Chapter 8Eduardo’s rationale for hating the Boma-Men remained on my mind for the rest of the day. It made me wonder if Uncle Xavier had a reason for his hatred of the people from the eastside back home. The Book of Kammbi made it clear that hatred should never be justified. Kammbi wrote about it directly in his chapter of the book, the last one in the Ryianza section of the Book of Kammbi. This paragraph came to mind: “Hatred never satisfies. Even if you believe there are proper reasons for hatred, you will always have to drink from that well. And it will consume you for the rest of your days. Give that hatred to me. Let me satisfy that desire with love. And the proper result will always present itself.”
Kammbi’s chapter included several paragraphs about the self-destructive nature of hat
