Description

Special Friday Seminar

Who: Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon

When: November 24, 2023, 8pm Ghana/3pm EST

Where: Live on Abibitumi.com

What:

The Origin of the Word Amen and the Scourge of Pseudo-Folk Etymology Masquerading as Linguistics

Why: In this presentation, Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon will discuss The Origin of the Word Amen: Ancient Knowledge the Bible has Never Told, which is a book that promises to pique the interest of any reader interested in classical Kmt ‘Black Nation/Land of the Blacks’, mdw nTr ‘Hieroglyphs,’ the Akan language, and historical-linguistic connections between the three. Specifically, the book promises to deliver information about how the word imn ‘Amen,’ as attested in classical Kmt ‘Black Nation/Land of the Blacks,’ persists in the contemporary Akan language. While under a steady hand this should be a simple enough thesis to substantiate, unfortunately, the authors’ obvious lack of grounding in historical linguistics, their lack of knowledge of mdw nTr ‘Hieroglyphs’ as well as their lack of understanding the morphology (word structure) of the Akan language all mar the analyses presented in the book. Further, he will discuss the scourge of pseudo-folk etymology, which masquerades as linguistics, and how the otherwise gullible can guard against this deception.