Maat vs. The statue of Égalité
A critical analysis of Ataa Ayi Kwei Armah’s Wat Nt Shemsw: The way of companions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22155241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ọbádélé Kambon (0000-0002-8513-6622, Statistics Denmark), Lwanga Songsore, Yaw Mankatah Asare |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 33-65 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legon Journal of the Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2458-746X • E-ISSN: 2458-746X |
| Publisher | African Journals Online (AJOL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4314/ljh.v31i2.2 |
| OpenAlex | W3122832410 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this paper, we endeavor to restore Mꜣꜥt ‘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 Mꜣꜥt ‘Maat’ must let the Ancestors speak without Eurasian interpreters or interpretations
Archetype · Art · Art history · Literature · Mythology · Statue · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |