Beginning Again, From Within – Y0 | Ntu 04
Behind The Torch – The Marantu Dispatch Ntu begins. This month is not about planting or tending. It is about remembering — the breath before effort, the self before the…
Behind The Torch
Hearing The Bird – Year 0 | Ra 25
Behind The Torch — The Marantu Dispatch Siddhartha called it the bird in the chest — the sound beneath the noise. For me, that song is Marantu. I spent years…
The Builders Arrive – Year 0 | Ra 18
Behind the Torch – The Marantu Dispatch For a long time I thought the work was mine alone — my hands, my vision, my fire. But this week, I looked…
Learning from the Dark Soil
Behind The Torch – The Marantu Dispatch Year 0 | Ra 11 This week I’ve been thinking about roots — how they grow in the dark, without proof, without applause.…
Watering the Whole Garden
Behind the Torch – The Marantu Dispatch This week, the lesson came from my garden. I caught myself watering only where I’d planted the seeds, the visible hope, the expected…
What Remains After Loss
Behind The Torch – The Marantu Dispatch Issue: Ma 25, Y0 – What Remains After Loss I don’t always write this plainly, but today I will: I was rich. I…
Waiting With the Flame
I’m still learning how to carry the flame.
Some days it feels like a fire.
Other days, just an ember cupped in my hands.
The First Citizen
Behind The Torch – The Marantu Dispatch Issue: Ma 11, Y0 – The First Citizen A new rhythm begins today. Until now, Behind the Torch has been my dispatch as…
The Torch and Beginnings
Behind the Torch: The Marantu Dispatch Issue: Ma 04, Y0 – The Torch and Beginnings Welcome Note A new year begins, but not with fireworks or countdowns. In Marantu, we…
The Silence Before the Seed – Ritual Kit
Dates: 13–20 September 2025 (Johannesburg time) Purpose: To close the old cycle gently and enter Ma 1 in rhythm. This is presence, not a performance. Principles: Begin in the dark Less noise,…
🌍 The Marantu Calendar: Reorienting Time, Reclaiming the South
A White Paper on the Temporal Framework of a United Africa ✧ Executive Summary This white paper introduces the Marantu Calendar, a timekeeping system born not from imperial conquest, but…
The Illusion of Winning Every Day
We are told to earn a living. To win the day by holding a job, drawing a salary, keeping food on the table. And yes, that is survival. But is…