Africa history made (Marejeo)
Africa history made (Marejeo)
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Black cowboys have played a significant role in Louisiana’s history, contributing to the state’s rich cultural tapestry. Enslaved Africans brought to Louisiana in the 18th century were among the first cowboys in the region. These individuals, known as “vachères” in French, were responsible for herding cattle on early French ranches in southwest Louisiana. 
The skills and traditions of these early Black cowboys have been preserved and celebrated through various cultural practices, notably the Creole trail rides. These events, prevalent in Louisiana and Texas, are vibrant gatherings featuring processions, zydeco music, dancing, and feasting. They serve as a testament to the enduring legacy of Black cowboys and their influence on the region’s culture. 
Many Louisiana and Texas residents have been riding horses since childhood, participating in trail rides that celebrate their heritage and
community bonds.
The skills and traditions of these early Black cowboys have been preserved and celebrated through various cultural practices, notably the Creole trail rides. These events, prevalent in Louisiana and Texas, are vibrant gatherings featuring processions, zydeco music, dancing, and feasting. They serve as a testament to the enduring legacy of Black cowboys and their influence on the region’s culture. 
Many Louisiana and Texas residents have been riding horses since childhood, participating in trail rides that celebrate their heritage and
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THE STORY OF GONGO ~ FROM NYAKACH SIDE
From stories passed down to me.
Gongo is a clan from Nyakach Kajimbo.
Jimbo's brother was Ndaria and the Kandaria and Kajimbo don't intermarry to date.
Jimbo bore Oyua and Okal. Oyua was named after Oyua Ngori, the son of Agola. Oyua Ngori is the father of all Jo Nyakach. There's a contention on the name Nyakach, some saying it's the home Oyua built for his people and stuck as their name. Again, from that passed to me, Oyua bore Nyakach who bore Jimbo. So Jimbo named his elder son after his grandfather.
Okal bore Were, Lwande and Nyapong' and all those clans are in present Nyakach.
Oyua bore Odiwa and one Obuya, though this second name I'm still doing research over if. Odiwa was named after Jimbo's mother. The mother to Jimbo and Ndaria was called Odiwa.
Odiwa bore Gak (Kagak in Nyakach and Wire in Oyugis), Guria (Kaguria in Ndhiwa) and Mwala (Kamwala in Karachuonyo).
Obuya, from his elder wife bore Hema(Saema) and Duong'(Kaduong') (all in Nyakach). Some Saema are in Seme.
The second wife was called Jodo Nyar Chieko. She was married at Obuya's old age. When Obuya died, he left the wife in the custody of his jatich from Kisumo Nyahera called Nyuto Nyikel, against the wish of Duong and Hema, who felt the father had disrespected them by giving a stranger his last wife.
So, after Father's death, they made the life of the wife and jater miserable. By bad luck, the woman became pregnant and upon delivery, gave birth to twins. That was the start of hell. Giving birth to twins was a curse by then. The jater fled that night, and by morning break he was nowhere to be seen. He ran back to Nyahera.
The two twins were called Odongo and Opiyo.
Life at this home became so tough for this twins that soon Odongo ran away from home, to the lake shores to harvest reeds (togo). While harvesting reeds one time, he didn't realize he was on a floating stump of papyrus reeds(togo), that drifted with the winds until it docked at a shore on the other sides of the lake.
He left the abuoro out, so hungry and weak. Some old men resided on these lands. They could send their sons to tether the cattle at the lake shores. Odongo would leave and milk the cattle and rush back to hide within the reeds.
The old men were shocked that each evening, there was absolutely no milk from their cattle. It went on for several days until one time they decided to hide by the shores, to see who did this. They chanced upon Odongo and seeing how frail he was, took him home. The man who had picked him was called Gongo. Other sources tend to say that it's Obuya who had picked him and wasn't the man who had married their mother, and it tends to say that the man who had married Jodo Nyar Ochieko was the one called Gongo. I'm not sure about this, so I won't assert so.
So Gongo picked the boy and brought him into his household. Odongo later came for his brother and they went to live together with Gongo. And Gongo married for them, and they became his sons.
Gongo gave Odongo one of his barren wives as a wife. After Gongo's death, his wife Achola Nyar Akur gave birth to a daughter called Agwa who got married in Uyoma Kagwa clan.
What is known is that Gongo consists of Jokodongo and Jokopiyo. And the Gongo and Kajimbo in Nyakach and Kaguria in Ndhiwa and Kandaria in Nyakach and Kamwala don't intermarry, because of the consanguinity.
