Yellow Fever Angry-Culture

Fifty year ago, Elder Fela kuti, while still in his youth, came out with a hit song “Yellow Fever”. The song was a scathing attack on the culture by African women of bleaching their skin.

I have been playing that song as the last year came to a close and as this year begins. My last essay of the past year was around “Obe “, a song considered Fela’s first Afro Beat song and the influence of Sandra Izsdore in Fela’s own journey from colonial mentality to African consciousness.

This week, I have been thinking about the outcome of the last football game in Morocco between the host country and Senegal. I should start by clarifying that I didn’t watch the game but only saw the Moroccan fans mocking Africans by pretending to be monkeys and jumping for bananas. It has not been the first such demeaning act or controversy around the discrimination of Africans by light skinned middle largely Muslims from the Northern part of Africa. I reluctantly got interested and read up more on the game. I learned that the whole story about the game was marked by disrespect of the Senegalese player and Africans in general. I watched the towel of the Senegalese goalkeeper being stolen several times but no action was taken by the referee.

To me this is a form of Yellow Fever on both sides. The Moroccans who think they are better could not stand to lose to those they view as inferior, but the Senegalese also agreed to play in a hostile environment. What good would come out of such a sick environment. That kind of attitude is quite similar to that of some Somalis in Minnesota. If a few people do wrong and the member of their community stay mum about it or respond by abusing others you know there is a problem. I was especially worried about the claim some Somali people who claimed that their goal is to make America an Islamic country. Those are fighting words anywhere, especially in America. It’s the easiest way to overstay your welcome. Which woman will help out now from this Yellow Fever AngryCulture, our latest religion we present we are against but that is tearing us apart. No wonder our agriculture is equally sick and stupid. We poison the soil, water and air with chemicals that are made by people who wouldn’t use them in their countries and then fight one another and claim to be blessed.

Africa is still suffering from a racial Yellow Fever that is dividing the continent for no good reason.

I made myself an antidote against Yellow Fever with herbs, fruits, spices and honey, just to temporarily soothe the pain but also celebrate those fighting to a better day. The flavors were fantastic and I felt like I was hoisting an African Cup of Food Justice or Happy Agriculture. The negative rays of Angry-Culture turned into warm sun rays that synthesize hope in my brain and veins.

Thayù Thayü

Chef Kabui

The Hex Kitchen is a collaboration between Chef Kabui and the Hex community in a bid to promote food literacy, mindful eating and wealth creation. There is a natural connection between those who are fighting against fiat currency and those engaged in the struggle against fiat food. The two social ills of fiat currency and fiat food are at the heart of the tyrannic global world system we are now living in. That tyranny is directly connected to the climate crisis we face and there is no way we can solve one part of the problem without being mindful of the whole system, For a start, the Hex Kitchen is keen on addressing the issues of real money and real food as a basis on regaining our sovereign power. It is no accident that the struggle for food justice would find allies in cryptography and more specifically cryptocurrency. It is not a usual collaboration but yet it is one that makes sense on many levels. Chef Kabui has been studying and applying the power of food literacy, mindful eating and food justice in the struggle against oppression in general and specifically to people of African descent.

Chef Kabui has studied the disciplines of politics, anthropology and culinary arts and has designed a cuisine or rather an approach to food that is informed by the above experience and the indigenous knowledge that he gained from his Kenyan family’s history as sustainable farmers for generations. The combined experience and education resulted in the creation of a cuisine called Afro Futuristic Conscious Cuisine. It is a combination of the most sustainable practices in the growing, preparation of food with the goal of causing the least damage to the environment and maximizing the health benefits of the food. Those two conditions are necessary for a mindful community that ensures that justice thrives.

Chef Kabui has been pushing organic food and healthy eating based on his research and his own experience. The idea of healthy food and justice is not something that chef Kabui got into but was born in it. His family operated a farm and his father ran a restaurant in the capital city of Nairobi. Kabui grew up in the village with his mother where they grew almost all the food they consumed. It was at his family farm that he Kabui developed a love for fresh food and the art of consuming food following the natural cycles of seasons.

The collaboration aims to share the skills for healthy food to the Hex community and beyond. No community can survive without food and the Hex community is no different. The Hex Kitchen is another assembly point for the community to be nourished both physically and socially. While wealth is private, food is social and having a kitchen for the community to assemble is a great option for a community that is causing ripples across the world.

What to Expect

The Kitchen will have virtual classes, content on Youtube and other social media presence for a start. The goal is that the Kitchen will have a physical place that will have a kitchen in a farm that will grown food and have space that guest can visit. The farm will have a demonstration farm for the vegetables, fruits and herbs,

For the schedule of upcoming classes please visit our events section and find a class that is fit for your schedule.