The Real Medusa

By Unknown author

Pic: Sicebiseonline

Medusa, a real woman, was the Afrikan serpent-goddess said to have worn a pouch around her waist containing live snakes that represented wisdom and renewal. She was said to have carried the original Gorgon mask to frighten off the unskilled, and it was painted red to symbolize the power of menstrual blood with “gruesome glaring eyes, bared fanged teeth and, like the Hindu Goddess Kali, a protruding tongue” Goddess Inspired . Her name
derived from Egyptian Maat (Truth) “which also gives us the words medicine, mathematics, and Sanskrit medha (

The Giving Tree

By Sicebise Msengana

Once upon a time, there lived a big mango tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the mangoes, took a nap under the shadow… He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, The little boy grew, and he no longer played around the tree.

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Last Message: Unity

By Malcom X

Pic: Wikipedia

Distinguished guests, brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, friends and enemies:

I want to point out first that I am very happy to be here this evening and I'm thankful [to the Afro-American Broadcasting Company] for the invitation to come here to Detroit this evening. I was in a house last night that was bombed, my own. It didn't destroy all my clothes, not all, but you know what happens when fire dashes through -- they get smoky. The only thing I could get my hands on before leaving was what I have on now.

The Poor Man's Wealth

By Sicebise Msengana

Ramchand and Premchand were neighbours. Ramchand was a poor
farmer. Premchand was a landlord.
Ramchand used to be very relaxed and happy. He never bothered to close the doors and windows of his house at night. He had deep sound sleeps. Although he had no money he was peaceful.

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God's death and burial: How we killed God

By Sicebise Msengana

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For thousands of years, gods, goddesses and supernatural entities have dictate the lives of many people throughout history. Mankind lacked the knowledge about the mechanics of the universe, and as a result we invented supernatural entities like God to explain why things happen; why do bad things happen, why certain bacteria caused illnesses etc. When religion owned all the markets for God, they had absolute control over the lives of the masses. Freedom and reason was stifled, many atrocious acts were committed in the name of these so-called gods and goddesses or spirits. It took brave, smart scientists like Galileo, Kepler and Newton that challenge the Church.

The Wolf in Sheep skin

By Sicebise Msengana

Pic: billionbibles

A wolf was walking in the countryside. He
found a sheep-skin spread on the ground. He thought, "If I wear this skin and get mixed up in the flock, the shepherd will not suspect me. At night, I will kill a stout sheep and then take him away with me".
The wolf covered himself with the sheep-skin and got mixed up with a flock of sheep. As he had expected, the shepherd took him as a sheep and shut him also in the pen. The wolf was waiting for the night.