Video – Mystery in Sand

Summary

One pillar of spirituality is truth. Verifiable, certain and stable objective truth is a driver and attraction since the dawn of humankind. The implications of truth-avoidance and truth-suppression litter  around the globe in multiple layers. In emerging popular writing and discussions, the term “post-truth” is gaining traction as an accepted reflection of lived experiences particularly in Europe and North America. This means that reality is becoming a commodity. It can be manufactured with a start date, packaged and sold with an expiry date.

A continent and its peoples that suffer particularly from reprehensive curation and peddling consequences of truth-avoidance is Africa and Africans. Africa’s current location is unquestioned but her indigenous peoples,  histories, civilizations, and achievements etc are elevated on the altar of regressive disputations by inauthentic interlocutors. Nevertheless, you mustn’t be discouraged.

Mystery in Sand is different. It is a sincere rendition of a dedicated journey of truth-seeking by a French botanist. His research question was – Was Sahara Desert green in the past? If so, where are the evidence? The present inhabitants and the environment as later accompaniers spoke boldly.

The set on Ennedi Massif near Aouzou Strip in northern Chad is almost mystical and breath-taking as the documentary brilliantly bonded dynamic attentions of remote past and present to mutually reinforce the truth connecting both periods without injuring the integrity of each. 

The authenticity of the video allowed everything and everyone in it to be, to live and to speak authoritatively. The insert of modernity (spaghetti) and trifle of geopolitics (Aouzou Strip war) didn't dent the whole panorama rather coalesced science, (African) spirituality, geography, theology, history and civilization in a timeless fashion. People, abundant evidence of plants, insects, reptiles and rock art etc united to confirm and consolidate verifiable research response that pacified the humble scientist. Africa stood and remains standing!

Africa and Africans are forever relevant and grounded. This documentary is an insightful and reflective canvas of Africa's beauty, excellence and eternal truth for the past, present and future to tightly embrace.

I encourage you to watch it with respect and presence.

Life is beautiful!