This is the first of what I hope will be a continuous stream of such efforts. Its cause, which I believe to be historic, warrants specific documentation in light of the pitfalls of previous African Academic gatherings purported to be all-encompassing, yet totally dominated by one group or another that sought to manipulate everyone else. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did, and it never will. Individually , I will not pinpoint anyone of us for special accolades. Obviously it can no longer be any other way . MAAT, peace and justice that she represents , has once again prevailed. See Sir Ernest A.W. Budge, Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Papyrus of Ani , London Museum, London, 1895.