Heru/Horus… Hero
When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land. ~… Read More
When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land. ~… Read More
Posted on November 2, 2011 by malaika mutere
African Culture, Afrocentricity, Hero's Journey, Oral Aesthetics, Oral Tradition, Storytelling
Auset, Carl Jung, colonialism, Desmond Tutu, eye of horus, Hathor, hero's journey, Heru, Horus, Hotep, Individuation, Isis, James Bonnet, Joseph Campbell, Kemet, Lake Victoria, masquerade, Mataria, metaphor, Nile, Nommo, Sankofa, talking drum, ubuntu
The old great stories, which really could change people’s lives, were not authored by individuals the way stories are today but were evolved naturally and instinctively by unconscious processes in oral traditions. And even if they started out… Read More
Posted on October 19, 2011 by malaika mutere
Deep in the rain forest of western Kenya, there lived a special tree that many considered mystical. Once upon a time, her dwelling place was part of the great Equatorial African forest that once spanned the continent from… Read More
Posted on October 12, 2011 by malaika mutere
African Culture, Hero's Journey, Oral Aesthetics
Abaluhyia, Australia, Avatar, Baobab, Brandon Walters, Buddha, call-response, David Gulpilil, Dreamtime, Eywa, Hathor, Hugh Jackman, James Bonnet, Kakamega Forest, Mama Mutere Tree, Mutere Tree, Nicole Kidman, oral-aesthetic, Songlines, Stealing Fire from the Gods, story, Sycamore, Tree of Life, walkabout, Wangari Maathai
Malaika Mutere