A Rope of Blackness

As I travel, securing just food becomes more critical and urgent affair. My visit to Bilbao and more specifically my walk through the new part of the city, I was struck by the Monument of the Sacred Heart. That monument is like a big narrow stone with a statue of the image believed to be that of Jesus Christ that stretches up to 131 feet from the ground.

I intentionally used the word believed because no one know how Jesus looked like and it is not even universally agreed whether he existed or not. Everyone is welcome to believe whatever they choose, but one thing that we can all agree upon is that his depictions throughout history has not been consistent over time. In short, the image of Jesus has changed over time to depict his political status of a particular period. The image we currently associate with Jesus is the interpretation of Michelangelo following the acceptance of Christianity as a state religion in Rome.

I looked at the statue from a far in disbelief. I couldn’t believe it’s dominance of the skyline, but even more importantly about the psychological impact of looking at a figure that 131 feet up in the air when so much of the history of the figure is questionable. There is the genocide conducted by men under his burner as the attempted to convert indigenous people into supposedly better people. Millions were killed, turned into slaves, converted into a new religion or permanently injured.

As I looked up at the towering figure with three fingers as though in the process of imitating a pistol, I thought about the dark cloud that followed the expedition of C. Columbus over the global food system. While I suspected that the three fingers mostly likely had to do with the idea of trinity, I opted for a different interpretation. I noted the trail of tears caused by what is known as the Columbus Exchange. Again, the writers of history decided on the interpretation of history. The truth of the matter is our global food system in tainted by that dark history that ties an ever increasing number of people to the curse of that expedition. While many look to the sky for assistance, I eat defensively as act of uncivil disobedience.

As I recovered from my dream-like trance, I realized that we had been walking for a while. I looked back and could vaguely see the chicks of the colossus, I swallowed a load of saliva in my mouth. I could feel my Adam’s Apple dislocate and retract swiftly. As I processed the fact that my body part was associated Adam, I smiled. It was a reminder how Adam, Columbus and Michelangelo had influenced our food. Whatever I might say about Columbus and Eve, Adam and Adam’s Apple seem most practical and useful as a metaphor. Every time we swallow unjust food, we are essentially committing the same error that Adam made by using someone else as an excuse of eating unjust 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.