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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Nebsen: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Barachit: [qb] Hi, everyone! I would like to get in this thread some references on ancient Kush, especially on this topic: Religions, Government, Customs, Cultures etc... The studies on this civilization is very scarce which is a pity. People will blame eurocentrism, but i sound to me that afro-centered scholars are doing the same thing that european, which an over fixation on Kemet. It's a trend now to declare that such African tribes came directly from Kemet whitout taking into consideration that another African civilization exist along with Kemet in the Nile Valley during thousands of years. So i hope that some of y'all will drop informations, books reference on our kushite roots,peace! [/qb][/QUOTE]Most Afrocentric scholars that I have read say just the opposite that ancient Egypt( Khemt) came from ancient Kush( Nubia) Here are some books you should check out. 1.Kush: The Jewel Of Nubia, by Miriam Ma'at Ka Re Monges, Excellent introduction into Nubia ! 2.Nubian Pharaohs & Meroitic Kings : The Kingdom Of Kush , by Necia Desiree Harkless Another great introduction into Kush by a black women who has studied with one of the leading Nubiologist Dr. William Y. Adams 3.Ancient Nubia: African Kingdom On The Nile Edited by Marjorie M. Fisher & others . This is a up to date on all the archeological excavations being done in the Sudan; most excellent, somewhat for the advanced reader, but also for those that are truly interested in ancient Nubia . All books can be gotten at Amazon [/qb][/QUOTE]I think part of the problem is that people tend to identify or rather confuse Kush with Nubia. Nubia is a broad region south of Egypt where many cultures existed with Kush being just one of them. Does Egypt have roots in Nubia? This certainly seems to be the case but that does not mean Kush as a cultural or political entity was the source of that culture. The culture of Kush proper didn't exist until the Middle Kingdom. But I agree there is not as much focus on Kush as on Egypt and I think this does seem to be the case with so-called 'Afrocentrists' as Eurocentrists. Here are several more books: [i]Egypt, Kush, Aksum: Northeast Africa[/i] by by Kenny Mann [i]The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires[/i] by Derek A. Welsby & Markus Wiener [i]Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identities and Boundaries in Egypt's Nubian Empire[/i] by Stuart Tyson Smith [i]The Double Kingdom Under Taharqo: Studies in the History of Kush and Egypt, C. 690-664 BC[/i] by Jeremy W. Pope Note to be careful about the racial bias when reading these books especially those older works. There seems to be a lot less of it in more recent works but even then sometimes pops up. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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