Ok so as previously mentioned I started reading Nefertiti a few days ago and WOW! I am completely obsessed with Ancient Egypt now. Now I'm the type of person with will obsess over something and then be completely done with it 2 months later (probably why I just can't stay in a long-term relationship). Lets see last year it was African American culture. I was a hard core militant black person(I'm like a walking contradiction. Didn't I just right about interracial dating).
But I wasn't angry at White people. I was more so disappointed with the ignorance in our culture. If it was up to the majority of us we would totally forget about Africa. Oh and don't get me started on the whole "color" issue within our community. Who cares if we are lighter than a brown paper bag? I love the fact African American families are one of the few cultures that can have a rainbow of shades under the same roof (my mother is butterscotch, I'm caramel, my brother is toffee, and my stepfather is chocolate). And the more I read the worse it got. Now my anger has cooled down. I mean don't get me wrong I'm still all for our people, and love reading FICTION on race issues, however I"m on to the next one.
Ok I'm so busy blabbing about African American's I've forgot what this post is about....oh yeah Egypt. So anyways as I was saying *clearing throat*
Ancient Egypt is my latest obsession. I love to google different names of people and places and looking at the pics. They are gorgeous! I try to imagine living in that area and I actually think it was so glamorous. I looked at my universities class schedule and of course they do not have a class about Ancient Egypt (racist). So I plan on going over to the library and reading as much as I can about them
I've started a new historical fiction book called The Heretic Queen. Its about the 19th century Egyptian Dynasty with Nefertari (Nefertiti's neice) as the main character. I haven't read enough to give a yay or nay but I will be sure to let you know.
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