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OCTOBER 1-3, 2021
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
The 2021 Kushite-Nubian Heritage International Conference: Preserving An African Legacy virtual event will feature scholarly presenters and cultural performers from the following nations:
- United States
- Canada
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Japan
The conference will present a perspective of ancient Kush and ancient Nubia as important Nile Valley civilizations, with the two heartlands centered in Sudan and originating from the south in the upper Nile Basin region. The conference will highlight both ancient and contemporary Kushite and Nubian cultural aspects and historical contributions to humanity.
The international conference advances the KNC view highlighting work of Druscilla Dunjee Houston and pioneering field research of Dr. Chancellor Williams in the 1950s, as he argued the antiquity of ancient Kush as the older of the civilizations, followed by Nubia, ancient Egypt as indigenous African civilizations.
Our perspective differs from many mainstream Nubiologists and Egyptologists, who focus on the Sudan region only in later times (for example, the Kerma period or the “25th Dynasty” in the 8th century BCE), and claim that the civilizations in Sudan began much later than Egypt and simply “imitated” many ancient Egyptian practices.
The South Sudan region is typically ignored in mainstream scholarship on ancient Africa, and our conference is focused on changing this omission and highlighting the significance of the South Sudan region in the origins of ancient Kush.
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Daily Themes
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
The 2021 Kushite-Nubian Heritage International Conference: Preserving An African Legacy virtual event will feature scholarly presenters and cultural performers from the following nations:
- United States
- Canada
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Japan
Conference Fees
One Day Conference:
General: $45
Students/Elders*: $20
Your choice of day, with access to workshops and speaker presentations for that day.
Full Conference:
General: $75
Students/Elders*: $25
Access to presentations and workships for all 3 days. You must register in advance.
Complete Package:
General: $110
Students/Elders*: $75
Full Conference package, plus both books**. Shipping within the U.S. only.
*Promotiona code required. Students must be full-time; elders must be 65 and older. Send email to info@kushitenubian.org to request code.
**Two books are by: Nuraddin Abdulmannan, Nubian (Nobiin) Language and Grammar, Book 1 (2015); and Manu Ampim, A History of African Civilizations (rev. 2019).
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For the 2021 Kushite-Nubian Heritage International Conference: Preserving An African Legacy virtual event, we anticipate a large turnout and attendees from various countries, so register by the early-bird deadline for the best rate.
We encourage everyone to attend the full conference and participate in all days of this historic event, but one-day registration is available to those who can attend only one specific day.
Refunds are not available. All sessions are being recorded and will be available to all registrants.
Full Conference Schedule
Visit the full conference schedule page for start times for plenaries, speaker sessions, entertainment, and closing sessions.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
ABEN
P.O. Box 3134
San Jose, CA. 95156
abenwisdom@aben4ace.org
408•977•4188
Nubiavest
Aswan, Egypt
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