“Igbo-Olodumare made me remember Taita Hills”- A Kenyan Sister writes

Africa is a beautiful place and we are truly blessed, and before I forget, congratulations to my Naija family for having peaceful elections…you made me SO VERY PROUD! I had a privilege of visiting Botswana, Rwanda and of course my beloved Kenya over the last one month or so…how I missed out Naija I don’t know but not to worry my people, I’m on my way there soonest.

Anyway, I was talking about the beauty of Africa and what holds me awe-struck are the beautiful sceneries found all over – the hills, the mountains, lakes, waterfalls, beautiful people with beautiful souls; so charming a place that I couldn’t just quantify how so blessed I am to be a black African woman living in a beautiful continent. I thought I had seen it all until I got a chance to visit Naijatreks.com and there I got a sight for my sore eyes…the pictures in the article “Exploring the wilds of Igbo-Olodumare: the forest of a thousand demons”. If I didn’t know better I would have sworn I’ve visited that forest – it was so familiar to my eyes that it shocked me. Then I remembered a very similar forest around Taita Hills which is my “shags” (Kenyan way of saying village).

Similarly the Taita Hills are mystical and are known to have “sex transformation” powers. It is said that if you go round it seven (7) times a man change to a woman and vice versa. How true that is only God knows but I’m yet to know or meet someone that was successful in having one. It is amazing how such beautiful places have such mysteries attached to them and my only concern what is the reason(s) behind such mysteries? Is it to keep out the human population and preserve the eco-system or just sheer selfish reasons. I don’t want to sound critical or anything like that but I think that the community around the Igbo-Olodumare should be given the opportunity to earn some well-deserved Naira from people visiting the forest. Have a sustainable conservation program in place that will help control crowds to help preserve the eco-system and help the community by ensuring that the community will benefit from the proceeds earned by the visits to the forest e.g. in the building of community schools, clinics etc.

Taita Hills is a reliable case study…we have a sustainable conservation program in place with the help of the Kenya Wildlife Services that take care of the Tsavo West National Park and the Taita Hills Game Sanctuary that work hand in hand with the local community – the Taita Tribe to ensure that they benefit from the tourists visiting the park and sanctuary.
Sustainable conservation is quite beneficial when you seriously think about it and implement it!

Mind you, K-Naija sista is back in circulation and to say I missed you my readers would be an understatement! So what have I been up to over the past few weeks…hmmm, going to a month or so? Travelling! Some of it was purely personal – some sad moments – lost a friend’s dad and other times, work related and I thank God for His protection and for keeping me busy…lol!

 

Until next time I remain yours truly,
K-Naija Sista
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Igbo Olodumare, K-Naija Sister, Kenya, Taita Hills