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The Africans Who Wrote the Bible

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This book is about the early inhabitation of black Africans in North Africa, (including) the so-called Middle East and actually southern Asia as far as China. Creating all of the "world religions", not only the monotheistic ones, but also e.g. Buddhism. It is about the Jews/Hebrews originally having been black-skinned, and therefore all of the important characters and authors of the bible. The author shows how Christianity/Judaism was created along ancient Egyptian religion and sets the record straight about some false assumptions of Western egyptologists, e.g. concerning the pharao Akhenaten (or Akenten). He claims a strong relationship between the ancient Egyptians and Western Africans who live in Ghana today, most of all the Akan. The book is also about the fakings of the religion and their own origin of the early Jews and the Vatican some centuries later, the latter of which especially designed the mass slavery of blacks for the purpose of concealing the origin of the bible.

For all of that, the book deserves full points and some bonus points. However, some subtractions have to be made.

For one thing, the writing is the absolute epitomy of repetetive writing I dearly hope to never have to be exposed to in my natural lifetime ever again. In fact, I had to tame my adrenalin gland because of that, while reading some sentences a couple of hundreds of times. The book could easily get digested to much less than a fourth without any sentence, let alone content getting lost. However, I am aware that in some African cultures this may be the normal way of writing, so ok...

There are minor inaccuracies. Linguistically, for example, the German last name "Bauer" would not be translated by any German as "builder", but as "farmer". (An easy mistake to make for non-German speakers.) Also, Germany did not have to give up its colony of Togo after WWII, but during WWI.

Using genetic science in his reasoning, the author should have known that there are absolutely no races among humans. Some wrong assumptions, also related ones, are derived in this book from that lack of overstanding. Being a historian he may have known that the concept of a "nation", as some of us believe in it today is little more than two centuries old or less, most certainly it did not exist in ancient times. Researching ancient religious concepts of gender, he might have cross-checked that with modern (yet largely censored) information, coming to the conclusion that different genders do not exist either. That would have been necessary to better overstand the respective ancient African knowledge/religious concept about that. Also, of course, religion did exist well before the ancient Egyptians, way back into the stone age, so it is daring to aver, the ancient Egyptians invented religion. And no matter wether it is true that the ancient Egyptians left Egypt to become the Akan and other West Africans (or wether there exists a relationship between the two groups, BEFORE splitting and one half of them actually BECOMING the ancient Egyptians), most certainly it is ridiculous to claim, the ancient black Egyptians became "the Africans" as in ALL of them. For example genetics should have shown the author that the so-called San (and so-called Mbutis) are the original humans. And of course, Africa was inhabitated before the black Egyptians moved to whereever.

The author's general claims are convincing, however, some of his specific conclusions are occasionally a bit of a fishing. Others are theories, in need to get scientifically proven. Which is not to say that the author is generally wrong about that what is mentioned above in the content paragraph. On the contrary, that's why the book still got almost full points despite its flaws. In fact, this book is one of the very most important ones to have been written around the turn of the millennium. No religious person of almost any branch of religion on this planet should miss it, most certainly no RastafarI, as I am one: There will be some surprises for RastafarI, confirming and challenging ones, all absolutely necessary to know and to grow spiritually. For example that "Jah" is the FEMALE version of God called "Jahwe", the male version, at other places. So much for the patriarchy of the more orthodox previous Rasta generations.

Some information I missed in the book. For example about the sign of life on the cover. Though mentioned and named and also mentioned that the Christian cross is derived from it, it would have been absolutely worth it to explain the different parts of its symbolism. (Which I did with other sources and I can only recommend the reader to do this and draw the conclusion, why the Vatican changed it, not only for concealing the origin of Christian religion, but also to conceal the before mentioned gender concept.) Also, I assume Ethiopia plays a larger role in all of that than merely getting mentioned.

I hope this book will be followed up by other books enlightening the original religion, which became Christianity and the other world religions, because clearly, Western egyptologists have largely butchered any overstanding of it and this book merely scrapes off the surface in this respect.

Dr. Darkwah wrote a good book, but all reading this should know there are other books on this topic as well. For this, one should check Hebrewism in West Africa. Any way, Darkwah had a good book, and showed the African presence in Egypt as well as among the Afrim( as he would say)or Jews. I have talked to people from Ghana that live in the United States, and they told me everything that Darkwah has said in this book is almost common knowledge in West Africa. I have even met people with names that Darkwah has mentioned. At first glance, anyone that is not willing to do the research will just excuse this book as crap but if you do your research you'll see that Egypt,the Afrim or Jews,and West Africans all have one thing in common, the same anscestors.


