SCHOLARS Ashra and Merira Kwesi, who last year enlightened residents on the important role black people played in Africa history, will deliver two seminars at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess tomorrow.

Renowned for their research into African history, civilisation, religion and culture, the Kwesis will speak on two topics ? and

The pair first visited the island last year, the featured speakers in a successful presentation which examined African history from the black perspective. To illustrate their points, the Kwesis draw on first-hand information gained from ancient temples, tombs and papyrus papers.

With their visual displays frequently billed as "one of the most astonishing slide show presentations anywhere in the world today", the pair was encouraged to return, invited by Zentech Productions and Hott 107.5 FM.

The husband and wife team have spent decades travelling extensively through the African Nile Valley and regularly conduct educational tours ? known as Kemet Nu, or Know Thyself ? in Egypt and Ethiopia.

Asked to speak in communities across the United States and elsewhere for their expertise, what several who attend find of particular interest, is the fact that many of the concepts and symbols now used by the western world are African in origin.

An historian, Mr. Kwesi's lectures on ancient African history and religion are drawn from 25 years spent journeying through Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana. For 14 years the scholar served as an apprentice, learning under Dr. Yosef ben Jochannan.

Formerly an adjunct professor at Cornell University, Dr. Jochannan is today the author of more than 50 books and papers based on extensive study of Africa and his many travels there. He first travelled to Egypt in 1939 at the insistence of his father. He began offering educational tours two years later, largely because "no one knew or cared about Egypt and most believed Egypt was not in Africa".

A lecturer on African culture and history, Mrs. Kwesi integrates that knowledge into her slide presentations, highlighting aspects of the continent's elaborate fashions.