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[[Image:Kémi Séba 2007.jpeg|thumb|Capo Chichi in 2007.]]
'''Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi''' (born December 9, 1981), better known by his ''[[nom de guerre]]'' '''Kémi Séba''' ([[French language]] version of [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] for "black star"),<ref name="observateur">[http://hebdo.nouvelobs.com/hebdo/parution/p2295/articles/a386937-%C2%ABon_me_traite_de_nazi_noir%C2%BB.html ''«On me traite de nazi noir»''], ''[[Le Nouvel Observateur]]'', 30 October 2008.</ref> is a [[Black French]] activist and political leader.'' [[Jeune Afrique]]'' referred to him as "the French [[Louis Farrakhan|Farrakhan]]", linking him to the leader of the [[Nation of Islam]] in the United States (US).<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/LIN30076quiessianar0/Qui-est-le--Farrakhan-francais---.html ''Qui est le Farrakhan français ?''], ''[[Jeune Afrique]]'', 31 July 2006</ref> Since April 2010 he is the head of the [[francophone]] branch of the United States-based [[New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense]].

==Origin==
Capo Chichi was born in [[Strasbourg]] to [[immigrant]] parents from [[Benin]].<ref name="observateur"/><ref group="note">Another source says that Capo Chichi's parents were from [[Côte d'Ivoire]] and [[Haiti]]. Reiss, "Laugh Riots", ''The New Yorker'', 2007 (see below.)</ref> He joined the US-based [[Nation of Islam]] (NOI) as an eighteen-year-old, and later formulated his own ideology while visiting [[Egypt]] in his twenties.<ref name="granta">[http://www.granta.com/Magazine/101/The-Paris-Intifada/5 Andrew Hussey, "The Paris Intifada"], ''Granta'', vol. 104, subscribers only</ref> As a result of this process, he took the ''[[nom de guerre]]'' Kémi Séba and became the spokesperson of the fringe ''Parti Kémite'' ([[Kemet]] Party), which was founded in 2002 and inspired by [[Khalid Abdul Muhammad]].<ref>[[Stephen Smith (journalist)|Stephen Smith]] and Géraldine Faes, ''Noir et Français'', 2006</ref><ref name="antiblanc">[http://racismeantiblanc.bizland.com/noi/ch10.htm#kemitisme_khallid_muhammad "Kémi Séba, la Tribu KA et le kémitisme"], ''Le Racisme anti-blanc''</ref>

==Tribu KA==
In December 2004, Capo Chichi founded the [[Paris]]ian political group Tribu KA, which promotes black identity and has been accused of racism against Jews.<ref name=VISIT>{{cite news |title=Sarkozy visits Jewish neighborhood after threat from Black extremists |url=http://www.ejpress.org/article/8719 |publisher=European Jewish Press |date=2006-05-31 |accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref><ref name=DEMONSTRATION>{{cite news |title=Leader of Black anti-Semitic group arrested in France |url=http://www.ejpress.org/article/13918 |publisher=European Jewish Press |date=2007-02-09 |accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref> The group said it followed the ideology of the American NOI leader, [[Louis Farrakhan]].<ref name="independent">{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-youths-fight-police-and-attack-mayors-house-480432.html | work=The Independent | location=London | title=French youths fight police and attack mayor's house | first=John | last=Lichfield | date=2006-05-31 | accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref><ref name="bloomberg" /> They have also been described as proponents of a mix of [[Kemetism]] and [[René Guénon|Guénonian]] [[Islam]].<ref>[http://vho.org/aaargh/fran/livres9/Ka.pdf "Le ''Weltanschauung'' de la Tribu Ka], Stéphane François, Damien Guillame, and Emmanuel Kreis</ref> The group's name is an abbreviation for 'The [[Aten]]ian Tribe of Kemet'.<ref name="antiblanc"/>

In a May 2006 demonstration, 20 or more Tribu Ka members marched along the [[Rue des Rosiers]] (in the [[Le Marais|Marais]], a Jewish neighborhood).<ref name="independent" /><ref name="bloomberg">[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a8FS0aq0N1Nc&refer=europe Helene Fouquet, "Riots in Paris Suburbs Spark Fear of Violent Wave"], Bloomberg, 30 May 2006, accessed 4 Dec 2010</ref><ref name="nyer">[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/19/071119fa_fact_reiss/?currentPage=all Tom Reiss, Letter from Paris: "Laugh Riots: The French star who became a demagogue"], ''The New Yorker'', 19 Nov 2007, accessed 4 Dec 2010</ref> Interior Minister [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] sent a letter to Justice Minister [[Pascal Clément]] saying Tribu Ka could be indicted for racist incitement; [[SOS Racisme]] and the [[Union des étudiants juifs de France]] also called for Tribu Ka to be banned; and Clément opened an investigation.<ref name=VISIT/> The Ministry of Interior dissolved Tribu Ka on July 26, 2006, but it reformed in [[Sarcelles]] under the name ''Génération Kémi Séba''.<ref name=CONVICTION>[http://www.jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=6945&ref=daily_briefing French gang leader sentenced] {{Dead link|date=August 2008}} [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]</ref><ref name=VISIT/><ref name=DEMONSTRATION/> During the trial of Youssouf Fofana, the leader of the ethnic gang ''Les Barbares'' that murdered [[Ilan Halimi]], Capo Chichi had sent an intimidating e-mail message to various Jewish associations.<ref name="antiblanc"/>

