In past meetings, we have talked about the need to broaden our understanding beyond the single narrative. In that spirit, we will have a guest speaker, Sherman's friend, Kenneth M. Jennings, Jr., on the topic of the true origins of ancient Egypt, its suppression by main stream historians, and what it means for Black Americans.
An excerpt from Ken's handout:
Understand that when I speak of the Kemites I am speaking of the Black people of the Nile Valley of Africa who built the world’s first major civilization and nation state long before Moses and long before even Abraham. Greece and Rome did not exist. Sumer in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers area (now called Iraq) was a city state. There was no concept of a “Europe” among the primitive white inhabitants of that area on the western edge of the Asian land mass.
Here is a little about Ken, related to the topic:
He has made nine trips to Ghana, West Africa and one to the Nile Valley in Egypt on a study tour. He is a member of The Association For The Study Of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC). Ken gives presentations to Alpha Achievers in the schools and others to ensure that the young men, school staff and the community have a clear sense of African history and culture. He has written essays to express an Afrocentric perspective, often using the name Kofi Akuffo Ojise’. Kofi is the Akan peoples of Ghana name given to boys born on Friday, Akuffo means Ordained by God and Ojise’ means “messenger” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria.
HERE is a link to the video that will be shown.
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