The beginning of this whole trend began many years ago with a book by an African-American "scholar" called "Black Athena". He not only claimed all of Egyptian heritage for Black Africans, he credited Black Africans for the intellectual foundations (through Egypt) of ancient Greece (Athena), and thus to Rome and to all of western culture.
This book was a great sensation when first published but other scholars of many races uncovered its errors and debunked most of its claims. In spite of that, the book continues to be published and some African-Americans in need of ancient justification latch onto Black Athena, in whole or in part.
It is the source of alot of intellectual wasteland among a small segment of African-Americans - not, thankfully, most.
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