The most advanced structure of society was traditional African Socialism for which elaboration will not be made for lack of space. Its main feature was absence of hereditary leadership. Leaders were elected on the basis of their talents and abilities. For example a distinguished warrior could be made a community’s general but this position lasted during war and he would go back to his farm, hunting or beekeeping activities in peacetime. However prominence from accrued wealth and outstanding inherited traits could keep a family prominent, a quasi-nobility. Europeans in the process of colonization introduced to Africans new leadership structure that elevated nondescript scoundrels into ‘chiefs’ and ensured that they earned a living off their position. This was a step back in the evolution of African society and the Europeans went a step further to make chiefdoms hereditary by providing preferential education for their collaborators’ offspring. As such provision of colonial secondary education and access to limited higher education chances were mostly limited to nascent local royalty. Even after independence, the colonial chiefs’ offspring have continued through an education system that deviated little from the colonial agenda to maintain the status quo.
Hereditary African royalty remains strong even in the present Kenya. There are names that for generations to come will never retire from Kenyan headlines. Koinange, Hajj, Kitonga, Nyong’o, Kenyatta (Uhuru’s grandfather is a colonial chief and is therefore bonafide royalty), Ogle (the one who almost single-handedly retained NFD in kenya post 1963), Waiyaki, waruhiu, etc. Someone do a background check on Samuel Ruto and Mrs Sara Ruto, they may be from chini ya maji traditional nilo-hamitic royalty. Hayati Moi was adopted by and also married into such a quasi nobility.
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About the House of Nyongos, outstanding royalty and genes. Look at this one ninja who is a PROFESSOR, has attended IVY LEAGUE universities in the US, been a cabinet minister and one if the few senators able to transition to governorship. Does not stop there, ninja has beaten PROSTATE CANCER, but not before having sired an academy award winner. About Lupita, some of her movie roles have been in positions of royalty. Example is a warrior princess of Wakanda[ATTACH=full]332238[/ATTACH].
Now this year lupita lost elder movie brother king chadwick, and another supporting actress Nikita Waligwa in the Disney Queen of Katwe which is about the greatest Ugandan female chess player. Both lost fights to cancer.
This year we also lost actor mzito John Saxon who relics remember his supporting roles in Enter the Dragon and tv series Six million dollar man. Our Shirandula shall not be forgotten, and his goofy boisterous low-life soja on-screen persona reminds us that we don’t need royal parents to attain royalty.