Everything starts with a beginning, and this is the beginning of this blog.Let me start by sharing my intention for this page : To, in as many ways as i can, open people up the enormity, the beauty of the world we live in. It's boundless ways of amazing us, both for the good and the bad. You see, there is so much more to this world than most realize, and for the most part that is all down to perspective. I intend to share as much of mine as i can.
Let me give you the quick rundown of the name 'Lumukanda' and how i came about it. In South Africa there is a man named Credo Mutwa, a very wise man, a Zulu 'Sanusi', the highest order of the African shamans. He is charged as keeper of the wisdom of the Zulu nation. Amongst the many books he has written, 'Indbaba, My Children' stands out the most. The word 'indaba' is used by the Xhosa and Zulu people of South Africa, and means 'and important conference', the aim being to discuss a certain topic.
Amongst the many great stories in that book, alongside the story of the little spark, the Goddess MA, the great tyrant Zha-ha-rrelel, the union of Amarava, last of the red people and Odu, the last of the Bjuaani, is the story of Lumukanda, the Rebel Slave, the Blind God.
A long time ago, somewhere in Africa, a strange vessel was discovered on the Zambezi River, a ship bigger than anything the people had ever seen. Aboard were strange people, the Ma-Iti, as they became known, strange people with 'pink skin' and 'hair like the mane of a lion'.
It didn't take long before the Ma-Iti started leaving 'gifts' on the riverbank in exchange for food. Not much longer after that, the Ma-Iti began leaving weapons made metal, unknown in Africa at the time, on the riverbank, and as these stories usually go, one chief struck a deal, and gained a large amount of these weapons. This made him very powerful, and it wasn't long before he began using his power to conquer all the neigbouring tribes and in time he was the sole chief for the entire land, all the other being long conquered.
It was at this time that the Ma-Iti came ashore and marched on the chief's kraal, might battle ensued, but the chief and his men were no match for the experienced Ma-Iti warriors, and he soon fell. The Ma-Iti had conquered the last remaining chief and now ruled the land he once did.
Africa's first enslavement had begun.
From this enslavement, Lumukanda was born, and it was in his time that he rebelled, and brough the Ma-Iti to their knees. He saved his people, but while fleeing the Ma-Iti, he came across the Goddess Ma, she took him as his lover, and in the process, he lost his sight.
As time wore on, he became known as the last Immortal, fearless and feared, putting someone in the pot was not above him.
I think to all of us in the world these days it is obvious that something is wrong, things don't ring true, wars are erupting all over the globe, from West to East, climate change is reshaping our world, religious extremists on all sides are poisoning people's minds with hatred, global corporations, with their commercial propaganda and their useless products are choking the imagination and the life out of not only children, but adults too.
It has become patently obvious in this world that their is a serious lack of love and respect for our fellow man. It is a sign of fear, fear that is purposefully sown amongst us, to divide us, to keep us quiet, to keep is in control, because there is nothing more threatening to the powers that be, than a unified, informed people, ready to act on their word, with no fear. Fear is their key, Love is ours.
Let us no longer stand by and watch our world being taken away from us, let us be rebel slaves in a time when a rebel is needed, and let us be blind gods, knowing our true nature, and acting objectively, blind, except to the true message of love.
17 comments:
nice start lumu! love where you are going with this. there is so much beauty in the world, we dont want to miss it :)
thanks
thanks rabbit, now i just got to keep this up!
Good read lumukanda. Keep this up.
YOU HAVE ME HOLDING MY BREATH...
There is this rather strange fellow that appears throughout the various epics, legends and mythologies of the world. in the sumerian texts he is known as GALZU, in the bible he is known as MELCHIZADECK, there are many other references to this enigmatic figure too numerous to mention here...
for even the annanuki, Enki and Enlil and Anu, knew not the origins of this man, yet he was instrumental in saving the life of Noah, and was honored by abram with a tenth of the spoils.
admiral Fransesca de' Almeida was ceremoniously killed on the shores of Saldhana bay with a spear that was forced down his throat while he was kneeling. the history books say that he was killed by the local bantu tribes.
he died protecting something....
so much more........and no one to share it with...!
karoo
have you heard about the desert plain in south africa which is full of stones on which are carved extinct and strange animals and in the middle of the plain is a huge rock called the finger of 'kooriman' - its allegedly next to a military facility owned by the de beers
no i haven't andrew, i've looked a bit too.
there is a town in south africa called Kuruman, anything to do with that perhaps?
but i will keep looking, any additional info you have would be much appreciated.
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WARM HUGS FROM BEL
Lumukanda, child of the morning star?
hope your still out there?
glad to see someone talking about god Lumukanda. looking for a copy of the poem to Somandla and Lumukanda's communion with the ultimately real. leafofthetree@gmail.com
It is 50 years since I read these stories. I seem to remember that Lumukanda paddled his canoe upstream of the river of time where he found the goddess.
