The event in Houston has been cancelled this weekend due to the rise in COVID cases and the venues cancelling events due to the upsurge. New date...The event in Houston has been cancelled this weekend due to the rise in COVID cases and the venues cancelling events due to the upsurge. New date will be given soon. Show more

Tshilemalema Mukenge (ancien Léonard Mukenge), est professeur à la retraite et professeur émérite du Morris Brown College, à Atlanta, Géorgie,...Tshilemalema Mukenge (ancien Léonard Mukenge), est professeur à la retraite et professeur émérite du Morris Brown College, à Atlanta, Géorgie, États-Unis. Pendant son séjour à Morris Brown, il a fondé le département d'études Africana et en a été le président. Ses intérêts de recherche jusqu'à présent se sont étendus de la famille et la religion chez les Luba du Congo (1967), à la culture et aux coutumes du Congo (2002), et maintenant au portrait de l'humain de l'univers africain des histoires de création et des croyances religieuses. Ces dernières années, il a développé un vif intérêt pour la reformulation des connaissances académiques écrites de l'ethnographie luba dans une langue que le grand public peut comprendre et apprécier. Parmi ses publications, il est l'auteur de Culture et Coutumes du Congo, par Greenwood Press. Né en République démocratique du Congo, le Dr Mukenge est le fondateur et le leader de Coins of Hope, un ministère caritatif au Congo qui offre une éducation aux jeunes et une alphabétisation fonctionnelle aux adultes en matière de santé préventive et d'agriculture durable. Le Dr Mukenge est titulaire d'un doctorat en anthropologie sociale de l'Université McGill, Montréal, Canada. Il est marié au Dr Ida Rousseau Mukenge, professeur de sociologie, Morehouse College, à Atlanta. Ils ont quatre enfants Ndaya (décédé), Muadi, Tshimpo (épouse Jewett) et Malongo; et trois petits-enfants : Mfumu Ngoyi, Mulaya kudi Maweja et Kazadi Mukumbaji. Show more

Grand Rising Family! Akhet Tours is hosting a Best of Both Worlds experience that will highlight the interconnectedness of African cultures. This...Grand Rising Family! Akhet Tours is hosting a Best of Both Worlds experience that will highlight the interconnectedness of African cultures. This tour will now feature the inaugural One Africa: Returning to the Source Conference in Aswan, Egypt. This first of its kind conference will showcase:

• Anthony Browder
• Asar Imhotep
• Prof. James Small
• Dr. Leonard Jeffries
• Dr. Rosalind Jeffries
• Dr. Solange Ashby
• Mfundishi Jhutyms
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Learn about Baluba (Democratic Republic of Congo) philosophy, thought, and spirituality in relation to other African wisdom traditions in Dr...Learn about Baluba (Democratic Republic of Congo) philosophy, thought, and spirituality in relation to other African wisdom traditions in Dr. Mukenge's latest work. Now available! You can purchase your copy here: madundelapress.com/index.php/shop/books/muntu-wa-n…

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Muntu Wa Nzambi provides a comprehensive, substantiated, response to a puzzling ontological question: “What specifically characterizes the human being as God’s special creation?” An examination of creation stories, religious beliefs, and cultural practices from across Africa allowed for identifying numerous themes common to many African ethnic groups, from among them: (1) the Luba, Kongo, Mongo, Yansi, Bashi, Hema, and Lendu – from the Congo; and (2) ancient Egyptians, Bambara and Fulani, Dogon, Mande, Yoruba, Igbos, Gikuyu, and Zulu - from other parts of Africa. In turn, a comparative analysis of the themes made it possible to construct a multifaceted character; first identifiable as a spiritual being in a physical body, full of vitality and a creative mind, capable of conceptualizing ideas and expressing them through articulate language, behavioral adjustments, or concrete actions or objects. The human character, offspring of African theology, is a fervent devotee of life-giving and life-sustaining spiritual forces – the Creator, divinities, ancestors, and nature spirits. He/she is community-bound, protected by inalienable natural rights, subject to moral restraints, and accountable for moral violations. As a family and kinship builder, he/she also seeks to establish and preserve community territorial autonomy, national unity, and sovereign control over the national homeland. He/she strives to secure free access to the community’s natural resources and positions his/her self as steward of these very resources through its judicious use, as well as spiritual and totemic partnerships. Animated by an inquisitive mind, the human of African creation stories is an inspired explorer and transformer of physical spaces from near and from far, and thereby a civilization builder wherever he/she lives. This book and its personified presentation of beliefs and customs of African peoples will be inspirational not only to the learner, but also to the specialist who wants a fresh synthetic perspective on African culture and spirituality. Show more

Join me on Sunday July 11th at 4PM Eastern time at the Mbongi as we embark on a digital initiation process, introducing us to the iconography of...Join me on Sunday July 11th at 4PM Eastern time at the Mbongi as we embark on a digital initiation process, introducing us to the iconography of Kimoyo (African spirituality). We will discuss the first two symbols of the Kimoyo hieroglyph set and we will set a foundation for subsequent lessons and details concerning these newly created signs. This will be a lesson in African/African-American pedagogy and philosophy, and will certainly add tools to your ever growing bag of wisdom. So please bookmark your calendars, like, and share this link with friends and colleagues. Show more

Initiation into Kimoyo Iconography: Lesson 1

Join me on Sunday July 11th at 4PM Eastern time at the Mbongi as we embark on a digital initiation process, introducing us to the iconography of...