I have decided to revisite this review based on the article written under the topic "Affirmative Action for the Bible."This reviewer denies that Hebrewism is from Egypt so in this next paragraph I will destroy him.


First off it should be said by, Biblical chronology and this book, that Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Joseph, and yes Jesus all wen't to EGYPT. The Old Testament was written at the Library of Alexander from old papyrus texts in EGYPT. The story of creation can be found in the deity Khnum in Egypt. Issac name in Egyptian(Ysach) means Ys-place, Ach-of offerings to the sun god Ra. If you recall Issac was going to be a sacrice. Noah was Nuak, and in Egyptian Mythology Nu was equal with the waters. Also Isreal is YSRAIL. In Egyptian Ys-place Ra-sun god Il-creation. So this very name already means place of Ra's creation. For verification on this information read African presence in Early Aisa(Ivan Van Sertima/Runoka Rashidi) Also you sould know, monotheism predated Moses with Akhenaton of Egypt, and Zoroaster of Babylon. The first flood stories were of that in Egypt with Ra and Hathor, and in Babylon with Utnapishtim and Gilgamesh. The story of Jacob the Dreamer is an old tale in Egyptian Hyrogliphics. Even with this Jesus is predated in the orchestration of his Bibical life first by Osiris, Horus, and Isis, and then by 16 counterparts(for more on that read 16 Crucified Saviors by Kersey Graves)

In the End both Faith and Love are Blind.

This is a great book but there are things you need to know.
This book is written based upon the African language similarities with those of present-day Africa, ancient Africa and words found within the bible. With that said, there are sitings noted from various African nations throughout West Africa.

The thing that should be noted is that the author clearly states that the Jewish people are not the original Jews. The author is under the opinion that the original Jewish people were African people who left probably during the so-called Exodus. The present day Jewish people as stated within the book still carry African names. If I read this correctl, that is from cover to cover without skipping pages, this is what the author stated within the book.

This is an excellent literary work for all African descendants because it does what so many have feared; connects present and traditional Africa to the ancient Africans and to the Africans Who Wrote the Bible.

This book is long overdue and very important in setting one small piece of the historical record straight. I recommend it highly along with others, such as They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima. The reason why ancient history has traditionally been so "mysterious," incomplete and fairly unintelligible is because it has been based primarily upon lies formulated by racists passing themselves off as scholars, who refused to acknowledge that Africans even had a history, much less one as glorious and far-reaching as it is. Why would anyone other than Africans have written the Bible? Egypt, Ethiopia, and Kush, some of the most talked-about civilizations within the pages of the Bible ARE in AFRICA!! Israel and the other civilizations of this ancient work are immediately adjacent. In ancient times, many of the inhabitans of Israel, Babylon and other "Middle Eastern" lands mentioned in the Bible were ethnic Africans. The artifacts they left speak for themselves. To the Reader from Boston: take your logical pick -- who would most likely have written the Bible? The people living in the places featured in it, or people living thousands of miles away in China? If you insist upon China, why would the Chinese write about the Africans, instead of writing about their own lands and people? Further, based on your criticism of this one author, why would that give you the logical basis upon which to draw any conclusions whatsoever about the intellectual capacity of all Africans? I think that's called generalizing, and it's the mark of someone who must define people based on color because they lack the genuine intellectual ability to assess and appreciate human beings as individuals.

Wonderfully written, thought provoking, and a must read. If your spirit has been lacking due to the voids that we often have in our lives, this book provides a means of setting it free. The common link to humanity can be found in it's content. Everyone needs and deserves to have "truth", and an open mind will allow this book to speak to the very essence of your being. Knowledge is power, understanding that knowledge opens everyone up to wonders that exist within this world, and the woners that existed before. Many people have a conflict with the Bible and it's contents, and every avenue I had taken left me desiring more truth about the Bible and how it came to be. I've found this book to be enlightening to say the least, and life changing to sum it up. Thank you for the many references that support your writing Dr. Darkwah, I look forward to your next book(s) in the future, and my life will never be the same. "Now Is The Time...."

I know this book like the back of my hand. Many of my friends will tell you I've regurgitated stuff from this book for years. Three years after picking up this book and looking into most of his conclusions, now I can see I knew the truth all along.

I didn't read something one day and say "maybe Dr. Darkwah is wrong afterall" or anything like that. I had an epiphany. I put my doubts about Dr. Darkwah's credibility into perspective and now I can say he's wrong on many levels.

The basic premise that Africans, particularly Egyptians, are the authors of the documents that became the Bible is true in my book, however, Dr. Darkwah also claims the Akan and other distantly related W. African ethnic groups were the Egyptians, which is proven to be false.

