A Wound That Wouldn’t Heal, We Carried a Curse Passed Down from Our Ancestors

In our family, there was always a whispered story that my late grandfather had angered his own father by refusing to carry out certain traditional rites after he inherited land. People in the village said that because of this disobedience, a shadow followed our bloodline.

I never really believed those stories, not until it began to show in my own life.

It started with my younger brother, Musa. He was 17 when he developed a small cut on his big toe after helping in the shamba. We thought it was nothing serious. But weeks passed, and the wound not only refused to heal,  it began to grow worse. We took him to the nearest clinic in Nyeri, then to the county hospital. The doctors prescribed creams and antibiotics, but nothing worked… Keep Reading