Akhenaton Quotes

The name IAM (standing for Imperial Asiatic Men)33 was chosen after I read Senegalese writer Cheikh Anta Diop, one of Afrocentrism's leading theorists, who spurred a pre-existing interest in the Asiatic Middle East as the origin of the monotheistic religions and in Egypt as the (Black) cradle of civilization. "Egyptianism," in fact, is a long-standing theme of Afro-centric thought, dating back to the nineteenth century 
Philippe Fragione

My mother used to read the Bible to me as a child, stressing its "oriental" dimensions (Jorif 1995:25). Almost all my friends in polyglot Marseille are Muslims; their celebrations of Ramadan made me want to learn more about the religion.
Philippe Fragione