Homage to a Granary

My people traditionally had "Granaries of Ngai" (Ngai is the high deity)dotting the walking highway between villages so that strangers could travel without fear of hunger. That is the only structure that I am aware of that associated with a deity in its name. Granaries were known to be the private property of a family and was respected as such.

 It was therefore a serious crime for anyone to violate the private space insde the granary. My people knew that your stomach was more private than any anatomy below it. There was no cheating around this matter of life and death. You couldn't have that aspect of life wrong. 

They know that is how life had always been and it is unlikely to change any time soon. You can have women in power or men in power and the primacy of food would still remain. The women folk can identify themselves as feminists or "husbands" of other women, as they in fact did practice,  and the primacy of food would remain.

Then the White colonists arrived along with their religious venom.  The buildings that were built by these people was to extract resources for the primary purpose of spreading the very ideology that was damaging their way of life. In other words the new "granaries" were in actually and literally for a deity. This was a great contrast to the traditional public granary whose main focus was the larger community or humanity. The same colonialists called my people primitive.

Over a hundred year later, some of the former colonists have become "primitive "  in regards to the primacy of the stomach. I wonder if the same court would rule that there are grounds of coveting your neighbors wife in case you had issues obtaining sexual favors for whatever reason.

Now it gives me hope that the church will soon or later go "primitive". For I partly take issues with the conceptualization of religion due to it's impact on our stomachs.

But yet some will point an accusing finger at me and claim that I "fight" the church. My fight is not against anyone but for everyone's stomach. The church is dangerous for it's introduction to a concept that consumes so much of our energies for concepts that are geared towards the only life we know during a time when we are in dire need for any energy we can amass to be used in improving those things that we know will make life.

In so many words, paying homage to the granary is my defense against the pantry. The pantry is a symbol of processed food and the granary a mark of sustainable and sovereign food.

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.