My name is Bruce "Kaka" Barnes and I have been a serious student of Nile Valley history, culture and civilization since 1987 when I received a copy of Dr. Chancellor Williams’ master piece “The Destruction of Black Civilization” as a Kwanzaa gift.  This gift along with an audio tape entitled “The Master Keys” by Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III sent me on my path to discover the glories that were birthed in the ancient Nile Valley.  With my interest peaked, I shared my culminated knowledge with my close friends, a group of combat Viet Nam veterans, who ran a homeless shelter for veterans.  Together in the early 1990’s we formed the Ancient African History Class which emblazoned the community with knowledge of their history, heritage and cultural legacy.

The class grew to over 200 hundred participants with a youth component and brought to Pittsburgh the likes of Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Anthony T. Browder, Doc Yosef Ben Jochannan, Dr. Wade Nobles, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, Dr. Maulana Karenga just to name a few.

2001 saw myself travel to Kemet with Anthony T. Browder, my first of two trips to the Land of the Blacks, to see first hand the remnants of all that I have been studying. In and effort to share my knowledge of Nile Valley history, culture and civilization with as many sisters and brothers as possible, I became a community cable access television producer in 2003.  A partial listing of programs I have produced, directed and edited include:

• A SERIES OF WORLDWIDE MUSEUMS HARBORING NILE VALLEY  ARTIFACTS
   

• EGYPTIAN CRYPTS – a program on Egyptian styled burial crypts found in cemeteries
   

• THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO,  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS –  a tour of their standing Egyptian collection
   

• THE PETRIE MUSEUM, LONDON, ENGLAND – a tour of their standing Egyptian Collection
   

• THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – a program on their King Tut photo exhibit
   

• THE NUBIA MUSEUM. ASWAN, EGYPT - a tour of their standing Nubian collection
   

• THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY, PHILADELPHIA, PA - a tour of their standing Egyptian collection
   

• THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – a program on their Nubian exhibit
   

• THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, TORONTO, CANADA – a tour of their standing Egyptian collection
   

• THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, ENGLAND – a tour of their standing Egyptian collection
   

• THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA – a tour of their standing Egyptian collection
   

• THE FIELD MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – a tour of their standing Egyptian collection
   

• THE MICHAEL CARLOS MUSEUM, ATLANTA, GA – a tour of their standing Egyptian collection

Soon to be edited programs:

• TEMPLE OF RAMSES II, ABU SIMBEL, EGYPT
   

• THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, NY, NY – a tour of their standing Egyptian exhibit
   

• THE TEMPLE OF NEFERTARI, ABU SIMBEL, EGYPT
   

• LORDS OF THE TWO LANDS – images of the pharaohs listed chronologically by reign and dynasty including royal seals and cartouches
   

• THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CAIRO, EGYPT –  a tour of their standing Egyptian collection