The story is long though.
This is the story of Gongo from the sides of Kajimbo as passed down to me by my forefathers.
If one has anything, he's free to add or subtract, but with good points and evidences.
GONGO CHOP URU DALA NYAKAWA✊
Olima Wuod Nyakach Kajimbo✊
From stories passed down to me.
Gongo is a clan from Nyakach Kajimbo.
Jimbo's brother was Ndaria and the Kandaria and Kajimbo don't intermarry to date.
Jimbo bore Oyua and Okal. Oyua was named after Oyua Ngori, the son of Agola. Oyua Ngori is the father of all Jo Nyakach. There's a contention on the name Nyakach, some saying it's the home Oyua built for his people and stuck as their name. Again, from that passed to me, Oyua bore Nyakach who bore Jimbo. So Jimbo named his elder son after his grandfather.
Okal bore Were, Lwande and Nyapong' and all those clans are in present Nyakach.
Oyua bore Odiwa and one Obuya, though this second name I'm still doing research over if. Odiwa was named after Jimbo's mother. The mother to Jimbo and Ndaria was called Odiwa.
Odiwa bore Gak (Kagak in Nyakach and Wire in Oyugis), Guria (Kaguria in Ndhiwa) and Mwala (Kamwala in Karachuonyo).
Obuya, from his elder wife bore Hema(Saema) and Duong'(Kaduong') (all in Nyakach). Some Saema are in Seme.
The second wife was called Jodo Nyar Chieko. She was married at Obuya's old age. When Obuya died, he left the wife in the custody of his jatich from Kisumo Nyahera called Nyuto Nyikel, against the wish of Duong and Hema, who felt the father had disrespected them by giving a stranger his last wife.
So, after Father's death, they made the life of the wife and jater miserable. By bad luck, the woman became pregnant and upon delivery, gave birth to twins. That was the start of hell. Giving birth to twins was a curse by then. The jater fled that night, and by morning break he was nowhere to be seen. He ran back to Nyahera.
The two twins were called Odongo and Opiyo.
Life at this home became so tough for this twins that soon Odongo ran away from home, to the lake shores to harvest reeds (togo). While harvesting reeds one time, he didn't realize he was on a floating stump of papyrus reeds(togo), that drifted with the winds until it docked at a shore on the other sides of the lake.
He left the abuoro out, so hungry and weak. Some old men resided on these lands. They could send their sons to tether the cattle at the lake shores. Odongo would leave and milk the cattle and rush back to hide within the reeds.
The old men were shocked that each evening, there was absolutely no milk from their cattle. It went on for several days until one time they decided to hide by the shores, to see who did this. They chanced upon Odongo and seeing how frail he was, took him home. The man who had picked him was called Gongo. Other sources tend to say that it's Obuya who had picked him and wasn't the man who had married their mother, and it tends to say that the man who had married Jodo Nyar Ochieko was the one called Gongo. I'm not sure about this, so I won't assert so.
So Gongo picked the boy and brought him into his household. Odongo later came for his brother and they went to live together with Gongo. And Gongo married for them, and they became his sons.
Gongo gave Odongo one of his barren wives as a wife. After Gongo's death, his wife Achola Nyar Akur gave birth to a daughter called Agwa who got married in Uyoma Kagwa clan.
What is known is that Gongo consists of Jokodongo and Jokopiyo. And the Gongo and Kajimbo in Nyakach and Kaguria in Ndhiwa and Kandaria in Nyakach and Kamwala don't intermarry, because of the consanguinity.
The story is long though.
This is the story of Gongo from the sides of Kajimbo as passed down to me by my forefathers.
If one has anything, he's free to add or subtract, but with good points and evidences.
GONGO CHOP URU DALA NYAKAWA✊
Olima Wuod Nyakach Kajimbo✊
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Africa: The Cradle of Civilization, The Pillar of Knowledge
They came and claimed they had discovered us—yet we were already here. They named our rivers, lakes, and mountains as if they had just appeared, erasing the names we had known for generations. They pretended we had no history, but let us access our history, if only to remind ourselves that Africa is the cradle of human civilization.
When Europeans were still living in caves, the Dogon people of Mali had already mapped the stars. When they were eating raw méåt, Africans had already mastered fire. Africans were the pioneers. Even if we turn to religion, I am a reader of the Bible, and it records:
“And God said, let us create man in our own image... and He took soil and formed man out of it.”
