RAMBLE in the JUNGLE

Kom & Indigenous

14 posts

• Leaders of the Land

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 8 Jan 2025 · Kom & Indigenous

  Before new faces touched our sand, our chiefs and elders led the land.

  Tags: poem, limerick, chiefs, tradition

• Power/Authority in an African Grassland Kingdom?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 26 Apr 2023 · Kom & Indigenous

  Nchînɨ̀Kòm is built on LOVE, not dictatorship.

  Tags: fon, institutions, literacy, itangikom

• Land Grab in Esu? Or… how to undo an indigenous kommunity

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 23 Sep 2016 · Kom & Indigenous

  The people of Esu quietly lived their lives in the peace and greenery of Esu Land… until a dead mouse fell in their stew.

  Tags: land-grab, esu, plantations

• Dignity royalty of Kom Kingdom

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 24 Nov 2014 · Kom & Indigenous

  As long as there is no written book of Kom laws, customs and traditions, the person with the loudest voice wins.

  Tags: kom, protocol, documentation

• The Kom Chicken Story: Kaatɨ Kaatɨ

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jun 2014 · Kom & Indigenous

  Here's news for the human: the human stomach does not have teeth.

  Tags: food, indigenous-diet, humour

• kom culture + religion

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 15 May 2014 · Kom & Indigenous

  Education without incorporating the Kom Circle of Life is meaningless in a Kom context.

  Tags: kom, religion, education, debt

• Kom is NOT for Sale

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2014 · Kom & Indigenous

  If we cannot manage our own backyard, then whose backyard are we managing?

  Tags: kom, land, self-management, skills

• Understanding Self-Esteem

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 13 Aug 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  Self-esteem is realizing that you are worth far more than anything money can buy.

  Tags: self-esteem, identity, itangikom

• House foundation – Isaendo

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  Every Kom citizen is connected in one way or another to each of the AsaeNdosɨ. Do you know your own?

  Tags: kom, clans, asaendosɨ

• indigenous architecture

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  A piece of wood sculpted by our people before World War I is worth more today than the Kom Palace's entire yearly budget.

  Tags: kom-crafts, local-production, education, culture

• Kom Security

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  If citizens are not organized, do you think the government will be?

  Tags: security, human-intelligence, organisation

• Ritual

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  The mysteries of life are rarely understood by people in a hurry. Take time and smell the oil.

  Tags: ritual, marriage, culture

• Stadium Facilities et al – Long overdue in Kom?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  Money can be useful, but money does not "work". People do the work.

  Tags: kom, infrastructure, maintenance, higher-education

• The Heart of the Family

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 20 Oct 2010 · Kom & Indigenous

  In Grandpa's compound, we all unite; party lines just don't feel right.

  Tags: poem, family, party-politics