Comments on: Will Smith: A Film about when blacks of Ethiopian descent ran Egypt

By: Eias Elgorashi

Eias Elgorashi — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:41:03 +0000

For you in formation dears the correct Name for the Nubian king is TIRHAQA not TAHARQA. this is king is from North Sudan “MAHAS Tribe” he is not Ethiopian. You are welcome to contact me through my e-mail address as you have it

By: Ayman

Ayman — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:51:51 +0000

The Nubian kings (ruled) from the current day Sudan.

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Mon, 24 May 2010 14:13:13 +0000

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By: elnagar

elnagar — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:03:45 +0000

King of Nubia Thraca was not from Ethiopia but was a Nubian king.

By: ashoka

ashoka — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:53:22 +0000

hi there, i am a histroy buff. very good.

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:39:07 +0000

I agree. It should have been named “When Ethiopians ran Egypt”!!!

By: Ancient Princess

Ancient Princess — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:11:01 +0000

I love will Smith. This will be a great film!!!

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:07:58 +0000

The actual truth of the matter is that during The Indo-Oriental Invasions West African Holacaust of The Great Maafa known as The Transatlantic Slave Trade. A large part of this history affects Moorish/Black/African-Americans to this day.

By: Million

Million — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:06:24 +0000

From what I know Ethiopia in Greek means “burnt face” meaning darker skin.

By: Hanniba HABESH

Hanniba HABESH — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:49:10 +0000

Dorowet,

The ancient Ethiopians who ruled Egypt at that time didn’t have the dark brown complexion of Abeshas. They may have been darker because Nubian means dark skinned (I am not sure).

cio

By: Ayele Bekerie

Ayele Bekerie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:06:37 +0000

Dear Tadias,

The title of the film should have been ‘when Ethiopians ran Egypt.’ The 25th Dynsaty (751 – 525 BCE) was an Ethiopian Dynasty, a Dynasty that ruled both Egypt and Nubia, which was also called Ethiopia. The name Ethiopia in the ancient times refers to territories south of ancient Egypt. What William Leo Hansberry calls Alpine Ethiopia or Present Day Ethiopia adopts the name in the fourth century of the Common Era.

I think the movie is a great opportunity to broaden the field of Ethiopian Studies. It will help us to frame the field as global Ethiopian Studies. In addition to the ancient history of Ethiopia (Meroitica and Aksumita Ethiopia), we have a rich intellectual history of Ethiopianism and Neo-Ethiopianism (Rastafrianism) in the African Diaspora, South Africa, West Africa, and the Caribbean. In short, we need to recognize the fact that the ‘stretched hands of Ethiopia’ is a global phenomena.

Ayele Bekerie

By: Dorowet

Dorowet — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:48:34 +0000

Will Smith he looks like Ethiopian “Habesha” and it will be a great movie if will is in it.

Cheers
Yohan from Sydney