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The Gĩkũyũ people were interested in the be sourced from friends. The other saying,
long term and the prosperity of the tribe. The “Mbeũ ndĩimanagwo” means that “Nobody
concept of a tribe’s gene pool being a key can fail to give you planting seed if he has
to survival is because the variety of overall them.” The women in our village sometimes
gene expression is enriched. They therefore take this too far and agree with this saying
enriched their gene pool by casting the net too enthusiastically when they share seed,
wide. The Gĩkũyũ very varied gene pool is something Monsanto and the New World
one key to their tremendous success. Order is against! I ask why? Because sharing
seed produce better, stronger and more
Of course all this was kept strictlly within resilient offspring.
the narrow confines of the age group and it
would have been taboo to even think of such It is therefore obvious from the proverbs that
a thing with an unmarried woman or man the Gĩkũyũ knew very well what they were
outside one’s circumsition age group. By doing when sowing seed for their offspring
circumsition age group we mean someone and the Mzungu knew nothing. The Mzungu
you actually shared the same knife on the will perish of course if he continues along
same day. Your blood mixed and thus you that path. One of the telltale signs of this
became more than brothers. nonsense is a lack of interest in sex and
childbearing. They no longer are interested at
The custom that within a man/wife all at the subconcious level with continuing
relationship at least one child must be a foolish thing. The Japanese have almost
sourced from outside was not really about completely given up. The other sign is a
superstition that a family can be cursed and drastic drop in sperm count and resilience
all perish except the outside seed. No. It against disease. Every little virus or microbe
was a deeper comprehension of scientific knocks them off and they have to be kept
breeding to diversify the gene pool. The alive with artificial medicines.
Kikuyu knew this subconciously and applied
it. The Kamzungu fool with her so-called Why am I sure that the Mzungu will perish
morals and bedroom monogamous silliness out of the face of the earth? Because he
has thus produced very many mentally and will be overun by others who breed faster
physically challenged children something multiply and fill the earth. Its not space
that is already happening here with the science. The Egyptians who built the
acceptance of missionary marriages. Any pyramids and married their sisters are no
breeder worth his salt knows that his stock more. So too will European intrabreeding so-
is enriched from outside seed. The Gĩkũyũ called “royal” families who will only marry
say, “Garũrĩra mbeũ ti ya kĩnya kĩmwe.” their own. The signs are already there for all
meaning that seed to produce calabashes to see.
must never be propagated from the previous
harvest of calabashes but new seed must
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