==Imprisonment==
Capo Chichi was arrested in September 2006 for allegedly antisemitic posts on his website, and again in February 2007 after he called a public official "[[Zionist]] scum." After the initial court hearing in 2006, supporters chanted, "The judge is a Zionist, the client is a Zionist, the decision will be Zionist." In February 2007, a French court near [[Paris]] sentenced Capo Chichi, the self-described "militant defender of the dignity of French citizens," to five months imprisonment for criminal contempt of the law.<ref name=CONVICTION/><ref name=SEPTARREST>{{cite news |title=Anti-Semitic black power leader in French court |url=http://www.ejpress.org/article/10874 |publisher=European Jewish Press |date=2006-09-19 |accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref> In April 2008, a Parisian court verdict determined ''Génération Kémi Séba'' was the reconstitution of the dissolved group Tribu Ka, and sentenced Capo Chichi to a one-year prison sentence with suspension.<ref>[http://web.iquebec.com/actu/france/245279 Tribu Ka: un an de prison avec sursis pour reconstitution de ligue dissoute]</ref>

In June 2009, [[Brice Hortefeux]], Minister of the Interior, ordered the dissolution of the group ''Jeunesse Kémi Séba'', founded to replace ''Génération Kémi Séba''.<ref>[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/misill/sections/a_la_une/toute_l_actualite/securite-interieure/dissolution-jeunesse-kemi-seba/view "Dissolution du groupuscule 'Jeunesse Kemi Seba'"]</ref><ref>[http://www.antisemitism.org.il/eng/struggle/41606/France-Dissolutionof%22%22Jeunesse%27K%C3%A9miS%C3%A9ba%22%28%22%27K%C3%A9miS%C3%A9baYouth%22%29 France - Dissolution of ""Jeunesse 'Kémi Séba" ("'Kémi Séba Youth")], The Coordinating Forum for Countering Anti-Semitism</ref>

==MDI==
After his release from prison in July 2008, Capo Chichi announced that he had converted to [[Islam]].<ref>[http://www.seba-wsr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=29 Kémi Séba Musulman!!!] Official website of Kémi Séba</ref> In March 2009, he became the secretary general of ''Mouvement des damnés de l'impérialisme'' (MDI, "Movement of Those Damned By Imperialism"). MDI retains close ties with the Shia paramilitary Lebanese-based group [[Hezbollah]] in their anti-Zionist campaigns.<ref>[http://www.mdi2008.com/le-mdi-avec-le-hezbollah-contre-le-sionisme-2/ Le MDI avec le Hezbollah contre le Sionism] Official website of MDI</ref> In June 2009, MDI announced that [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] [[Serge Thion]] had joined the movement.<ref>[http://www.mdi2008.com/serge-thion-rejoint-le-mdi/ Serge Thion rejoint le MDI] Official website of MDI</ref>

==New Black Panther Party==
In April 2010, [[Malik Zulu Shabazz]], leader of the US-based New Black Panther Party (NBPP), appointed Capo Chichi the party's representative in France and gave him the ''nom de guerre'' Kemiour Aarim [[Tribe of Shabazz|Shabazz]].<ref>[http://www.mdi2008.com/kemi-seba-nomme-par-le-new-black-panther-party-base-a-washington-ministre-francophone/ Kemi Seba nommé par le New Black Panther Party, basé à Washington, Ministre francophone] Official website of MDI</ref> In July 2010, Capo Chichi left his position as the president of MDI but continued as the head of the francophone branch of NBPP.<ref>[http://www.mdi2008.com/interview-dhery-djehuty-sechat-nouveau-president-du-mdi/ Interview d’Hery Djehuty Sechat, nouveau Président du MDI] Official website of MDI</ref>

By 2011, Capo Chichi left France and settled in [[Senegal]]. In March 2011, it was announced that Capo Chichi was named the spokesman for Amadou Lamine Faye, the minister-counsellor in charge of [[Pan-Africanism]] under president [[Abdoulaye Wade]]. However, such nomination was later refuted.<ref>[http://www.streetpress.com/sujet/4650-au-senegal-un-conseiller-de-wade-embauche-kemi-seba-avant-de-l-accuser-de-s-etre-servi-de-lui Au Sénégal, un conseiller de Wade embauche Kémi Séba avant-de l'accuser de s'être servi de lui]</ref>

==Connection with Dieudonné ==
[[Dieudonné M'bala M'bala]], commonly known as Dieudonné, has become a controversial French comedian. For six years, he satirized numerous groups with his childhood Jewish friend and stage partner Elie Semoun. Since 2002, Dieudonné has often been accused of anti-Semitism and has appeared to move to the right politically, appearing with [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] of the French [[National Front (France)|National Front]], for instance.<ref name="nyer" /> In 2006 Dieudonné allowed Kemi Séba to use his ''Theatre La Main d'Or'', to hold meetings in which he "reportedly praised Hitler's ideas on race."<ref name="nyer" /> Dieudonné's office issued a statement noting his ideological distance from Séba, but he later that year allowed Séba to stage a show (titled ''Sarkophobia'') in his theater.<ref name="nyer" />

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.seba-wsr.com/ |title=Site Web officiel de Kémi SEBA - Accueil |accessdate=2008-08-05 |language=[[French language|French]]}}

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