Today on 5 August 2023, I Harugwa speaks out. I am the granddaughter of Muzuva, l am of the Moyo (Heart) totem, we are the VaRozvi. A descendant of the Munumutaba clan l am, the ones who built Rusvingo rweZima-mbje now known as the Great Zimbabwe (Munumutaba corrupted to Munhumutapa by the historians.)
Africa is currently sleeping. In her sleep, her colonizers are expanding their territories into her land. They keep on enslaving her children and this time the enslavement is more mental and massive.
Africa is losing her identity because her children do not know who they really are. Bantu (people of the Black race) are being disconnected from their roots. A being that does not have knowledge of where it’s coming from will never know where it stands and where it is going.
Identity is directly related to culture which is directly related to beliefs. As of 2023, Christianity (South and West) and Islam (North and East) dominate around 94.2% of Africa. Religion is being used as a powerful tool to rule Africa.
This just shows how Bantu are so divided and do not speak with one voice. There is no unity in Africans meaning peace and love do not exist among us. These three things can never be separated for they only exist when one of each is present.
Right now we are already experiencing the effects of Climate change. Global Warming is here. Climate change means there will be warmer temperatures that disrupt the usual nature balance. It means there will be one or a combination of severe storms, droughts, floods, heat related diseases, insect outbreaks, etc.
All these effects threaten humanity and all other forms of life on earth. Africa is the least contributor to Climate change causes yet predictions are it risks facing the most adverse impacts due to the Climate change. This means many Bantu will helplessly die in Africa ..
AI (Artificial intelligence). Foreigners are building this machinery that has high level of knowledge and skills that can be interpreted as intelligence. Areas of Al are cognitive science applications, robotics and natural interface.
According to knowledge of the Bantu, initially all natural creation we see today was born of Ninavanhu Ma, the Great Mother, Goddess of Creation under commands from Unkulunkulu, the Great Spirit. Ninavanhu Ma was immortal but also cursed with strange desires and feelings. Emotion is part of this curse. The Great Mother passed this curse to man and beast alike.
So AI does not have emotion and therefore its decision making is objective. AI finishes tasks faster than humans, can solve complex and stressful work easily, makes less errors and defects when working, and also works more efficiently among other things.
The foreigners have exploited and are exploiting right now as l speak, Africa’s most precious resources and have used Bantu as their slaves for the longest time. They want to replace us, their inferior slaves, with AI that is more accurate, faster, efficient.
AI will affect human jobs adversely causing unemployment problems to spike even higher. The last thing our people need is too much technological dependency. This could mean the younger generation will become too lazy to think whereas the next coming generations need the last generations to think sharply and plan for them way prior to their birth.
Effects of climate change have a high chance of killing black race in Africa. These foreigners want to replace us with AI and exterminate us the Bantu. That way they can come to Africa and exploit our resources more freely without the need to bribe our leaders who have already been taught to be corrupt.
Next time l shall speak to you l will tell you more about myself. I will also tell you how these colonizers are weakening us spiritually.
The day that the black person shall realize his true potential the whole universe will shake. Wake up and take control my black children. You need to unite and remember LOVE is our greatest tool of power. It is now time.
AFRICA, WAKE UP!
My children, l have found a place on this blog to share with you what l see and hear.
Seven days ago my tete (my father’s eldest sister) passed away. I attended the funeral and it was a disastrous function full of confusion. This confusion mainly emanated from lack of knowledge within my people on how we bury one our own traditionally. The Christian church had its own ways yet the family had its own. Within the family itself individuals had their own ideas. There were lots of arguments.
I was hurt. I felt chest pains realizing that my Bantu really are losing their identity. In my native language we have what we call ChiVanhu. Vanhu is ChiShona for Bantu, which is English for human beings. So ChiVanhu means “The Bantu”. Muntu is singular for Bantu and Munhu is singular for Vanhu.
ChiVanhu is the indigenous native way of the Shona people to do traditions. Now it’s being lost to the Foreign cultures that are considered “modern” and “superior” than the Bantu ways due to colonization.
The non-Bantu have always felt threatened by the superiority of the Bantu (humans of the black descent, even outside Africa) and still continue feeding the brains and minds of Bantu with nonsensical ideologies and religions that make them seem and feel superior.
I am currently preparing for the “Great Journey to see my Teteguru” who is Muzuva’ sister. She is still alive and more than 100 years old. A very intelligent and wise woman who is going to guide me in bringing back the Bantu to its original greatness whilst we wait for the return of Lumukanda.
Story 3: Who knows?
Who really knows? Who knows what or why? Who knows how or when or which or who?
Born from a family of traditional healers, and in-house storytellers l have had a bit of knowledge pertaining where l come from. Some of the stories however, are very different from the ones l have been told and taught by the colonial societies that we are living in today.
Growing up, l have been severely told and taught that people of my skin color and hair have a dark history and they come from “The Dark Continent”. I am told my ancestors were very foolish, evil and were more like animals than humans. I am told “light” was brought to my ancestors by the missionaries.
