Queen Shebah Kasambu ‘Ra III, the Reigning Queen of Sheba - Matthew 12:42

Nuumo Taalib El Amin  was raised in Grand Rapids, MI. His African education began in 1967, under the tutelage of Carl Edw. Smith and the Elders at the Black People’s Free Store in Grand Rapids and continued with scholars in universities and libraries of the world for 40 years. He has traveled and studied in Kmt (Egypt) researching Nile River Valley Civilizations under the tutelage of Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannon, Egyptologist.  He remained one of his personal students for 25 years; appearing on several television programs, presenting lectures, and co-editing one of his many works "Cultural Genocide in the Black and African Studies Programs." He was a member of the Association for the Study of Classical Afrikan Civilizations (1989- 2011).

He presented workshops in the 1970’s and lectured on Afrikan History, Culture, Spirituality and Economic Development across the Midwest; including six (6) Michigan prisons, especially IMAX (Ionia Maximum Security) for over 20 years and lectured on Education as a Tool and Rites-of Passage as a necessity among African peoples.

In 1994, he traveled to Ghana and studied Mdw Ntr (Hieroglyphics) and “Teaching about Africa” under Jegna Dr. Jacob Carruthers, Professor Emeritus at the Kemetic Institute of Northeastern Illinois and Northwestern University. He was involved in the study and investigation of five major world religions over 30 years.  He designed a course on the development of Afrikan consciousness, taught at Grand Valley State University and was co-owner and operated Images Books, the second Afrikan-centered Bookstore in Grand Rapids, MI. He and his wife presented a program through the Al-Kebulan & Turtle Island Cultural Foundation, dealing with Ancient Afrikan and Native American cultures, aimed at educating 6th through 12th graders on Original Peoples and cultural awareness.