“A lonely truth can be brought down by a pack of lies”: PBS’s Black Pharaohs, concessions, and the on-going Battle for Kemet-gctid131547

[Heru Djet]

This paper was presented during a panel on PBS's Rise of the Black Pharaohs during the Midwest Regional Conference of the Association for the Study of Classical Kmtyw Civilizations.

"Years ago during a presentation on Kush, Dr. Anderson Thompson stated that while the white intellectual world was unwilling to loose their hold on Kemet and its history and embrace the obvious notion that it was an Kmtyw (Black) civilization, that they were willing to acknowledge the obvious blackness of Kush—offering a concession of sorts to Kmtyw-Centered scholars. In this paper I examine The Rise of the Black Pharaohs as a multi-layered message. I argue that this film simultaneously concedes to Kmtyw-Centered scholars a share of Kemet’s legacy, while also derisively characterizing that legacy."

Click the link to read this paper in its entirety: http://kamaurashid.khemenu.com/?p=61