A leading figure of revolutionary Pan-Africanism in the 21st century, Kemi Seba is a dissident anti-globalist polemicist.
He is the originator of the concept of supra-negritude.
Stellio Capo Chichi, aka Kemi Seba, was born in Strasbourg on December 9, 1981, to Beninese parents.
His political journey began at the age of 18, when, during a trip to Los Angeles, he made contact with the NOI (Nation Of Islam). Fascinated, he became a devoted student of the teachings of Minister Louis Farrakhan, himself heir to those of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and continued his exploration after returning to France.
Eloquent and ambitious, he quickly became one of the brightest servants of the French branch of the Nation, but left the organization in 2001.
In 2002, he officially became Kemi Seba, which means “Black Star” in medu netjer (ancient Egyptian).
Then, at the age of 21, he created the Kemite Party, a gathering of Afro-descendant Blacks, in order to raise awareness within the community about the history of the Kemite (Black) people and fight the oligarchy by defending Black rights.
His message: the revalorization of Black dignity, without victimization. He denounces the game of Western powers which, since the dawn of time, have plundered Africa. Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad is his mentor.
The party brings together Black men and women from all social and religious backgrounds. The party intervenes in all matters concerning members of the community.
Concerned with the credibility of the message and with uniting Blacks around a common religious belief, he dissolved the Kemite Party to create, in 2004, the Ka Tribe: Tribe of Atonian Kemites. This organization gathered only Kemites, claiming the heritage of ancient Egypt and believing in the god Aten.
The organization, whose structure remained the same as that of the previous party, became radicalized and took the form of a quasi-military micro-community.
It was dissolved on July 28, 2006, by the then Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, becoming the first Black organization banned under the Fifth Republic.
That same year, he founded Generation Kemi Seba (GKS).
Following multiple convictions, he was tried on February 8, 2007, and sentenced to five months in prison, including three suspended, for incitement to racial hatred and violence. It was during his detention at Bois-d’Arcy prison (78) that he converted to Islam.
His message remained essentially the same, but evolved toward the concept of ethno-differentiation.
As his public appearances became increasingly difficult due to constant harassment by the police and intelligence services, Kemi Seba wrote the “Politik Street Show,” which he performed several times at the Théâtre de la Main d’Or in September 2007.
In 2008, the courts banned Generation Kemi Seba. He then founded a new party, of which he became secretary general: the MDI, Movement of the Damned of Imperialism.
It was open to all dissident activists — Black, White, and Arab. As both a strategy and a provocation, he announced his candidacy for the mayoralty of Sarcelles (95) with the slogan: “Sarcelles 2008, through the ballot box or through arms.”
In 2009, he was recruited by Malik Zulu Shabazz, former right-hand man of the late Khalid Abdul Muhammad, as spokesperson for the French branch of the New Black Panther Party.
In 2010, following the immobilization of the MDI and a house arrest order, Kemi Seba published a collection of poems, Ma’at Ikh-s Philosophie.
Despite being banned from leaving French territory, he decided to return permanently to Africa, to Senegal, where he has now lived for nearly three years.
That same year, he created a radio station: Afro Insolent. Very quickly, he was invited to numerous universities across West Africa to continue delivering his message and raising students’ awareness of revolutionary Pan-Africanism.
In April 2013, he published Supra-Négritude, an autobiographical account in which he develops his concept: self-determination, anti-victimization, and the virility of the people.
Highly appreciated on the continent, Kemi Seba has, since 2013, been a commentator on 2STV, a channel owned by Elhj Ndiaye, for the weekly political talk show Le Grand Rendez-Vous.
