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Maat vs. The statue of Égalité: A critical analysis of Ataa Ayi Kwei Armah’s Wat Nt Shemsw: The way of companions
Author(s) -
Ọbádélé Kambon,
Lwanga Songsore,
Yaw Mankatah Asare
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
legon journal of the humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2458-746X
DOI - 10.4314/ljh.v31i2.2
Subject(s) - mythology , archetype , literature , statue , art , history , art history
In this paper, we endeavor to restore Mt ‘Maat’ as truth to her rightful place by challenging erroneous and demonstrably incorrect notions as they appear in Ataa Ayi Kwei Armah’s Wat Nt Shemsw: The Way of Companions. By cross-referencing Ataa Armah’s vague allusions to “ancient Egyptian” mythology with actual textual documentation from Kmt ‘Black Nation/Land of Blacks’ (so-called “ancient Egypt”), we will interrogate the assertions made about the myths of the kmt(yw) ‘Black people’. We find that where Ataa Armah’s statements are at odds with the texts of Kmt ‘Black Nation/Land of Blacks,’ it is necessary to bring this information to light so that the readers can learn the actual content of these myths for themselves. In conclusion, we find that to truly understand Kmt ‘Black Nation/Land of Blacks,’ Afrikan champions interested in restoring the truth of Mt ‘Maat’ must let the Ancestors speak without Eurasian interpreters or interpretations.

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