African societies built memory so deliberately that no one could erase it. By Oriiz U Onuwaje Oriiz shows us how African societies deliberately built memory right into their surroundings. They used design thinking as a way to survive, weaving authority, lineage and continuity into bronze, ivory and wood. What we now admire as art started […]
By Oriiz U Onuwaje Oriiz presents Rhythm as a means of keeping traditions alive, showing how people remember and share what they cannot easily put into writing. Across Africa, rhythm acts as an archive, a form of governance, and a social bond, carrying memory in a way everyone can access, repeat, and protect. Rhythm is […]
By Oriiz U Onuwaje Oriiz presents a simple truth for today: rhythm is evidence. Rhythm preserves a people’s story, reveals intelligence, and brings order. The beat is more than music for dancing; it captures life itself. Dance does more than entertain; it bears witness. Before museums and libraries, Africans kept their heritage alive by repeating […]
By Oriiz U Onuwaje Oriiz writes that our sound is a tool for ‘community connection‘ that endured silence to become a global roar. When you hear @temsbaby’s soul or @ayrastarr’s confidence, you are hearing centuries of resilience repackaged for the future. Introduction: The Architecture of Memory Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938 – 1997) Sound is Africa’s […]
What does it mean to capture individual likeness, regardless of using sacred earth or lines of code? Oriiz explores how capturing likeness has always been political, from the ritual workshops of ancient Ifẹ to today’s AI systems that form our identities. Introduction Form is never neutral. A thousand years ago in Ifẹ, Nigeria, artists sculpted […]
Together, griots and hip-hop reveal the persistence of oral storytelling as archive, critique, and anthem. For centuries, Malian griots preserved dynasties, histories, and values through song. Their performances were more than entertainment: they were living archives, binding memory to rhythm, weaving identity into melody. The griot’s voice carried authority and continuity, transforming words into heritage […]
The Harbinger is the first of four messengers, announcing an 8000-year revelation.
Through charged ideas, sharpened memory, and stunning images that anchor our heritage, it prepares the mind for the scale, the weight, and the intelligence of what is coming.
