Food as a Political Tool

It is with a lot of reluctance that I share this post. I personally like use social media for public things for the most part and especially about food and politics. But it pained ny heart to see so many people, Black and otherwise defending a warlord and dismissively calling others haters. The death of the last queen of England was divisive both in life and death.

Kenyan has been a divided country from the time chief Waiyaki Wa Hinga the first Gìkuyù leader who was murdered by the British after welcoming Ludwig Kraft as a brother. Some people become hostile to the theiving and ungrateful travelors. The cover and true motive of the British had been blown off in the eyes of all. Yet others had felt that it was futile to fight for freedom against the invaders. I am in owe to see how that fear continues to be be normalized in modern day Kenya. The numbers of those who resisted continues to decline and for a period of time in my youth, the history of the resistance was taboo topic both in schools as well as in media. The speaking of African languages in schools was punished beyond 3rd grade.

Here is a photo of my kick-ass father as a prisioner of war in the British gulag in 1951.His story is one of millions of families in colonial Kenya. My father helped organize the other prisoners to agitate against the use of food as a political tool. He had quickly recognized the nefarious plot by the British to use food to both dehumanize as well as demoralize those inclined towards revolutionary action.

This was done by feeding the prisioners like animals, without dignity. The pucket which the inmates used as a toilet was rainsed and then used to provide drinking water.

Since the prisoners would be so thirsty given the artificial scarcity of water, the bucket would be laced with feces at the edges to discouraged the prisoners from touching the bucket. That meant that the prisoners had to bend down and drink the water from the bucket like dogs, all while smelling feces. They were too insignificant to deserve clean water and cups.

My father was a great cook, owned a restaurant and a lover of food. He was food literate and understood the connection between food and Heath.

I can only imagine the damage to his personhood to have been that traumatized by

When I hear people calling others haters because of the utter disgust at the crimes of the British monarchy, I know ignorance is real. It would be a great dishonor to the pains my family and people are still going through today due to the actions dating back over 70 years.

There are many who suffered but who know that forgetting is suicidal.

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.