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     Kola Moderator Username: Kola Post Number: 2692 Registered: 02-2005 Rating: |
TODAY'S BLACK EGYPTIANS: 2006 An Essay through PHOTOS by Kola Boof    About a year ago, one of my uncles wrote to me from Egypt, quite bitterly. He said: People are so busy discussing and fighting over whether or not the ancient Egyptians were "black" ---that they forgot we're still here. We still exist. The Arabs who claim to be Egyptians have not exterminated ALL of us yet. Kola, you live in America, you're somebody over there. Why don't you say something? You're only claiming SUDAN. But that's not right. Your father was an Egyptian. And he's right. Because of my own bitterness...my hatred and loathing for my father's country...I have been remiss to mention anything about the country.   My only real memory is a very painful one...the memory of my White Arab grandmother going to the Mullahs after my birth parents had been executed in SUDAN for speaking out against slavery to get PERMISSION to put me up for adoption (as adoption is primarily illegal in EGYPT)...because of course, my black skin would have exposed her --Miss Najet Kolbookek---as having BLACK African blood in her family's veins. A fact that she, unlike my Uncle, has spent her whole life trying to hide from the Arab Muslim social set.  BUT my uncle is right. The true Egyptians--the Black Egyptians do still exist, and instead of debating about the "ancient" people....why do we never force the WHITE MEDIA to show images of the black ones? Why is it that in America--only the WHITE ARAB INVADER groups, the BEJA and the Noor are ever shown on television or in magazines? Why do they insist on painting EGYPT as a WHITE nation with no connection to Africa? Clearly..these photos of EGYPTIAN Black people---photos that are NOW TODAY---demonstrate that Egypt is not a White nation. There are millions of BLACK EGYPTIANS who still exist.     If I had not been put up for adoption by my colorstruck Egyptian grandmother ---I would never have been adopted by the most wonderful people in the world---my Black American family...the JOHNSONS of Washington D.C. And I would be somewhere on the Nile River, and like all other BLACK people of Egyptian blood...I would be INVISIBLE. But because I am a BLACK WOMAN who is now an American citizen....I am able to bring some clarity through my work and activism....and this has been extremely painful ....because as my good friend, Derrick Bell pointed out to me ---AMERICA doesn't want any image that is black to represent the Nile River Valley....and Derrick told me that this is one of the reasons that AMERICAN media has been so hostile towards me--because I am too black and my hair is NAPPY as the Black Americans say. I am not the right "image" ....and just like they WHITENED the recent exhibition of KING TUT when it toured California (and for those of us who are North African, we know full well that the CHARCOAL Nubian Queen Tiye was TUT's mother and just like they fought against the Scientists who reconstructed the face of NEFERTITI only to discover that she was a dark brown black woman....   The Americans are very racist against the idea of EGYPT being represented by those of us who are BLACK. For those Egyptians reading this post, I, Kola Boof, can promise you that I have been treated like trash by the American media---and because of the controversies surrounding my life, they even tried to pretend that I do not exist. That I was made up and not a real person. And they have slandered my name with every chance they could slander it. I tell you all....as AFRICANS...that we must begin to recognize that there is a hideous racism in these WHITE American people--far worse than the African immigrants have wanted to believe. They are not honest people....and as they have falsely branded me a LIAR...I know their real face now. ANWAR SADAT: Like me, our late Black Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was half Sudanese, half Egyptian.  Unlike me, Anwar Sadat did everything he could to distance himself from the title of "black man". He insisted that he was NOT BLACK---that he was an Arab. His Sudanese mother was never seen and in every political decision, every legal law ---he was the HARDEST on the blacks. He married a White Arab woman. He despised his African heritage and was basically put in office by the SAUDI ARABIANS and the Arab League....because they wanted to entice the Black Americans after the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement to support all things MUSLIM, all things ARAB ....and especially to support PALESTINE. Many of you in Egypt and in London write to me---imploring me to speak up for the Black Egyptians. You do not realize that I am not popular with Black Americans in the way that Anwar Sadat was popular. I am a WOMAN and I am compelled to fight for women's rights...as well as Black people's rights. I am also the wrong "image" to represent Egypt--I am Black with African hair. I have also had a very unusual life and have been sinful....I am portrayed here as a "crazy woman" and my intelligence is not respected.  