I'm So Sick Of Kemet

[anansi]

Published on Oct 6, 2016
Why is it that so many so-called conscious and Afrocentric people pay so much attention to Kemet, yet ignore the rest of Africa, especially the regions where their ancestors came from, which is Central and Western Africa? Why is it they can talk to you for days on end about the blackness of Kemet, yet not be able to name you even one civilization in West Africa? Or if they can, they have the need to invent history and claim these people are Egyptian immigrants when there is absolutely no hard evidence to support such a notion?

Why is it so outrageous to accept the fact that Egypt was only one of many civilizations and cultures on the African Continent and that peoples in the other regions had their own unique cultures and achievements? Why can't we as people of African descent have just as much reverence for the ancestors of our own bloodline as we do for people who are most likely not related to us at all? Yes, they were fellow Africans, but they were not of our direct bloodline. Pay homage to your own house first before pat homage to your neighbor's. Take care of the children of your own house before you try to take care of some other child in the neighborhood.

Came across this vid on ES courtesy of Lioness.
This vid is from our own TruthTeacher2007 .

[nebsen]

Nov 24, 2016 20:42:29 GMT -5 anansi said:

Published on Oct 6, 2016
Why is it that so many so-called conscious and Afrocentric people pay so much attention to Kemet, yet ignore the rest of Africa, especially the regions where their ancestors came from, which is Central and Western Africa? Why is it they can talk to you for days on end about the blackness of Kemet, yet not be able to name you even one civilization in West Africa? Or if they can, they have the need to invent history and claim these people are Egyptian immigrants when there is absolutely no hard evidence to support such a notion?

Why is it so outrageous to accept the fact that Egypt was only one of many civilizations and cultures on the African Continent and that peoples in the other regions had their own unique cultures and achievements? Why can't we as people of African descent have just as much reverence for the ancestors of our own bloodline as we do for people who are most likely not related to us at all? Yes, they were fellow Africans, but they were not of our direct bloodline. Pay homage to your own house first before pat homage to your neighbor's. Take care of the children of your own house before you try to take care of some other child in the neighborhood.

Came across this vid on ES courtesy of Lioness.
This vid is from our own TruthTeacher2007 .

Why is this so important ? I do understand the argument , because it's an argument many of us have had & heard before. Look, Africa is the second largest continent so their is enough for every one to focus on what interest them without dissing others for their focus & interest in other aspects of ancient African culture & history. Ancient Kemet happens to be one of the most ancient, & impactful of Africa's great civilizations on world culture & history. People of European decent claim ancient Greece, & Rome, as part of their cultural heritage, although most are not part of the ethnic groups of either Greece or Rome but they have great racial pride & see these two ancient cultures as part of their racial heritage. So why when people of African decent want to view ancient Kemet as a part of their racial pride as a people something has to be wrong. It can be Both/ And.

[anansi]

Well in the sense that, Kemet gets all the attention, but living breathing culture that maybe just as old is left by the wayside , and he have a point, look at the majority of Youtube vids dealing with African civilizations and spirituality, one would think nothing else out side that, exist, yes we here at ESR are more varied in our search or research , but that may not be true for a lot of places or sites.

[nebsen]

Nov 25, 2016 4:02:32 GMT -5 anansi said:

Well in the sense that, Kemet gets all the attention, but living breathing culture that maybe just as old is left by the wayside , and he have a point, look at the majority of Youtube vids dealing with African civilizations and spirituality, one would think nothing else out side that, exist, yes we here at ESR are more varied in our search or research , but that may not be true for a lot of places or sites.

We must remember that West, & Central African civilizations have not been explored in depth by archaeologist the same way ancient Kemet & to a lesser degree ancient Kush (Sudan) has. If you noticed in the documentary" Human Odyssey" you had African paleontologist which I really appreciated for one seldom get's a chance to see Africans or persons of African decent in that field, or related fields ; for the general pubic to see, & learn from . Until we have more Africans & others of African decent to shed more light on West & Central Africa, they will remain in the shadows of ancient Kemet & Kush . For me the most important is the thread that runs through all of African civilizations " Ubuntu" that ties most if not all African Civilizations together, the" underlining unity ". That's what I feel should be the focus, not pitting one African civilization against another. Their is a saying.' Ancient Egypt was the mouth piece for Africa, to the world".

[nebsen]

Also, the poster of the video might spend some energy on creating his own video's about West & Central Africa. The ESR member Fromnothing did exactly that. One could also compile a list of research, archeologist, & others, who are doing the field work in West & Central Africa for others to have more historical information. Books? I'm sure anansi has much valuable information already hear at ESR .

[zarahan]

Good points- you are right- he overstates his case somewhat. Most people who are
into Kemet, outside of the web/Youtube folk who dont do much real reading but just
copy FB memes, mystical astrology or "Tweet" trivial stuff, also have basic knowledge
about Mali, Zimbabwe, Ashanti etc. I would agree he has a point about THOSE shallow
folk, but I would not say ALL folk into Kemet are as he implies. He is also right about
false notions such as West Africa being populated by people streaming out of Egypt.
West Africa has had people in place for thousand years before.

Re- direct bloodlines Truthteacher will have to look at info we have had on ESR for a while.
TruthT do not fall for the Eurocentric OKEY DOKE that Egyptians have "no relation" to West Africans.
The OKEY DOKE is bogus on 6 counts.


1) Blood type- note that the African Americans cluster with the Egyptians




2) DNA Haplogroup E- It originated in Africa and unites 70% of African males across the continent,
which means Egyptians and West African males are related via DNA










3)MTDNA- note how the Egyptians still show some relation to other black sub-Saharans
despite centuries of Arab domination and mixture





4) Even Egyptian pharaohs had "sub-Saharan" or "negrid" DNA





5) Cranial- The "Negroid" Badari of Egypt cluster with the early royal tomb specimens at Abydos- southern Egypt
and other "negroid" Africans like Teita or the Dogon of Mali, West Afrcca. The Badari per dental studies are a
good representative of ancestral foundational Egyptians






6) Limb Proportions - note again the Egyptians cluster SPECIFICALLY with African Americans- head to head







So if you hear the "OKEY DOKE" bout how West Africans have "no relation" to Egyptians, its BS.
Multiple lines of evidence debunk the okey doke. Its a lot more than simply being in Africa.