Kintu

In Africa, where millions of people, even today, rely on the fruit as their main source of nutrition, bananas are said to be a gift from a god called Kintu; each banana breed eaten in Africa has a different significance, ranging from increasing fertility to celebrating weddings to secretly tempting a wayward spouse to return home.

A conversation with Dan Koeppel, author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World 2010

Africans have failed to learn key lessons about taking care of themselves, argues Angela Kintu in her post about Africa Day:

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In eastern Uganda, the migration of Bantu speakers (known in tradition as the founder Kintu and his followers) from Mt. Elgon and northeastern Lake Victoria led to the formation of several small states from 1100.

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When they arrived in the wizard's country and the great mountains were towering above them, Kintu saw what a rich country it was – great herds of cattle and flocks of sheep and goats, and beautiful gardens, and many people.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Then the bumble-bee alighted on t; he horn of a cow, and Kintu saw it was his old friend, and he drove it out of the herd and showed it to the wizard and his people and said: "This is my cow that they stole from me while I slept," and he said good-bye to them, and the bumble-bee showed him the way home to Uganda.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Kintu how to plant them in rows wide apart, for she said: "They will spread and need room to grow"; then she planted a barkcloth branch from which in time she showed Kintu how to make barkcloth, and she sowed some of the millet seed, so that her fowls should always have food; and she and Kintu were very busy and very happy and loved each other very much.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

Earth the rainbow touched was Uganda, and there they saw Kintu sitting all alone watching his cow graze.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

"Oh, ho!" said Walumbe, "so you have tried to have a secret from me; well, you can go off, but I shall come and visit you and your man Kintu very soon."

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

When they arrived back in the Cloud Land they told Gulu all they had done, and Nambi told him that she had promised to marry Kintu, and go and live on the Earth.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922

So all the herds were collected, and Kintu was told to find his cow, and the bumble-bee flew before him as he made his way between the cows – thousands and thousands of cows, with long horns all standing upright.

The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922