When I try to speak with Black Americans about our lives as Black people on the Nile River ....they are arrogant with their own notions, many of which come from Islamic leaders like Louis Farrkhan. The Black Americans run around saying, "HOTEP". Can you believe that? We never speak this way, but they want the fantasy grandeur of ancient Kings and Queens and they crave the past. Many of them "talk, talk, talk" about Africa and being BLACK....but their wives and children are white. It's all a farce, because they don't know who they are. When I try to explain to them that as a "BLACK" North African woman...I cannot support PALESTINE, even though I am well aware that ISRAEL has done horrendous things to the Palestinians....they simply cannot comprehend it. Even after I told them about the Sudanese slave women in Palestine and the "sterilizing" of Black women by Palestinians, because the Palestinians are so colorstruck---they still bedamned me for getting weapons to defend myself from ISRAEL and not supporting Palestine.  But my brothers and sisters...I am STILL Naima Bint Harith. Although the Sahara desert sun no longer blackens me, I am still dark and beautiful. I am here. And although there has been great bitterness against EGYPT on my part, I have not forgotten your beauty or your worth, nor have I forgotten our solidarity as BLACK people. And I promise you...that in my Autobiography, I have done all that I can to tell our experience, our truth...and to make us less invisble. Long live the BLACK Egyptians!!!!! tima usrah (through fire comes the family)   _______________________ Read the first two chapters of Kola Boof's autobiography, "Diary of a Lost Girl" http://doorofkush.50megs.com/photo2.html | ||
| Kola Moderator Username: Kola Post Number: 2693 Registered: 02-2005 Rating: |
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| Anunaki3600 "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Anunaki3600 Post Number: 130 Registered: 04-2005 Rating: N/A |
Excellent post 'General Kola'. I have been to Egypt and visited most of the ancient sites. You have to be a fool not to realise that ancient Egypt was not a creation of Blue Black people. The so called "white Arabs" came to Egypt recently. You cannot hit on the head a fool with a 2 by 4 plank of wood and expect the fool to start solving calculus problems. I personally feel that as long as the Arab world (Arabic speaking people) oppress their womenfolk (50% of the population), they will remain in their backward state and never progress. We in Sub-Saharan Africa are moving forward because our women are in the forefront of our struggle. Just look at the new cabinet of Tanzania announced this week. Over a third of the cabinet members are women. Minister of foreign affairs and the minister of finance are both women. We are moving forward. Arabs are still forcing their women to dress up as ninjas (everything covered but their eyes) and expect their world to move forward. I feel sorry for them. If light skinned Egyptian want to live their lives with their eyes closed shut, that their own problem. Aluta continua. | ||
| Golden_Girl Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Kola, everybody knows dem old egyptians were mixed race peeps. | ||
| Roxie "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Roxie Post Number: 480 Registered: 06-2005 Rating: N/A |
You know,just by looking at that picture, Sadat could easily pass for one of MY LATE UNCLES, down to the eyes, nose, mustache and smile. But that's amazing considering his black blood is nilotic while mine's negro. I love africa, It's such a small world.  | ||
| Schakspir Regular Poster Username: Schakspir Post Number: 33 Registered: 12-2005 Rating: N/A |
Actually, Anwar Sadat was a Southern "saidi", dark-skinned Egyptian. And those pics of black Egyptians are actually typical of what MOST Egyptians look like, period. I should know, because I LIVED there! | ||
| Blkamericanking "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Blkamericanking Post Number: 131 Registered: 08-2005 Rating: N/A |
Kola, Those are some nice pics. How large is Egypt's black population?. Do most of the blacks in Egypt classify themselves as black or arab? If I'm not mistaken, according the census, Egypt's popultaion is 99% arab and I know the census is telling a damn lie. | ||
| Africanqueen "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Africanqueen Post Number: 405 Registered: 02-2005 Rating: N/A |
