⁣Black Wisdom, Language, Names & Time: Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon on Reclaiming Knowledge

In this powerful conversation, Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon discusses language, names, identity, Kmt, mdw nTr, Black knowledge systems, and the deeper meaning embedded in time, clothing, place, ancestry, and everyday life.
He challenges the assumption that knowledge only lives in books, libraries, and formal institutions, showing instead that Black wisdom is embodied in names, proverbs, songs, greetings, writing systems, ancestral practice, architecture, cosmology, and the natural world. From the importance of indigenous names to the Black origins of writing and timekeeping, this discussion opens up a deeper way of understanding who we are and what we must recover.
Topics include:
Language as a foundation of identity

Names as direction, definition, and destiny

Why “Africa,” “Europe,” and “the West” must be questioned

mdw nTr and the sacred relationship between writing and nature

Kmt as the Land of Black People

Ancestral continuity and transformation

Black concepts of time beyond clocks and capitalism

The importance of learning without hostile interpreters

Why what we know of ourselves depends on who taught us
This is a necessary discussion for anyone serious about Black knowledge, Black identity, Abibitumi ‘Black Power,’ and Abibifahodie ‘Black Liberation.’