▁referred ▁to ▁themselves ▁as ▁" Black " ▁people ▁or ▁km t , ▁and ▁km ▁was ▁the ▁et ym ological ▁root ▁of ▁other ▁words , ▁such ▁as ▁Kam ▁or ▁Ham , ▁which ▁refer ▁to ▁Black ▁people ▁in ▁Heb rew ▁tradition . ▁A ▁review ▁of ▁David ▁Golden berg ' s ▁The ▁Cur se ▁of ▁Ham : ▁Race ▁and ▁S la very ▁in ▁Early ▁J uda ism , ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁Islam ▁states ▁that ▁Golden berg ▁" arg ues ▁persu as ively ▁that ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁name ▁Ham ▁be ars ▁no ▁relationship ▁at ▁all ▁to ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁black ness ▁and ▁as ▁of ▁now ▁is ▁of ▁unknown ▁et ym ology ". ▁Di op , ▁William ▁Leo ▁Hans berry , ▁and ▁Ab ou b ac ry ▁M ous sa ▁Lam ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁km t ▁was ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁skin ▁color ▁of ▁the ▁N ile ▁valley ▁people , ▁which ▁Di op ▁claimed ▁was ▁black . ▁The ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁had ▁black ▁skin ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁corner stone ▁of ▁Af ro cent ric ▁histor i ography . ▁ ▁Main stream ▁sch ol ars ▁hold ▁that ▁km t ▁means ▁" the ▁black ▁land " ▁or ▁" the ▁black ▁place ", ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁fert ile ▁black ▁soil ▁that ▁was ▁was hed ▁down ▁from ▁Central ▁Africa ▁by ▁the ▁annual ▁N ile ▁in und ation . ▁By ▁contrast ▁the ▁bar ren ▁desert ▁outside ▁the ▁narrow ▁conf ines ▁of ▁the ▁N ile ▁water course ▁was ▁called ▁d š rt ▁( con vention ally