I seriously considered this part of his hypothesis for two reasons. One, West Africans do indeed have close genetic, cultural, religious and linguistic ties with ancient Nile Valley populations. Two, a mass migration out of the Nile Valley as the Muslims took over N. Africa just seemed like a cool story.

Dr. Darkwah uses very reliable sources for his information but him not being a credited historian or anthropologist himself shows throughout the book. I can no longer entertain the notion of the Akan being the most dominant group in dynastic Egypt. This is all because Dr. Darkwah doesn't fully understand history, much less pre-history. Any similarities (there are tons) between modern W. Africans and dynastic Egyptians can easily be explained by the once fertile Sahara.

I was looking into the Sahara before I read Dr. Darkwah's book but him being Aduana royalty and knowing the ins and outs of many W. African groups like the Ewe and Hausa, as well as his mainstream sources and apparent knowledge of Egypt and Egyptology, clouded my judgement, I admit.

It's simple. Dr. Darkwah finds so many linguistic, cultural and religious ties between Akans and ancient Egyptians because they come from the same stock. This is true because things like divine kingship, ancestor veneration, certain forms of color symbolism etc. are Saharan. The ancestors of W. African and Nile Valley populations were once shiny happy people in a once lush Sahara region until the drying up of the region forced migrations east and westward.

It was always that simple but Dr. Darkwah's fantastic theories of Akan oral legend matching with ancient Egyptian history seriously made me reconsider all of my other sources. I began looking for sources that confirm some of Dr. Darkwah's theories and ocassionally came across credible ethnographic data that could be used to confirm his theory, but it really doesn't. Dr. Darkwah is flat out wrong about W. Africans being in the Nile Valley.

As for the bigger picture, I think Dr. Darkwah's work is a good but imperfect start to a pivotal subject. It's good because it's about time Biblical scholars and the lay stop crediting Jews or Hebrews with the earliest concepts of a higher power. There's ample proof the Egyptians and peoples of Mesopotamia were the first to have complex writing systems and the first to write about this "God" at length.

Don't get me wrong, the book isn't totally wrong. I did my own fact finding and even after noticing Dr. Darkwah's flaws I can say his theory of the Bible being the result of years of Hellenistic Jews rummaging in the library of Alexandria and the Hebrew really being of Egyptian stock is confirmable and more plausible than any of the traditional reasonings.

This is a book that will help African people to begin reexamining their relationship to the world. As Africans, we have been so oppressed that we have all forgotten that we are a B.C. (Before Crist) people. Ancestors such as Diop, C. Williams and John H. Clarke are smiling at this major achievement brought to us by Nana. Once Africans seriously begin telling there own story we will be suprised at the information that will come out about us. For African-Americans we must remember that we were not brought to America as slaves--but as Africans who had lost a war that was waged against us. Nevertheless, we are the same people that Dr. Darkwah is talking about. Remember that the best were taking from Africa. Therefore, the Ancient Africans are also in America.

I expected a literary treat and I was not disappointed. I read the book very slowly 'cause I wanted to absorb every vowel, consonant, syllable, word, sentence and paragraph.

To keep the reader in perspective Dr. Darkwah provides a continuous summary of his curiosities that lead to his ideas that led to his theories that lead to his many researches that lead to the absolute truth in the undeniable proof that 'Ancient Egyptian Africans' are the 'think tank' that formed modern civilization as we know and experience it today,

I personally wrote Dr. Darkwah and his instant reply was kind...

He is correct, Akan is dominant. He is Akan and he is a great scholar. He took the time to research, confirm and prove biblical concepts that I'd always found 'suspect.'

He is [forever] my tutorial scholar, and I told him so....

Fine1952

This is one of the best books I have ever read dealing with the historic text of the bible. It makes reading the bible and understanding all the current events revolving around Judaism, Christianity and Islam very clear, and how they all tie back into ancient Egypt and present day African affairs.

The most enlightening book on Christianity that you will ever find.

There are many books, bibles and information available to us regarding Jesus and his family, so this book also warrants our attention, thought and additional research. I would like to thank Nana Banchie Darkwah for asking us to think and reason a little more deeply than we already do.

What comes across in this book is that because society gives us a description of Jesus as fair/red-headed and white we just naturally assume that the information provided to us from various sources is in fact the truth? That is one BIG assumption. After all how many people from a Middle Eastern/African continent would be of this genetic makeup especially during the time Jesus was born with limited contact with Europeans and limited mixing between the races of people as it would have been frowned upon in their respective communities? We must continue to explore possibilities, research and search for the truth. As the Theosophical Society motto goes "There is no Higher Religion than truth". How apt.