Ọbádélé Kambon
University of Ghana
The Construction of Black Civilization Volume I: The Classical Kmt(.y.w) ‘Black People’ Origins of sxm km ‘Black Power’ “Pan-Afrikanism” And The Dikènga Theory of Self-Identification As Kmt(.y.w) ‘Black People’ (Vol. I).
The Construction of Black Civilization (Volume I)
What if “Pan-Afrikanism” didn’t begin in the modern era—but in classical Kmt, as a conscious project of Kmtyw ‘Black People’ building power for collective survival?
In this sweeping, source-driven Volume I, Ɔbenfo (Professor) Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon demonstrates that sxm km ‘Black Power’ “Pan-Afrikanism” is an ancient imperative rooted in Kmt ‘The Black Nation/Land of the Blacks’. Through meticulous readings of primary texts and a clear evaluative framework—the 3Rs (Relate, Relative, Relevant) and twelve criteria for textual analysis—Kambon shows how Kmtyw self-identified as Black, organized internally, allied with other Black groups, and mounted principled opposition to non-Black aAm.w ‘eurasians’.
Spanning foundational documents from the Narmer Palette and the autobiographies of Weni, Harkhuf, and Pepynakht (Heqaib) to the Ipuwer Admonitions, Instruction to Merikare, Prophecy of Neferti, Sinuhe, the Stela of Khu-Sobek, and wartime texts of Kamose and Ahmose son of Abana and more, Ɔbenfo Kambon advances the Dikènga Theory of Black Self-Identification, arguing that Black unity re-emerges cyclically wherever survival is at stake.
Rigorous enough for scholars and accessible to serious readers and organizers, this work reframes antiquity as a living blueprint—clarifying names, restoring meanings, and charting lessons for contemporary Abibifahodie ‘Black Liberation’.
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