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.
AFRON8V –
This was a good analysis by a professional Afrikan linguist who reviewed a book written by those proclaiming something without doing thorough research. I am really happy to have attended live where I was able to ask questions and receive genuine answers. I recommend you buy the recording if you’ve ever been told a theory about the origins of the word amen. Many times us trying to reconnect with our motherland culture, we are duped along the way to believe myths that lead to bad reputation of Afrikan-centeredness being pseudo. We need more scholars like Obenfo Obadele with scientific preciseness and to eradicate psuedo concepts from being commonplace in our culture.