Is The Modern Day Blackman Failing The Ancient Blackman?

Today when we see the sky-scrapers of US, France, Japan, China, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and many others, nothing enveloped us than admiration for them. The imposing architectural designs speak volumes of their development. More than ever, it reveals their intellectual capacity.

However, are pyramids not to the ancient world what skycrapers are to the modern world? Is the conception through to construction of a pyramid not revealing of similar scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical acumen of the ancient in those generations? Does it not reveal the intellectual capacity of the Egyptian the African hence the Blackman? How come that the modern day Blackman, instead of building on the laurels of his own, is now lagging in the very things he practically laid the foundation? Let us go on.

We all did a little of mathematics in school. We all learnt Roman numerals but no one told us that the European number systems were improvements on that of the Egyptians. Black Africans developed all the beginnings of the mathematics such as algebra, geometry and mensuration in Egypt.

You remember mensuration in core mathematics in SHS, no question disturbs than those of the pyramids especially if it is about calculating the height and slant height. Yet, not only were the ancient Egyptians proficient in solving these questions, they even transposed it from the conceptual into the actual world as physical structures. Every architect knows the indispensable role of mathematics in putting up good physical structures. The Blackman is not inferior by nature and nurture to anyone.

Yet, all mathematics textbooks we ever used till-date credited Europeans(Greeks) as developers of the beginning mathematics. Hippocrates of Greek is the father of physicians whilst Black Imhotep of ancient Egypt, the true first greatest physician of the ancient world is nowhere near. In addition, no one told us that most of the respected ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato, Pythagoras, Thales, Aristotle, Archimedes, Socrates and others even admitted through some of their writings that Black Egyptian scribes thought them. Alternatively, that, they were exposed to inspirational and educational works of scribes of ancient Egypt.

All of us remember Pythagoras theorem about the right angle triangle meanwhile ancient Egyptians were using that formula long before Pythagoras brought it to the notice of the Europeans. Well, the systemic Eurocentric misrepresentation of history, intended to deny the African any place in contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as politics and economics and poetry, handed over most claims of original inventions to their own.

With the exception of "the Blackman is incurably religious" which theymanipulated now to our detriment, they systemically hid the real true Blackman from the modern day African. Actually, intentionally or not, it seems some ancient Jews started the whole effort of blackening the ancient light of the Blackman.

You remember Moses of the Bible, and the famous exodus story. Ancient Egypt was an economic and intellectual hub and neighbours thronged it for participation. Therefore, it is imaginable that ancient Jews also went there like everyone else. However, instead of Jewish scribes admitting the intellectual deficiency of Moses as well as the lazy but parasitic attitude of Jews, they fabricated all sorts of stories about Egyptians and painting them as oppressors and suppressors.

This is the mythically cloaked story of a parasitic tribe who presented themselves as victims of extreme wickedness from their helpers. Unfortunately, most Africans believed the story as historical fact. What is worse is that this is the only story some educated Africa adults and children know about ancient Egypt, the pinnacle of ancient civilization where all nations visited for education.

Ancient Egypt where the Blackman accomplished so many feats across the spectrum of science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as politics and economics and to serve as a source of motivation to modern day Blacks, is now a symbol of suffering and bondage to them, all because of a mythical story.

Ancient Egypt to the average Ghanaian meant nothing than bondage and suffering. It is fossilized into consciousness of the masses via campaign slogans of some politicians; "moving from the land of Egypt (Suffering) to the promise land", "let so so-and-so free us from Egypt (Bondage)". A similar statement saturates the nation on huge banners and posters of most pastors, priests, prophets, reverends instilling the ignorance into the congregants. This tells you how deeply twisted the average Ghanaian mind about ancient Egypt is.

The systemic machinery to misrepresent history to the Blackman was implicit in the Bible, and perpetuated via Christianity. Some sections of the academia and politicans reinforced it. The Blackman is, in the words of P. W. Botha, a symbol of inferiority. In addition, Frantz Fanon says "to the Blackman, there is only one destiny.

And it is White". In other words, the Blackman is genetically inferior. In that regard, implicitly but intricately woven into the strategic atmosphere, is to let the colonized (Blacks) put in all efforts to imitate and become the colonizer (White).

That is the Blackman ought to, literally bleach himself to join the superior class. Essentially that is what we are doing albeit never succeeding at it. A vicious cycle for the colonized Blackman to convince himself that anything good is outside of himself and his continent.

The current struggling status of the Blackman caught up in the web of historical misrepresentation of his achivement shows clearly the need for inspiration to assail those challenges. The inspiration is in our self, the Blackman.

The modern day Black child ought to know the fact he is a child of the beginner of the adventurous use of the human mind. Ancient Egypt is symbolic of the intellectual capacity and capability of the Blackman.

As for my fellow Ghanaians with unshakable conviction in the mythical story, ancient Egypt is not a symbol of suffering and bondage as your bible, pastors, priests tells you almost every day and sometimes by our political slogans. Morever, contrary to the assertion of Frantz Fanon, our destiny is to be our self, Black. In the same vein, contrary to assertion of P. W. Botha, the Blackman is not a symbol of inferiority.

This impression of inferiority leading to 'White destiny" as the only way out for Blackman was created and imposed via the pervasive Eurocentric misinformation that saturated the system. It is worth mentioning that colonization equally provided medium for the propagation of the distorted history by foreign religions, particularly Christianity.

Remember in Christianity, you must be reading and hearing a non-Black history every day else, you miss the White spiritual destiny. The typical average Ghanaian will prefer touring Israel to see the tomb of Jesus Christ and further immerse himself in the illusion than tour Egypt, see the pyramids and be convinced of the intellectual capacity of the Blackman even then.

The modern day Blackman is failing the ancient Blackman who practically laid the foundation to the adventurous use of the human mind across the spectrum of human endeavor. Despite the undeniable increasing interaction of all nations in our generation, the Chinese, Indians, Japanese among others are finding inspirations in the intellectual capacity of their ancestors and today, they are developed and developing.

It is only the modern day Blackman of Africa who is convinced that there is nothing historically inspirational about his ancestors. Therefore, must now look outside for inspiration. Meanwhile the Blackman once ruled this world when he was himself.

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