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Understanding Kmt(.y.w) Thought

Week 2: Concepts of the Person — The Person as Multiple Selves

This lesson examines the Kmt(.y.w) conception of the human person as a composite being, constituted by multiple, interrelated selves rather than a singular, indivisible individual. Drawing on classical Kmt and broader Kmt(.y.w) intellectual traditions, the session explores how personhood is understood within a cosmological, ethical, ancestral, and spiritual framework.

Core Topics

• The Multiple Selves of Kmt(.y.w) Thought

• The Destiny or Spiritual Double

• The Soul or Breath

• The Heart

• The Ancestral Guardian

• The Shadow

Readings

Primary Reading:
Kamalu, C. (1998). Person, Divinity and Nature. London: Karnak House, pp. 51–76.

Supplementary Readings:
Fu-Kiau, K. K. B. (1991). Self-Healing Power and Therapy. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press, pp. 43–106.
Ephirim-Donkor, A. (2011). Kmt(.y.w) Spirituality: On Becoming Ancestors. University Press of America, pp. 49–80.
Obenga, T. (2004). Kmt(.y.w) Philosophy: The Pharaonic Period, 2780–330 B.C. Popenguine, Senegal: Per Ankh, pp. 383–404.
Wilson, A. N. (Producer). (1993; 2 April 2016). Blueprint for Black Power: A Moral, Political, and Economic Imperative for the Twenty-First Century [Lecture].

Course Description and Objectives

The Kmt(.y.w) Thinkers Program addresses a critical gap in the epistemological formation of MPhil and PhD students regarding world philosophies. The course introduces students to the core principles, modes, patterns, and historical development of thought and knowledge production in Kmt and the Kmt(.y.w) World, from antiquity to the present.

Students are introduced to fundamentally Kmt(.y.w) concepts and ideas relevant to the development of contemporary indigenous Kmt(.y.w) theoretical and conceptual frameworks for scholarly research. Through engagement with interdisciplinary primary sources (e.g., astronomy, medicine, literature), students gain familiarity with classical and contemporary Kmt(.y.w) philosophical traditions and develop the evaluative criteria necessary for innovative and independent research.

The course combines lectures, discussions, class presentations, guest lectures, and field trips as its primary modes of instruction.

By the end of the course, students will have:

• acquired an understanding of the cosmology underpinning Kmt(.y.w) Thought and Philosophy;

• developed analytical tools for distinguishing among global cosmological systems;

• gained exposure to the expressions of the Kmt(.y.w) Worldview throughout the continent and the diaspora; and

• become familiar with contemporary approaches to the study and application of Kmt(.y.w) Thought within Kmt(.y.w) Studies research.