Said Kumbi-a-Wadesa, chairman of the Pokomo tribal council that once derived great power from an awe-inspiring drum called the Ngadji, died this year in April. He never saw the Ngadji because a British officer stole it at gunpoint. It has sat in a storeroom @britishmuseum for 113 years.
“The white man took not just the Ngadji but brought many changes to our society," he said when we met in 2019.
Its theft was an act of subjugation that fractured Pokomo society, and now the added indignity of @britishmuseum refusing to return it even though it sits in a closet.
Kumbi-a-Wadesa had gone blind & knew he'd never glimpse the 3m-tall Ngadji. But it was the Ngadji's roaring boom that gave it God-like power, legend has it, and he held onto hope he'd hear it one day.
“Those who aren’t blind will see it, but I will know that particular sound.”
Full story: https://youtu.be/hFUm6oIjKik
“The white man took not just the Ngadji but brought many changes to our society," he said when we met in 2019.
Its theft was an act of subjugation that fractured Pokomo society, and now the added indignity of @britishmuseum refusing to return it even though it sits in a closet.
Kumbi-a-Wadesa had gone blind & knew he'd never glimpse the 3m-tall Ngadji. But it was the Ngadji's roaring boom that gave it God-like power, legend has it, and he held onto hope he'd hear it one day.
“Those who aren’t blind will see it, but I will know that particular sound.”
Full story: https://youtu.be/hFUm6oIjKik
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Kenya's Pokomo people ask the British to return what they stole: Their source of power
More than a century after British colonialist officers in Kenya "confiscated" their sacred ngadji drum, the Pokomo people are fighting for its return from the British Museum in London. Read more: https://wapo.st/2KopmWE. Subscribe to The Washington Post on…
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"Oil and gas pipelines make way for the profit-hungry and power-hungry schemes of fossil fuel corporations, and adversely affect the integrity and safety of our land, water, and air."
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Massive oil and gas pipelines have always been a threat to humanity. Recent events have made the threat even more apparent.
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His revolutionary work is all in there - Now all you need to do is go outside, take a hammock and start reading.
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Have you read Frantz Fanon?
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His revolutionary work is all in there - Now all you need to do is go outside, take a hammock and start reading.
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