The last time I checked, soil is black or brown—not white. And I checked this evening, the soil is still black, the soil is still brown. If man was created in God’s image, then the Black race is divine.
Africa has been minimized and ab_used for centuries. Look at the world maps drawn by European cartographers—they shrink Africa to make it appear smaller than the U.S. Why? To diminish us. Even the so-called “Middle East”—what is middle about it? How is Madagascar part of Africa but Israel is not?
They want us to forget, but we must remind ourselves.
• The Pyramids of Kemet (Egypt) still defy modern engineering—Africans built them.
• The Walls of Benin are four times longer than the Great Wall of China.
• The rock-hewn temples of Lalibela in Ethiopia, carved straight from the ground, are African wonders.
• The Great Zimbabwe walls stand as proof of African architectural excellence.
They came and distorted faith. God created the Earth, yet God is neither Christian nor Muslim nor Methodist—God is spirit. As Desmond Tutu once said, “God is not a Christian.” But over time, they whitened God to fit their own narratives.
Despite everything they have done to erase Africa, even in their own history, their “greatest minds” came to Africa to seek knowledge.
• Socrates came to Africa and met Orunmila of the Yoruba, a greater philosopher than him.
• Pythagoras came to Africa because knowledge resided here.
• Mohammed (PBUH) was in Africa.
• Yeshua (Jesus) was in Africa.
• Lord Krishna came to Africa to seek wisdom.
They colonized us because they féaréd us. Now, their new project is Neocolonialism. Make no mistake—Neocolonialism is the twin of Colonization, and their mother is Imperialism. It never changed its character, only the mask it wears.
They mis_used Christianity against us. They told us to close our eyes and pray—and when we opened them, our land was gone.
When Europeans arrived in Africa, they didn’t find a continent of sav_ages. They found a highly advanced civilization. But they rewrote history to make themselves the heroes of a story that was never theirs to tell.
Africa, rise and remember who we are ✊🏿🔥
They came and claimed they had discovered us—yet we were already here. They named our rivers, lakes, and mountains as if they had just appeared, erasing the names we had known for generations. They pretended we had no history, but let us access our history, if only to remind ourselves that Africa is the cradle of human civilization.
When Europeans were still living in caves, the Dogon people of Mali had already mapped the stars. When they were eating raw méåt, Africans had already mastered fire. Africans were the pioneers. Even if we turn to religion, I am a reader of the Bible, and it records:
“And God said, let us create man in our own image... and He took soil and formed man out of it.”
The last time I checked, soil is black or brown—not white. And I checked this evening, the soil is still black, the soil is still brown. If man was created in God’s image, then the Black race is divine.
Africa has been minimized and ab_used for centuries. Look at the world maps drawn by European cartographers—they shrink Africa to make it appear smaller than the U.S. Why? To diminish us. Even the so-called “Middle East”—what is middle about it? How is Madagascar part of Africa but Israel is not?
They want us to forget, but we must remind ourselves.
• The Pyramids of Kemet (Egypt) still defy modern engineering—Africans built them.
• The Walls of Benin are four times longer than the Great Wall of China.
• The rock-hewn temples of Lalibela in Ethiopia, carved straight from the ground, are African wonders.
• The Great Zimbabwe walls stand as proof of African architectural excellence.
They came and distorted faith. God created the Earth, yet God is neither Christian nor Muslim nor Methodist—God is spirit. As Desmond Tutu once said, “God is not a Christian.” But over time, they whitened God to fit their own narratives.
Despite everything they have done to erase Africa, even in their own history, their “greatest minds” came to Africa to seek knowledge.
• Socrates came to Africa and met Orunmila of the Yoruba, a greater philosopher than him.
• Pythagoras came to Africa because knowledge resided here.
• Mohammed (PBUH) was in Africa.
• Yeshua (Jesus) was in Africa.
• Lord Krishna came to Africa to seek wisdom.
They colonized us because they féaréd us. Now, their new project is Neocolonialism. Make no mistake—Neocolonialism is the twin of Colonization, and their mother is Imperialism. It never changed its character, only the mask it wears.
They mis_used Christianity against us. They told us to close our eyes and pray—and when we opened them, our land was gone.
When Europeans arrived in Africa, they didn’t find a continent of sav_ages. They found a highly advanced civilization. But they rewrote history to make themselves the heroes of a story that was never theirs to tell.
Africa, rise and remember who we are ✊🏿🔥