They look Somalian/Ethiopian with their curly/straight black hair and long faces. | ||
| Kola Moderator Username: Kola Post Number: 2695 Registered: 02-2005 Rating: N/A |
Thank you Anunaki 3600. Hi Roxie---the ancient Egyptians were both Nilotic AND Negro. There continue to be a large infusion of Negroid blood in the Black Egyptians as well as Nilotic. Schakspir---I did not say that Sadat was not "Saidi" Egyptian. I SAID that his mother was Sudanese, which she was and that he rejected being called "black" in favor of being called "Arab". And BlkamericanKing---the government of Egypt, not the people, supply all statistics about population. There are millions of Black Egyptians. As I already stated above, the majority call themselves "Arabs", because of the society's racism against blacks. | ||
| Blkamericanking "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Blkamericanking Post Number: 132 Registered: 08-2005 Rating: N/A |
Thanks Kola, I should have known they call themselves arabs because of racism. It's such a damn shame how evil and ignorant arabs can be. | ||
| Renata "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Renata Post Number: 364 Registered: 08-2005 Rating: N/A |
I knew a black woman once who lived in Egypt because she was married to an Egyptian. She said she expected it to be mostly white/arab, but was surprised that she fit in the way she did, which is the only reason why she lived there so long. | ||
| Ronn Newbie Poster Username: Ronn Post Number: 9 Registered: 07-2004 Rating: N/A |
Thanks so much for this Kola. It was nice coming home from a tiring day at work and seeing those beautiful faces. I wish I could see them in the flesh, but I just can't see myself visiting with all the repressive, backward and racist attitudes of the region. Again, Thanks!! | ||
| Afroamerican "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Afroamerican Post Number: 172 Registered: 08-2005 Rating: N/A |
I was recently getting gas a convientent store and asked the Arab looking guy behind the counter what was he (meaning what country was he from). He told me "I'm a mixed mutt". That kind of startled me because I wasn't asking about his race, so I made my next question more direct "What COUNTRY are you from?". And he says Egypt! That kind of startled me too! Too me, Egypt is not simply represented as "Arab", its represtented as simply White/Greekish! The actors who always plaY Egyptians in movies don't look "Arab" (which to me normally means having big eyes, a hooked nose and thick eyebrows), but simply dark haired White people (mostly dark haired NORTHERN Europeans)..... | ||
| Roxie "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Roxie Post Number: 493 Registered: 06-2005 Rating: N/A |
Zahi Hawass lives under the delusion that ancient egyptians were as white as the greeks. Did anyone see that rediculous reconstructed head he tried to pass off as the "real" king tut? What a loser. -_-' | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Naima Bint Harith: As decendants of African slaves here in America, we too are facing identity crisis. The truth is what will set us all free. Thank you for the truth and your courage. | ||
| Lena Hodge Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Nice pictures. Everyone knows Egypt is Black. However, maybe they call themselves other things (i.e. Arab, etc.) as a cultural reference? Isn't the term "Black" an American construct? Correct me if I am wrong. Also, some reading may be familiar with the term "gyp" - referring to some one that has cheated you. I heard that this comes from the word "gypsy" and "Egypt" and was originated as a racist terminology for people of darker skins that were nomads or travellers. Any insight? I have another questions - what is the meaning of "nilotic"? I have never heard that term. And what is the difference between nilotic and negroid? Thank you. | ||
| Anunaki3600 "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Anunaki3600 Post Number: 131 Registered: 04-2005 Rating: N/A |
Nilotic people come/came from the nile valley and are mostly cattle people (nomadic) who nowadays live in Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. These people include Dinka in the Sudan, Masai, Kalenjine and Luo in Kenya and the Masai in Tanzania. Negroid/Bantu people come/came from the Cameroon and the Congo and moved to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are mostly agriculture people (settled). Most Africans who were taken to the Americas were these agricultural people. My two cents | ||
| Zuriburi Regular Poster Username: Zuriburi Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2005 Rating: N/A |
