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Stolen Legacy

Stolen Legacy
By George G. M. James

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Challenging the notion that civilization started in Greece, this uncompromising classic attempts to prove that the true authors of Greek philosophy were not Greeks but Egyptians. The text asserts that the praise and honor blindly given to the Greeks for centuries rightfully belong to the people of Africa, and argues that the theft of this great African legacy led to the erroneous world opinion that the African continent has made no contribution to civilization. Quoting such celebrated Greek scholars as Herodotus, Hippocrates, Aristotle, Thales, and Pythagoras, who admit to the influence of Egyptian studies in their work, this edition sheds new light on traditional philosophical and historical thought. Originally published in 1954, this book features a new introduction.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #66726 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 200 pages

Editorial Reviews

roxanne warner
"excellent book"

luther warner
"great book"

From the Back Cover
The book is an attempt to show that the true authors of Greek philosophy were not the Greeks, but the people of North Africa, commonly called the Egyptians; and the praise and honor falsely given to the Greeks for centuries belong to the people of North Africa, and therefore to the African Continent. Consequently, this theft of the African legacy by the Greeks led to the erroneous world opinion that the African Continent has made no contribution to civilization, and that its people are naturally backward. This is the misrepresentation that has become the basis of race prejudice, which has affected all people of color.


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A study of the DNA of ancient Greeks shows they were black African5
Read this Scientific Article:

HLA genes in Macedonians and the sub-Saharan origin of the Greeks:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.057002118.x

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3) Greeks are found to have a substantial relatedness to sub-Saharan (Ethiopian) people, which separate them from other Mediterranean groups. Both Greeks and Ethiopians share quasi-specific DRB1 alleles, such as *0305, *0307, *0411, *0413, *0416, *0417, *0420, *1110, *1112, *1304 and *1310. Genetic distances are closer between Greeks and Ethiopian/sub-Saharan groups than to any other Mediterranean group and finally Greeks cluster with Ethiopians/sub-Saharans in both neighbour joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses. The time period when these relationships might have occurred was ancient but uncertain and might be related to the displacement of Egyptian-Ethiopian people living in pharaonic Egypt
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Color blind4
If I look at you and see no pigmentation than you are white. If there is pigmentation than you are black. Indians, Chinese, koreans, italians, and needless to say africans, african americans peresians and Iraquians and the list goes on. So the significance of a stolen history not only refer to blacks, but all who claim not to be black.

Missing the point5
Having read a good deal of the reviews on this title, it is clear that most mis-understand the importance of this work. First Professor James puts fourth some very important facts which he supports with cross-references to historical text. There are some who call this a flawed work yet they fail to point out just where and with what they have taken exception to. If it is doctrinal in relation to Kemet then I would have to disagree, I would also ask as to whom they are referencing when making these claims. Is it Rosalie David? Howard Carter? Or some other self-confessed Egytologist? Or is it simply much easier to criticize a work they don't understand? The importance of this work is to let Black "men and women," know that you have been called to a higher standard of living than we currently recognize. Whereas it is considered honorable and righteous to worship and ascribe all that we achieve to a deified version of ourselves. I would ask how can we save our selves and "if God is no respector of persons," then how can one man earn the distinction of saviour of the world?

Well he couldn't, but what if we all ascribed to a higher standard of living under a system which requires a long period of self-examination, disciplined study and self-sacrafice? Then could we advance not only our culture but civilization as a whole? It doesn't take long to view the current state of the world to see that the accepted doctrines be it Judaism, Christianity, Islam or any other you may deem relevant, lack the power and insight to inspire man to a higher standard of living. It just might be that the reason for this lack of power, insight and influence lies in the fact that they are all copies of something much more profound. Something born of a devotion to a communal way of living. A way of life where the development and advancement of universal ideals are much more important than individual achievement and promotion.

So would you qualify as a candidate for admission into the mystery system? Did you recognize the character of Jesus was proving his worthiness as a student of the mysteries when he rebuked his disciple "Peter" and accepted his fate not as a human sacrifice but as a demonstration that he had become "Godlike," through self-denial of external needs and cultivation of his mind. So in essence if Jesus were to return he would have failed in his quest to escape the ten bodily fetters and the curse of transmigration. There is more evidence supporting the theory that Jesus was indeed a student in the mystery system than any notion that he was god in the flesh delivered up as a sacrifice for the sins of the world.