< Previous: Part Three — Maat as Medicine: African Philosophy, Kemetic Consciousness, and the Healing of Black Identity By: Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews Building Institutions as Acts of Resistance There is a particular kind of intellectual labor that never…
< Previous: Part Two — Reclaiming the Word: Obenga’s Linguistic Paleontology and the African Language Family By: Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews The Erasure at the Foundation of Western Philosophy There is a story that the Western world has been…
< Previous: Part One — A Mind Forged in the Congo: The Biographical Origins of Théophile Obenga’s African-Centered Vision By: Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews Language as the Bones of Identity In the SHOCK Method, we spend considerable time examining…
By: Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews The World He Was Born Into To understand Théophile Obenga’s intellectual mission, we must first understand the world that formed him. He was born on February 2, 1936, in Brazzaville, in what was then…
By: Rev. Dr. Phlippe SHOCK Matthews Series Introduction There is a particular kind of intellectual courage required to stand in the corridors of Western academic power and say, plainly and without apology, that Africa is the originator of philosophy, that…
The Life, Legacy, and Liberation Science of Dr. Charles S. Finch III A 4-Part Blog Series by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews ────────────────────────────────────────── Series Introduction There are scholars who work within systems. And then there are scholars who work to…
Series Introduction In the landscape of contemporary African-centered scholarship, few voices resonate with the transformative power of Marimba Ani. Born Dona Richards, this anthropologist, scholar, and intellectual activist has fundamentally reshaped how we understand the relationship between culture, power, and…
4-Part Series Introduction In the annals of Black intellectual history, few figures have generated as much controversy, admiration, and debate as Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. A trained psychiatrist, groundbreaking theorist, and fearless advocate for Black mental health, Welsing dedicated her…
Breaking Free from Religious Control and Accessing Direct Divine Connection < Previous: Part Three – The Political Creation of Christianity After exposing the textual corruptions, suppressed gospels, and political machinations that manufactured institutional Christianity, a question demands answering: If religion…
Constantine, Councils, and the Manufacturing of Christ < Previous: Part Two – The Suppressed Gospels The textual corruptions and suppressed gospels documented in Parts One and Two might be dismissed as accidents of history—unfortunate consequences of human fallibility in preserving…
