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Kaba Hiawatha Kamene

Contemporary

United States

Pan-African historian, educator and lecturer, known as a featured voice in the Hidden Colors documentary series and as the founder of the African-centered study program Per Ankh.

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Not a photo of Kaba Kamene (no openly licensed photo of him exists): the Seated Scribe, a painted limestone statue from Saqqara, c. 2600-2500 BCE, Louvre Museum; scribes were trained in the Per Ankh (House of Life), the temple school his academy is named after
Credit: Related image, not a photo of Kaba Kamene: the Seated Scribe from Saqqara, c. 2600-2500 BCE (scribes trained in the Per Ankh, the temple school his academy is named after). Musée du Louvre; photo by Shonagon, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication).

Historian and teacher

Kaba Hiawatha Kamene is a Pan-African historian, educator and lecturer whose work focuses on ancient Kemet (Egypt), African-centered education and the history of African people worldwide. His author page at the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) describes him as an internationally recognized Pan-African historian.

He became widely known as one of the featured voices in the Hidden Colors documentary series directed by Tariq Nasheed, which began in 2011. Library catalog records list him among the interviewees of Hidden Colors 2, alongside Anthony Browder and others. According to his AALBC page, he also narrated the documentary Out of Darkness.

Per Ankh

Kamene leads Per Ankh ("House of Life"), an African-centered science academy named after the temple schools of ancient Kemet. Through it he offers courses and online lectures on African history and spirituality.

Books

He is the author of Honoring Professor William Leo Hansberry (1894–1965), a tribute to the Howard University scholar who pioneered the study of ancient African history in the United States.

Achievements

  • Featured interviewee in the Hidden Colors documentary series (from 2011)
  • Narrator of the documentary Out of Darkness (per his AALBC author page)
  • Author of Honoring Professor William Leo Hansberry (1894–1965)
  • Principal facilitator of the African-centered science academy Per Ankh ("House of Life")

Related entries

Sources

  1. AALBC, "Kaba Hiawatha Kamene" author page (Reference)
  2. Nashville Public Library catalog record, "Hidden colors 2" (lists Kaba Kamene among the interviewees) (Reference)
  3. Kaba Hiawatha Kamene (official store), "Quibinar 21: Intro to Per Ankh" (Primary source)

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