Lecture by Dr. Obadele Kambon, African- antiAmerikkkan
We visited the University of Ghana and listened to a lecture by Dr. Obadele Kambon about the dangers of a single story and the history of Kemet, which is historically known as Ancient Egypt.
We learned that the history of Egypt had been whitewashed by European egyptologists to perpetuate the idea of African people as "uneducated mongrels" and further the western agenda to devalue black people's contributions to the development of peaceful civilizations, education, and religion.
The official name of Egypt is actually Kemet which translates to "the black land." Egypt actually derives from Greek who corrupted the Ancient Egyptian name for Memphis which was "Aigyptos". Ancient Egyptians also referred to themselves as Kemetu which translates to" black people". The erasure of the official name of Egypt throughout history was purposefully done to erase the black history of Ancient Egypt.
This has been shown through many egyptologists purposefully omitting the word "black" written in ancient hieroglyphics while translating into modern languages.
Additionally, many statues of significant Kemet leaders have their noses broken off to hide their African features.
We also learned about Dr. Obadele Kambon who relocated to Ghana from Chicago, IL. Dr. Kambon left the U.S. in 2007 after being a victim of a race-related incident with the police. Dr. Kambon was accused of having an illegal loaded firearm in the backseat of his car by police and was arrested and put on trial. The firearm in his car was actually a licensed, unloaded gun which he had used earlier that day to secure a campsite (BBC News). After being cleared of charges, Dr. Kambon and his family relocated to Accra, Ghana to escape police brutality and other forms of racial violence in the U.S.