DEFYING GRAVITY: The Gram Code of African Adam by Prof. Catherine Acholonu – Gnosis or Heresy?
Introduction
In the second quarter of 2011, FeelNubia’s founder sat down for an extraordinary interview with the late Professor Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, renowned author, researcher, and Director of the Catherine Acholonu Research Center (CARC) in Abuja. Widely regarded as a trailblazer in the study of Africa’s prehistory, ancient symbols, and lost civilizations, Professor Acholonu offered profound insights during a gripping 3-hour conversation that would challenge the very foundations of mainstream history.
As our editorial team sifted through the transcripts, a surprising dilemma emerged: Professor Acholonu wasn’t simply uncovering one groundbreaking theory—she was revealing many. From locating the physical Garden of Eden and the resting place of Noah’s Ark to deciphering ancient rock scripts in Nigeria and linking them to global civilizations, her work seemed to bridge the myths of antiquity with hard data. Could this all be true? Could one woman have rediscovered humanity’s forgotten blueprint?
Initial skepticism led to a temporary hold on publication. A special editorial board meeting was convened. It was there we uncovered that Professor Acholonu’s research wasn’t isolated or speculative—it spanned disciplines ranging from linguistics, anthropology, and archaeology to mysticism, astronomy, and even quantum physics. The evidence demanded deeper engagement.
Reading through her monumental trilogy—The Gram Code of African Adam (2005), They Lived Before Adam (2009, winner of the US International Book Awards in Multicultural Non-Fiction), and The Lost Testament of the Ancestors of Adam (2010)—one is struck by both the audacity and clarity of her insights. Could it all be this simple? And if so, how had it escaped mainstream academia for so long?
Professor Acholonu herself credits divine guidance for her revelations. A simple, heartfelt prayer for wisdom, she claims, set her on a path of spiritual and intellectual awakening. From assembling an international research team to accessing ancient libraries and interpreting undeciphered stone symbols, she followed what she believed were divinely inspired leads. Her spiritual journey included dream encounters, such as one in which she was handed a ‘Book of Books’ by an ancient matriarchal figure in the sacred Osun Groves. She traced symbolic scripts from Nigeria to Europe, linked them to Atlantis and pre-diluvian civilizations, and cited ancestral knowledge passed down from Africa’s first peoples—the so-called ‘dwarfs’ of the Niger Delta.
So, who was Catherine Acholonu? A prophetess, a polymath, or a pioneer centuries ahead of her time? As you read this series, we invite you to ask yourself not whether her claims are possible, but whether humanity is finally ready to embrace a new narrative, one that places Africa not at the margins of civilization, but at its center.
REST IN PEACE, PROFESSOR ACHOLONU
Professor Acholonu’s “THEY LIVED BEFORE ADAM”
