The Row over a Black Woman Playing an African Pharaoh
There are Blacks in East and North Africa, always have been, just visit and see for yourself. Research the white washing of the 25th dynasty by French Egyptologists for further information. The reason the narrative is changing, is because we have science to prove that black history has been lost, stolen and strayed.
Recent depictions of Cleopatra as a black woman have sparked outrage among some Egyptians. But scholars and historians point out that the identity of Cleopatra’s mother is not known, and it is possible that she, or any other female ancestor, was an indigenous Egyptian or from elsewhere in Africa.
Further, no such divide exists in the...