“You mean “made up history of Africa with no basis in fact”? Tell us again about Egyptian superscience/magic that was used to build the pyramids”
Ok,
Regarding who is making things up–instead of me telling everyone again–Why don’t you show everyone where I made the personal, direct and definitive claim that the Great Pyramid at Giza was built using superscience and magic?
You posted:
“African-Americans are not descended from Egyptians.”
Your Freudian comment which includes a Donald Trump-Sara Palin like sentence is interesting, especially since it has nothing to do with the question I asked.
Since you make the definitive claim about African-American ancestry, like you are an expert.
Why don’t you post definitive information which shows where all African-Americans and all people on earth are descended from?
The question you replied to was:
Do you have a problem with African-Americans or interested people of other ethnicities–who respect, think it is important, and want to learn and know the history of Africa ?
Your repeated claims upthread about this aren’t enough? Sorry, I’m not digging through 1100 messages.
I’m happy if you want African-Americans to know the history of Africa (or Asia or Europe). What that has to do, by and large, with your mythic “Kemetic” constructions, you’ll have to explain.
This reminds me of Southerners who insist that the height of their civilization is the time up to and including the Civil War. There are so many other things to be proud of, why keep harping on the thing you SHOULDN’T be proud of?
In your case, Africa is a very large continent with the largest number of independent countries on it, all with their own history and cultures, and with the greatest human genetic diversity in the world. So why do you keep harping on this idea that ancient Egypt = Africa? Why do you refuse to use the word Egypt to talk about Egypt, and instead insist that Kemet must be used, and that by using the word Kemet it means you’re talking about Africa as a whole?
Have you ever even been there, either Egypt or the Sudan or any country in the Horn of Africa? They’re not the same. At all. Genetically, culturally, historically. By misrepresenting the early history of the country we now call Egypt, you are doing a disservice to all the different ethnic and cultural groups in that country and the surrounding ones.
There is however, repeated, made-up and false claims like yours upthread.
It is a good idea to read what is actually written–and whether a historian, reference or source is cited versus someone making a personal, direct and definitive claim.
This reminds me of southerners during slavery who made it illegal for Africans to read and write and engage in the practices of their varied ancestral cultures.
You do know that practically every major and junior college in America has a African Studies program or courses where millions of students of all ethnicities learn about ancient Kemet.
You do know that millions and millions of people of all ethnicities (world wide) visit Kemet every year to see the architectural structures that are still standing today.
You do know that museums around the world, that house ancient Kemetic artifacts are visited every year by millions and millions of people of all ethnicities.
Feigned concern about other African cultures when you express opposition to ancient Kemetic history, illustrates that you are not concerned about any disservice rendered against any African culture–because you should not have a problem (at all), with any African culture being discussed.
Nobody’s trying to keep you from learning, rather quite the opposite. You’ve painted yourself into a corner with one notable ancient civilization and don’t really say anything about the rest.
Egypt’s cool and all, they were no Greece, but did some remarkable things. Millions and millions of people of all ethnicities (world wide) visit Morocco, Greece, Italy, Spain, China, and other places to check out the neat old buildings and interesting history. Egypt’s not anything special on that front.
Museums house Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and other art, though it’s more sad that they don’t house more from other African civilizations. Mali, Morocco, Ethiopia, and other civilizations developed great cultural and artistic traditions that aren’t given enough attention.
If you use Kemet as a term for pre-Ptolemaic Egypt, it makes some sense as shorthand. But referring to modern Egypt as Kemet makes little sense. The Egyptians who live there now refer to their county as Maṣr, the English-speaking world refer to the place as Egypt, and using Kemet to talk about post-Ptolemaic Egypt is just a confusion of terms.
Now, I know for a fact that’s not even close to accurate.
But let’s briefly humor you, in the effort to finally prove or disprove the moderately held theory that you are not an actual human being, but merely a badly written program.
By all means, do list the names and locations of all these numerous major universities, colleges, and undergraduate programs which offer African studies.
Don’t worry, I’ll wait.
And just fyi, HBCUs like my own alma mater don’t count.
I’m not saying that African Studies doesn’t exist in collegiate institutions at all; in fact, they are probably more prevalent now than any other time in the US history… but that doesn’t mean that such courses are as widely available as khepra would like to make it seem, by any stretch.
I found 159 in all, and only 57 schools where it’s an option to major in the discipline.
We are communicating in English, which means we say “Egypt”. If you insist on purity of name, then from now on I insist you refer to the country as Masr.
Since this is part of my heritage, your feigned concern is falling on deaf ears. I know it for what it is: wanting to take false credit for a great civilization. Why not recognize that there was (and is) more than one history and culture to be proud of in the entire continent? Stop trying to ride on the coattails of ancient Masr.
Are you aware of the various ways and mediums that colleges offer online courses in 2016?
Ridiculous, Historically Black Colleges ((HBC’s) do count, since they are colleges
You attended a HBC? You should know this.
Many major or junior colleges offer either a on campus African/Black history course, online African/Black history course, have a African/Black Studies Program-- and let’s include actually offer a degree in African/Black Studies.
Start with these 4 year colleges. You can take the time to Google more junior colleges, like Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio, Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey etc…etc…
You can find this list on Wikipedia for starters. Some colleges are already listed. This list is incomplete, as you can add Kent State University, Akron University and other schools in the Mid American Conference to the list.
Universities and colleges with African-American Studies departments
American University
Baruch College
Brandeis University
Brown University
Carleton College
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Dominican University
Emory University
Georgia State University
Indiana University
Ohio State University
Loyola Marymount University
Middle Tennessee State University
Purdue University
Syracuse University
Temple University
Tufts University
University at Albany[31]
University of Arkansas
University of California Irvine[32]
University of California Los Angeles
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California, San Diego
University of California Berkeley
University of Florida
University of Houston
University of Louisville
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Montana
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[33]
University of North Carolina at Greensboro[34]
University of North Texas
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Virginia
University of the Virgin Islands
University of Wisconsin
Virginia Commonwealth University
Valdosta State University
Vassar College
Western Illinois University
Wright State University
Yale University
University of Kansas
University of Rochester
University of Oklahoma
Wright State University
Nassau Community College
Universities with Ph.D. programs in African-American Studies
Brown University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Indiana University
Michigan State University
Northwestern University
Temple University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Texas at Austin[35]
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Yale University
University of Pennsylvania[36]
University of Louisville
Scholars in African-American
