The Flynn effect is the observed rise in IQ scores across the world over the last century. As I write in this article, Kenya is the only other country in the world other than Leipzig (previously in East Germany) to show the highest rates of IQ gain. A study by…

The developed world did not cure its health problems by benevolent outsiders applying bandages. They cured them by becoming functional modern societies. It is that whole package that caused the massive IQ gains of the twentieth century. -James Flynn The Flynn effect is the observed rise in IQ scores over…

One of the fundamental principles of signalling theory is that a signal will be reliable when for honest signalers the benefits outweigh the costs while for dishonest signalers the costs outweigh the benefits — James Densley. Black Africans in White America For the four hundred years that African slaves were in America, a significant part…

The bullet was the means of physical subjugation. Language was the means of spiritual subjugation — Ngugi wa Thion’go Language, both in its written and spoken form, is a powerful tool for communication. It allows us to share thoughts, secrets, beliefs, observations, and values. As a universal, language is innate…

If you have a keen eye, the phrase “native Kenyan” might strike you as redundant. All Kenyans are natives if we are to follow the Merriam Webster definition declaring natives as “born in a particular place or country,” or the concept of nativism, which indicates a person’s place of birth…

Obesity is now an epidemic. The number of obese people has rapidly increased leading to a whole range of issues including rising rates of cardiovascular diseases. Part of the blame for this sudden increase goes to the media and the progressive left who have turned obesity into an identity; people…

Sheng is a Kenyan pidgin language which draws much of its vocabulary and syntax from Kiswahili and English. The word Sheng allegedly comes from the S and H found in the word Kiswahili and the -ENG found in the word English. Taken together they form Sheng. …

This issue is an extension of a previous article I wrote about K.C.P.E and K.C.S.E and how both of them have validity and reliability concerns. In this article I will tackle both concerns deeply. I discuss how K.C.P.E and K.C.S.E fail at standardization and how the problems can be corrected. …

An interesting feature of human societies is the idea of decline; that we live in the worst of times, the most amoral, secular, obese, and unequal societies. Decline is applied to countries too where nations like the United States are thought to be in their sunset years due to various…