I am told to rebuke my forefathers because if l have anything to do with them l will attract curses. I am told if l accept a savior and denounce my blood ties with ancestors then l am free and can inherit heaven. They say if l don’t accept the savior then I’m going to burn in what they call “hell” and if l accept l go to “heaven”.
I ask the “High Priest” from the local Christian church so many questions. Amongst the questions l ask, but why am l the only race that must be denying its roots? I ask what will happen in the future when everyone from my tribe has given up native names and thrown away totems. I ask, is this not how defeated tribes are being swallowed by victorious ones in this race of life?
The Priest tells me some questions are not meant to be answered and l should not mess with his profitable business. Tears trickle down my round cheeks but l hide them and pretend to cough then l say my goodbyes.
I go home and speak to Myself like l am almost always doing. Even in public sometimes l pretend to be speaking with someone over the cellphone (I don’t want to freak anyone out) but really l am talking with my Ena, most of the times.
I try conclude that it could be something deeply rooted in humans. If humans were to blind themselves and ignore the racial/tribal/cultural/religious/gender and other differences that “exist” amongst them would the world be different?
I am discovering our ridiculed ancestors called Bantu to humans generally. It’s just that the continent was full of blacks otherwise Bantu is humans. Ubuntu is human way of life which is Humanity.
What if love, pure undiluted love, really existed amongst humans would the world be a better place. Are humans incapable of living together if each were to embrace their indigenous cultures and traditions without being ridiculed by foreign religious or other philosophical fanatics? Ethnocentrism is a real thing.
However, l do not know if humans are able to reach the kind of love that overpowers hatred across the world. But who knows? Who knows what was, what is and what will?
Story 4: Human identity
It is of no use to highlight problems without possible suggestions to tackle them.
The blame game won’t get us anywhere so we have to do something, anything technically. Indeed colonization has left and is leaving scares and scars to Africa but it is time to act up. Who must act up? Everyone. We all have a duty in shifting our mindset and accepting our differences. Besides colonialism, other non-foreign factors have contributed towards detriments common in Africa.
Through that same colonialism, l am hugely relying on foreign technology to share stories with the rest of humans. I am also using a non-native language since it is more common. I highly depend on the technology in my day to day life. I have got to say this, it’s impressive how the non-black person’ s brain works intelligently!
I will use the word Bantu instead of black people. Naturality dependancy Bantu ways of living cannot give anyone a right to conclude that Bantu were/are doofus (we just understand the world differently hence we have different priorities).
Ancient Bantu’s technological advancements to me seem like they had vested interests in promoting sustainability more than anything.
In physics class l was taught about Newton’s third law of motion, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. So with these technologies we keep on creating and accepting, are there no adverse impacts associated with them that could make Earth totally inhabitable? Sustainability?
This world that we see today has been and is being created by all different kinds of races, with combined efforts. However, after the “latest” colonialism we are creating this world while conforming to the colonizer’ s way of thinking, to a larger extent.
Shutting down and tampering with Bantu’s mindset is the greatest enemy of humanity. There is much hidden history and knowledge held by Bantu. May the world open its ears to hear what the black human of Africa has to say about creation. Let us review everything that we are doing and teaching young ones.
We need to get into that stage of realizing that what we are being taught in schools and religious buildings is not all at all. Let us learn as much as we can about the universe. We have to look deep into all our ancestors’ history, before, during and after colonization. If we keep throwing away our native traditions and cultures then we lose vast amounts of wisdom accumulated since the start of life itself.
Intelligence without knowledge and wisdom can be lethal. If the world does not have any clue of knowledge in the true history and mysteries of Africa then humans know not of their origin. It means the world is filled with educated yet illiterate beings, who have no sense of their own human identities.
Most problems in Africa can be solved by Africa solutions, not foreign! I am glad Africans are waking up from all over the world. We keep looking deep into our spirituality and many African centered associations are being created. We are moving and great news is most of the battles that we need to fight are mental!
I keep on sharing part of what goes through my mind on this blog because if someone knows about Lumukanda and Vusamuzulu then l trust they are on a path of finding themselves and can understand where l am coming from.
Ohh and l found out that Munhumutapa is called Munumutaba by Lumukanda and Vusamuzulu. In ChiShona language Munhu is a human and Mutapa is a Capturer/Captor. This translates to Human Capturer and we are told Great walls of Zima-mbje were built through capturing nearby tribes by the MaShona kings, the Munumutabas.
Lumukanda......The lost immortal and personification of life itself.
Mukanda is a ceremony the circumcision ceremony.
Mukanda Wa Zambi is the ceremony of God
Mukanda never left us he is still with us today
Lumukanda ....The respected begining
Mukanda wa Zambi ......The Ceremony of God ......Lumukanda is the circumcision ceremony and he never left he is still here
Akubenjalo,vuka muntu omnyama.
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