...
Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
register
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
EgyptSearch Forums
»
Egyptology
»
Of course there were 'Horner' pharaohs
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message Icon:
Message:
HTML is not enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Truthcentric: [QB] The core problem I see with Akachi and Amun-Ra is that they seem to approach the Nile Valley civilizations from a Pan-African perspective. That is to say, they want all the dark-skinned peoples of Africa and the Diaspora to be united into one cultural or genetic unit that excludes anyone they don't perceive to be Black. Of course this quasi-racialist construct doesn't square well with the facts that Africans have always been genetically and culturally diverse and that one subset of them may be fraternal to OOA. I'm all for portraying ancient Egypto-Nubian civilization as an indigenous African development and don't like the pop-culture trend to whitewash (or tanwash) them one bit. I also think connections between the Nile Valley and other regions of Africa are worth looking into. What's problematic is the insinuation by the Pan-African mindset that Africa was always a single, genetically and culturally homogeneous country. Why can't African people have different cultures and phenotypes just like people on other continents? Furthermore, the construct of "Black African" is a fundamentally European one that was imposed onto Africans. Prior to the European "colonial" invasions, I don't think ancient Egyptians, Nubians, Zulus, Yoruba, etc. would have agreed on a common Black identity that brought them together. They probably would have conceived themselves more along the lines of culture or nationality just like people elsewhere in the world. As to whether ancient Egyptians or Nubians would have identified as Black people had their culture and phenotype persisted to the modern post-colonial era, that we can only speculate. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
Contact Us
|
EgyptSearch!
(c) 2015 EgyptSearch.com
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3