and adopted. I even spoke to Saidi, a clay brick maker, who gave me a quick tutorial about his craft. (I shared his thoughts in the article.) I do have a few issues with these Ugandan clay brick houses. They used cement for mortar and plastering.

I do believe that to keep the beauty of using natural materials all through their projects and to further protect the environment, they should have used lime for mortar and either lime or clay for plastering the walls. Or better still, they should not plaster the walls at all. I just thought the symmetry of the clay bricks in themselves, with the deep brown earth color, if well done, is a beauty to behold.

Also, I visited the famous source of the Nile River in Jinja. The River Nile, whose original Luganda name is Omugga Kiyiira has its source from the wrongly named Lake Victoria (The original Luganda name for that lake is Nalubaale.) The river flows from its source in Jinja, through Central and Northern Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, and then pours into the Mediterranean Sea. Its tributary, the Blue Nile also passed through Ethiopia.

But I have been thinking about the unnatural movement of the Nile River. Rivers or waters naturally flow downwards and not upwards. But this water, as we are made to believe, is flowing from Uganda upwards to Egypt in the North. Is it that the African map is warped, so that South Africa is supposed to be the North of Africa and Egypt is the South of Africa? Share your thoughts on this.

I believe that every place in Africa, especially historical monuments, should be changed from European names back to their original African names. We cannot keep telling ourselves the lie that some random European explorers, or spies if you will, discovered and also named places that Africans have always known and lived on. It’s just stupid to think of it. Omugga Kiyiira should not be designated as the “local name” of the Nile River; Omuga Kiyiira is its only name. Any European name that the river now bears is just a signature of foreign intrusion into Africa.

Read the full article via the link below: https://www.msingiafrikamagazine.com/2025/04/omugga-kiyiira-visiting-the-source-of-the-nile-river/
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19/03/2025

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11/02/2025

A Walk with Satan in The Vichochoro of Lamu Town

The Lamu Tamu (island) has an impressive picturesque landscape for impressionist artists such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro. It has an astonishing linear perspective of Swahili buildings, mosques, restaurants, and hotels.

On the opposite side is an atmospheric view of the sea with some varnishing of boats and a forest of mangroves. A crowd of women dressed in brightly colored buibuis’ and hijabs’ strolls slowly in pairs taking in a low tone. The men are walking looking up wearing kanzus, vikoi, long-sleeved shirts, and Islamic capes.

I disembarked from the mashua (a traditional large triangular sailboat) and stumbled upon a mischievous one-eyed boy who was hawking at me. He stuffed his mouth with Gomba (chewing gum), Muguka, and Miraa (Khats’) while puffing off the smoke of bhang (Cannabis sativa). He smelled rotten fish and the stench of bhang smoke. He quickly noticed me and grabbed my bag, but I held it tightly fearing a robbery.

The one-eyed boy was stammering heavily in broken French, English, and Swahili. He talked shaking his head and throwing his hands in the air fighting mosquito oozing in his ear. He struggled to pronounce various historic sites I needed to visit. Finally, the boy yelled loudly, Mr Chairman Sir! The stutter could not allow him to utter words like “accommodation” instead he stuttered “abduction”...LOL...

It's always funny to read an artist describe a place. Wanyax Arts did a pretty good job with this one.

Read the complete story via the link below:
https://www.msingiafrikamagazine.com/2025/02/a-walk-with-satan-in-the-vichochoro-of-lamu-town/