Anunaki3600, I have gathered from reading your previous posts that you are African. I want to visit Tanzania and visit a Maasai village while I am there. I don't know if you can help me, I just need to know which region I need to go to. | ||
| TModupe Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Greetings, Sistah Kola, Thanks so much for sharing the photos and your story of one of my beloved places in the world. I have made several trips to Kemet (Egypt) and in 2000, assisted in spreading our mother’s ashes along the Banks of the Nile in Aswan. Prior to my ever going to the Motherland, I knew that most of its inhabitants had to be of Negroid decent as the blazing son would have killed a many of folks. One thing that I found very depressing and disgusting was the exploitation of small children for labor in the carpet factories and how they roamed the streets with no shoes. Another dishearten symbol was seeing United Arab Emirates on just about everything. I think it is incumbent on all Afrikans (Afrikan-Americans, Afrikan-Brazilians, etc.) across the world to visit Kemet and have a first hand account of this extraordinary place. Start at Philadelphia and go all the way down (up) to Abu Cenbal or Aswan. Again, thanks for enlightening us. All of us don’t despise you, sistah! | ||
| Anunaki3600 "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Anunaki3600 Post Number: 133 Registered: 04-2005 Rating: N/A |
Zuriburi, you should visit Tanzania because Tanzanians are full of humanity and are really hospitable people. Tanzania has beautifull beaches, game reserves, mountains, etc. It's a large country. You can visit Maasai villages, etc and learn about Africans who have kept their language, culture and religion intact. Kenya has the beauty, etc but American style capitalism has made it into an expensive place to visit unless you buy the all-inclusive packages from Europe (inexpensive, like $30 a day). I would advice you to visit with your friends/family as a group which will cut-down the cost and also provide you with familiar company. You don't want to spend your time here with tourists from Germany or Italy (boring). One thing I will advice is that don't come to Africa if you are afraid of Africans (black mambas). Hee hee hee. | ||
| Zuriburi Regular Poster Username: Zuriburi Post Number: 29 Registered: 11-2005 Rating: N/A |
Thanks for your help Anunaki3600. From my research on the internet. I got the impression that the Tanzanian Maasai villages tended to be clustered somewhere along the Kenyan/Tanzanian boarder. I wanted to be close to that region. | ||
| Anunaki3600 "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Anunaki3600 Post Number: 134 Registered: 04-2005 Rating: N/A |
You are correct. Maasai's live on a large area which extends from the outskirts of Nairobi all the way to the Kenya/Tanzania border. The large game reserves are located on their areas. The Maasai Mara Game reserve is on the Kenyan side and the Serengeti game reserve is on the Tanzanian side. The Maasai villages are within these reserves. | ||
| Salsassin Unregistered guest Rating: |
Egypt was pollyfacetic since the beginning. Fayum was not the same as Badari. To claim they all looked the same is to rob egypt of its very identity. | ||
| Salsassin Newbie Poster Username: Salsassin Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: |
By the way, you don't have to validate the dark skinned Egyptians by bad mouthing the light ones. And that reconstruction of 'nefertiti' is bogus for two reasons. Onne you cannot tell skin color in a facial reconstruction. Or lib thickness for that matter, and two the mummy was male. But it does have a similarity to Akhenaten. Who knows. | ||
| Boogie Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
There is so many other things in life to focus on than race. I understand the pain with racism, but we are only on this earth for a short time, and we have no idea when we will leave. Why should we be concern with what nation was black, or what group of people identify themselves as black people. I used to be concerned with the issue of race, but you know what recent tragedies in my life, made me realize that race is not important, infact it doesn't serve a purpose to make your whole life about race. I understand the pain and agony behind racism but there is more to life than racism. | ||
| Aberash Unregistered guest Rating: |
I'm so glad there's someone out there that's telling the truth that's been hidden from the Black race out here in America. They keep soo much from us that it's hard to decifer a lie from the truth and we would like to thank you for speaking out the truth. We African Americans need to know where exactly we come from so we won't contiually be fed a lie. We will support you in any way we can. Much Love. |
