Long before modern psychology gave trauma a name, many African societies recognized that war could wound more than the body—it could also wound the spirit.
In several African traditions, a warrior returning from battle was not expected to simply resume ordinary life. Instead, he often underwent a period of seclusion, guidance, and ritual purification under the care of a spiritual elder or healer before being fully welcomed back into the community. These ceremonies were intended to restore balance, cleanse the burdens of war, and help reconnect the individual with nature, family, and society.
Among the healing practices used in some communities was a form of suction cupping, believed to draw stagnant blood and negative energy from the body as part of the healing process. European colonizers later referred to this practice as "African suction cups," despite similar techniques later becoming widely associated with other parts of the world.
Whether understood spiritually, emotionally, or physically, these traditions reflected a profound truth: our ancestors recognized that the scars of war were not always visible. Healing required time, ritual, community, and care—not silence.
Many of these Indigenous African practices were disrupted or lost through slavery, colonization, and cultural suppression. Yet they remain a powerful reminder that Africa possessed rich systems of healing long before the modern world began studying trauma.
“Ukiona umepatiwa barua kwa ODM ujue maneno yako imeanza kuiva” by Ruto prophesy
Edwin Sifuna received a letter from ODM and ended up being a national leader and he’s about to remove Ruto. Mambo yake imeanza kuiva.
During my tour of Western Kenya last month with the team of United Alternative Government, I told my cousins of the coalition agreement between Ruto on one hand and Moses Wetangula and Musalia Mudavadi on the other hand.
I took my cousins through the agreement and what had been negotiated and agreed upon.
I explained to my cousins in details that the only part of the agreement that had been honored is what Wetangula and Musalia negotiated as individuals and their families.
All that had been negotiated and agreed upon for the people had been ignored for the last four years and will not be implemented. This is because the last budget had been concluded and all those projects are not funded. Members of parliament were mobilized to abuse me and label me a tribalist who was inciting the people.
The above exposè by the Standard Newspaper confirms that I am an honest and truthful man.
That is the benifit to Mr. Moses Wetangula and his immediate and extended family.
The one for Mr. Mudavadi, I am sure will follow.
No wonder they are on an overdrive pleading with my cousins to re-elect Ruto so that they and their families continue to eat.
I will always stand with the truth and especially to my cousins, the Malembe Nation.
@RightWingWatch This gay luciferian is spewing colonization language clothed as gospel. No, we don’t want fake religion invented in Rome to replace the worship of our Messiah. This is NO Jesus but a Roman thug. No sir, keep your lies to yourself in Europe. We are just fine.
Free advice to Ruto and his people. Pause, take a month and do public participation with the People of Lamu on the Dangote Oil Refinery. If you don't act accordingly within a week, I will Petition the High Court to stop the planned construction. Be advised.