I-khan said:I agree with all of the above..but I would also like to add this in.
In terms of do re-search (ie to search again) and reading the works of different scholars ('black'/afrikan or 'white'/european or otherwise) I would suggest that we do not take their word as the gospel truth and such because of a few reasons being that:
1)One of the reasons they let their works be known is because they want other people to know and to become interested to come to their own conclusions.
2)They themselves are people so they may find something they do not like and will omit it, OR, they can actually impede the progress of a particular movement/organization b/c of who they are really working for (like W.E.B. Dubois did with the pan-afrikan congress:http://www.destee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43492)
I say just take his data for what it is worth....just data...and let us see what we can draw from it besides what he wants to show us.
Brother, in all respect, I conduct my own research and to not take ANYONE'S word as the "gospel truth"!
Furthermore, it is suggested that the work of Budge be rejected because of his racial background, that is to say because he was a "white person".
Is it true that he was given access to the same material that others such as DuBois and Martin Delany or Noble Drew Ali had but somehow because of his racial makeup others were denied this same opportunity?
Sorry. I believe elsewise considering that Budge, Massey and many "theosophists" did not merely come across this material by excavation or happenstance. Much of this "knowledge" had been passed down over generations among African "secret societies" who GAVE EUROPEANS ACCESS!!
Much of the "knowledge" concerning kemet was available at Al Azhar, Sankore and the library/museums in al-Andulis prior to 1492. Writers such as Ibn Khaldun extensively wrote using the ancient mathematical knowledge learned in Kemet which passed from Alexandria to Sankore in Timbuctu.
Personally, I take Elijah Muhammad's word over Budge's but how many have even rejected the Messenger's notion of the ASIATIC BLACK MAN and "Yakub's History"???