Behutet: The Defeat of the Sebau

Behutet: The Defeat of the Sebau - Part 2 of the Behutet Trilogy

by Kazembe Bediako

BOOK REVIEW

By Sh. NuAuMu Samga

Kazembe Bidiako’s second volume in his Behutet series, The Defeat of the Sebau, ferries the reader between slow-moving, detailed, developmental streams of consciousness and those that are tumultuous, chaotic and action-packed.  In this 162-page urban Kamitic legend, Bediako seamlessly blends the Ancient teachings and history of Kamit (Ancient Egypt) with modern-day urban experiences and gives the reader a perspective of how to inject the Ancient Wisdom of our Kamitic ancestors, as a navigational tool, into our modern-day lives. 

Ra Heru Khuti and Sethe, the main protagonists in the story, engage not only in the external battle against each other but also the internal personal battle - to learn how to cultivate and properly use the natal power of the spirit which we all have access to. Ra Heru Khuti is blessed not only with seasoned priests and companions who are initiated into a way of life that promotes preserving the welfare of all - including transgressors - but he is also blessed with access to a host of ancestors who support him in his battle to restore and maintain order within his own person and in the world.  With Sheps Abaso as his war counselor — a female (in case you assumed that all war counselors are male :) — Ra Heru Khuti draws up a peace plan to win his battles against Sethe. He also acquires a clear vision of the future when he hears voices “bidding him to tell the sons and daughters of the great Mount Babalasaam, Luk Muk and Qumram of rites that shall walk the earth again in ancient names” — a return to the ancient way of life where peace as the foundation of life is established by “get[ting] my person out of the way … and announcing my victory over the inept emotions…”