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CommunityISSUE 39 | JULY 2025 23understand that the way of seeds is the way of life. Communities around Africa are rising to the occasion. Groups like Food Sovereignty Ghana have been very active in the creation of events and training for their farmers. They have been very vocal in the rejection of GMO crops in the country. This is a laudable thing which more Africans must stand for. Zambia%u2019s Traditional seeds and food festival In the course of doing this magazine and making videos about Africa%u2019s indigenous seeds and crops, we tend to connect with various players in the field of organic farming in Africa. Last year, we reached out to the Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity when we saw their Facebook post about the Zambian Traditional seeds and food festival. They shared the video of the event with us, and we have featured it in a new video we just posted on our YouTube channel.Preserve Seeds, Preserve The Culture Of LifeIf we lose our indigenous seeds%u2014we lose the rhythm of life itself. We lose the sacred cycle that makes us who we are. Because nothing%u2014nothing%u2014begins without a seed.The seed is not just the start of a harvest; it is the start of identity. The beginning of freedom. The pulse of African life.And here lies the truth, plain and powerful: He who controls the seeds, controls the food. And he who controls the food, controls the people.So, if the hands that hold our seeds are foreign, if our soil answers to the voice of multinationals, if our farmers must beg to plant, and our children must depend on foreigners to eat%u2014then no bullet needs to be fired in Africa. No war needs to be declared. Because the conquest is already complete. The chains are already fastened%u2014Not around our necks, but around the roots that feed us.But still, the seed remembers. It waits. It hopes. And so must we. For within the seeds is both our connection to the past and the future.Watch the video on seeds via the link and thumbnail belo