Who Are You, Really? The Kmtyw Understanding of the Person as Multiple Selves

Kmtyw concepts of the person challenge everything the Western world has told us about who we are. Rather than viewing the human being as a single, isolated self, classical Afrikan thought teaches something far more profound. The person is a dynamic, composite being — layered, relational, and cosmologically grounded. This truth has never left our people. It has simply been buried under centuries of colonial miseducation.
In this powerful lecture, Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon continues his rigorous excavation of Kmt(.y.w) intellectual tradition. He draws from classical and contemporary Afrikan sources across the continent and the diaspora. Furthermore, he situates personhood not in biology or psychology alone, but within a full cosmological framework. Each self carries distinct ontological, moral, and relational functions. Together, these selves form a whole that Western thought cannot fully comprehend — nor contain.
Reclaiming Kmtyw Concepts of the Person for Afrikan Liberation
This session, Week 2.5 of the Foundations of Kmt(.y.w) Thought series, runs nearly four hours. It includes a 69-slide secured PDF for deep study. Most importantly, it equips Afrikan people with the intellectual tools to understand themselves on their own terms. Abibifahodie — Black Liberation — begins in the mind. Therefore, knowing who you are at the deepest level is an act of resistance. It is also an act of restoration. Ɔbenfo Kambon does not simply lecture. He liberates.
This resource is built for scholars, students, parents, and community builders across the Afrikan world. In addition, it serves anyone committed to grounding their life and work in Ma’at. For just $20, you gain access to nearly four hours of transformative instruction. This is Abibitumi — knowledge that builds. Furthermore, this is knowledge that frees. Do not wait to reclaim what has always belonged to you.
Watch and study this lecture here: Get it now at Abibitumi.com
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