This is Lesson 2 in the "Initiation into Kimoyo Cosmogram" series. The focus is on the concept of "initiation" itself, known as Landa-Ntangu...This is Lesson 2 in the "Initiation into Kimoyo Cosmogram" series. The focus is on the concept of "initiation" itself, known as Landa-Ntangu "Following the Sun."

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If you missed our conversation with Bro. Ron Green, creator of Triba Worldwide Apparrel, out of West philly, you can recap at the link below. It was...If you missed our conversation with Bro. Ron Green, creator of Triba Worldwide Apparrel, out of West philly, you can recap at the link below. It was a powerful conversation about Black economics, the importance of two parents, and scaling one's business.
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Interview: Ron Green (Tribe clothing, What's up...

Join me at the Mbongi this Sunday March 21st at 2PM Eastern time as we chop it up with out good Bro. from Philly, Ron Green of Tribe Worldwide...

Peace Phamily. You can now support by buying merchandise from our Spreadshirt.com store. See what we have. We are working to be able to print our...Peace Phamily. You can now support by buying merchandise from our Spreadshirt.com store. See what we have. We are working to be able to print our own shirts. But in the meantime, here is the link: www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/imhotep06/ Show more

Peace and blessings Phamily. If you haven't had a chance, please check out an interview I did recently on Comics Cube Youtube Channel. A little...Peace and blessings Phamily. If you haven't had a chance, please check out an interview I did recently on Comics Cube Youtube Channel. A little different than what ya'll are used to, but you know I'm a Comic head as well. Like and share and leave a comment on their YouTube page.

<< The Cube is ending #blackhistorymonth with an episode with Asar Imhotep (@imhotep06), an expert on Africana history, who discusses the African literary, cultural, and linguistic origins of the hero! youtu.be/dEChErNdzJk >> Show more

The African Origins of the Hero: Asar Imhotep

Asar Imhotep is an Africana researcher from Houston, Texas, whose research focus is the cultural, linguistic and philosophical links between the...

MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY—Long held in a private collection, the newly analyzed tooth of an approximately 9-year-old...MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY—Long held in a private collection, the newly analyzed tooth of an approximately 9-year-old Neanderthal child marks the hominin’s southernmost known range. Analysis of the associated archaeological assemblage suggests Neanderthals used Nubian Levallois technology, previously thought to be restricted to Homo sapiens.

With a high concentration of cave sites harboring evidence of past populations and their behavior, the Levant is a major center for human origins research. For over a century, archaeological excavations in the Levant have produced human fossils and stone tool assemblages that reveal landscapes inhabited by both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, making this region a potential mixing ground between populations. Distinguishing these populations by stone tool assemblages alone is difficult, but one technology, the distinct Nubian Levallois method, is argued to have been produced only by Homo sapiens.

In a new study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History teamed up with international partners to re-examine the fossil and archaeological record of Shukbah Cave (located near the town of Shuqba in the western Judaean Mountains in the West Bank). Their findings extend the southernmost known range of Neanderthals and suggest that our now-extinct relatives made use of a technology previously argued to be a trademark of modern humans. This study marks the first time the lone human tooth from the site has been studied in detail, in combination with a major comparative study examining the stone tool assemblage.

“Sites where hominin fossils are directly associated with stone tool assemblages remain a rarity – but the study of both fossils and tools is critical for understanding hominin occupations of Shukbah Cave and the larger region,” says lead author Dr Jimbob Blinkhorn, formerly of Royal Holloway, University of London and now with the Pan-African Evolution Research Group (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History).

Shukbah Cave was first excavated in the spring of 1928 by Dorothy Garrod, who reported a rich assemblage of animal bones and Mousterian-style stone tools cemented in breccia deposits, often concentrated in well-marked hearths. She also identified a large, unique human molar. However, the specimen was kept in a private collection for most of the 20th century, prohibiting comparative studies using modern methods. The recent re-identification of the tooth at the Natural History Museum in London has led to new detailed work on the Shukbah collections.
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Popular Archeology - Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used identical Nubian technology

The interviewee in the following interview is one of the rare scholars (outside of African scholars) who admits that modern Egyptians are in fact a...The interviewee in the following interview is one of the rare scholars (outside of African scholars) who admits that modern Egyptians are in fact a mixture of various people of Asia and Europe over time. Due to his accent and poor audio quality, it may be a little difficult to understand him. I advise you either wear headphones or turn your speakers up a bit. Now, of course African scholars have been saying this for years. This was even noticed by Jean-Francois Champollion, the decipherer of the hieroglyphs, in his text _Grammaire Egyptiene_:

<< The ancient Egyptians…belonged to a race of humans who resembled in every way the Kenuz or “Barabras,” the current inhabitants of Nubia. The Copts found in Egypt today have none of the characteristic traits of the ancient Egyptian population. The Copts are the result of the anarchic metissage of all the different peoples that had successively dominated Egypt. It is wrong headed to try to find in these people the physical traits of the ancient race. >> (Cited in Fluehr-Lobban & Rhodes (2004: 90), translated by Antenor FIRMIN (1885) from the French)

This was understood as well by the late Chancellor Williams in his _The Destruction of Black Civilizations_ and I think his explanation is one of the best, if not the best. Show more

Ancient Egyptian DNA

In this mini recap episode I host Egyptologist Dr. Juan Carlos Moreno García on a very fascinating and sometimes controversial topic and that is...