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spiritual and intellectual curiosity. In 1919, having declared that "we now will be known as Jews," he was circumcised along with his first son, whom he called Yuda. His second son was subsequently circumcised on the eighth day, in the Jewish fashion, and he was named Nimrod. In 1922, Kakungulu published a 90-page book, which was essentially a guide to Judaism. He died a Jew (albeit one with a residual belief in Jesus) and his followers in Mbale, who are known as the
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2010 a small community of Malagasies began practicing normative Judaism, and three separate communities formed, each embracing a different version of Jewish spiritual practice. In May 2016, 121 members of the Malagasy Jewish community were converted in accordance with traditional Jewish rituals; appearing before a
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ethnic group. Certain Nigerian communities with Judaic practices have been receiving help from individual Israelis and American Jews who work in Nigeria with outreach organizations like Kulanu. The number of Igbos in Nigeria who identify as Jews has been estimated to number around 4,000 (2016), along
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We know little more about the presence of Jews in modern times in the territories of today's Sudan, and what is known is that in the 20th and 19th centuries a permanent Jewish community was founded, which at its peak totaled approximately one thousand Jews, and that Jewish community was closed in the
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Theories suggesting Israelite origins particularly of the Masai abounded in the nineteenth century and were gradually absorbed into religious and societal practices throughout the area. The chief proponent of Masai Israelite origins was a German officer Moritz Merkel whose detailed research is still
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exiled about 2,000 Jewish children under the age of ten, to São Tomé and Príncipe around 1500. Most died, but in the early 17th century "the local bishop noted with disgust that there were still Jewish observances on the island and returned to Portugal because of his frustration with them." Although
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The Beit Avraham have traditionally been on the lower rungs of Ethiopian social life. They have held occupations which are similar to those which have been held by the Beta Israel, such as crafts. Recently, the Beit Avraham community has attempted to reach out to the worldwide Jewish community. They
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discussing issues related to the people date back hundreds of years. With this endorsement, in later decades, tens of thousands of Beta Israel Jews were air-lifted to Israel. Significant immigration to Israel continues into the 21st century, producing an Ethiopian Jewish community of around 81,000
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For centuries, it was believed that Jews inhabited the central portions of Africa. Some Africans were keen to adopt Judaism in recent times. One of these was Samei Kakungulu, one of the most remarkable Ugandans of his generation, a brilliant military strategist and a man who had a great amount of
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In early modern times it was widely believed that Israelites had settled in Madagascar. Works by the French scholar Alfred Grandidier and Augustus Keane, the British professor of Hindustani at University College, London provided what they saw as conclusive proof of these ancient connections. In
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Rabbi Oriel claims that in 1920 there were 400,000 'Israelites' in Cameroon, but by 1962 the number had decreased to 167,000 due to conversions to Christianity and Islam. He said that although these tribes had not been accepted halachically, he believes that he can prove their Jewish status from
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insist on maintaining their separate and distinct form of Judaism, as it had been practiced in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Many of the Ethiopian Jewish youth who have immigrated to Israel or been born there have assimilated either to the dominant form of Orthodox Judaism, or to a secular lifestyle.
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texts among the city's historical records. He has also researched his own past and discovered that he is descended from the Moroccan Jewish traders of the Abana family. As he interviewed elders in the villages of his relatives, he has discovered that knowledge of the family's
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of Ethiopia consists of some 50,000 members. This community also claims to have a Jewish heritage. Several scholars think that they broke off from the Beta Israel community several centuries ago, hid their Jewish customs, and outwardly adopted Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
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Over time, due to their community's isolation from those in Europe and the Middle East, the practices of the Beta Israel developed to differ significantly from those of other forms of Judaism. In Ethiopia, the Beta Israel community was for the most part isolated from the
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has two synagogues, each with a population of about 40-70 congregants. In addition, large groups of indigenous peoples referred to as Danites claim descent from the lost tribe of Dan and many from this ethnic group have shown interest in Judaic practices.
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From the eighteenth century on what is now Ghana was a favorite locus for theories positing Israelite origins for various ethnic groups in the area. These theories were widespread and were taken up by powerful people in the twentieth century. The
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The historical presence of Jewish communities in Africa is well-attested to. Today, the descendants of these Jews live in nations such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and many other areas. According to the 17th century
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analyses in the 2000s have established a partially Middle-Eastern origin for a portion of the male Lemba population. More recent research argues that DNA studies do not support claims of a specifically Jewish genetic heritage.
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Other sources stated that other Jewish communities in the region developed from people who migrated from Morocco and Egypt; others later came from Portugal. Some communities were said to have been populated by certain
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way of life and the Jewish people, in conformity with practices which are followed by adherents of Orthodox Rabbinical Judaism. He did not demand the normal formal requirements that the halacha imposes on potential
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came to power in the previously tolerant region of Timbuktu and decreed that Jews must convert to Islam or leave; Judaism became illegal in Songhai, as it did in Catholic Spain that same year. As the historian
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meaning "He comes from Yemen". According to an isolated local legend, Zuwa Alyaman was a member of one of the Jewish communities transported from Yemen by Abyssinians in the 6th century CE after the defeat of
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Jewish practices faded over subsequent centuries, there are people in São Tomé and Príncipe who are aware of partial descent from this population. Similarly, a number of Portuguese ethnic Jews were exiled to
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The Zimbabwe Jewish community was mainly of British citizenship, whose arrival coincides with the first white colonists in the 1890s. At its peak in the early 1970s, it numbered some 7500 people (80%
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as Ankole. Though they have been Christians for centuries, they assert they are descendants of Hebrews who arrived in the Horn of Africa long before the arrival of Somali nomads. Some say that
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At the present time, the existence of Israelite associations is mainly attributed to the Igbo, many of whom claim Israelite origins. Most of the Jews of Nigeria can be found among the
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which their geographic neighbours speak and they also bear a physical resemblance to their geographic neighbors, but some of their religious practices and beliefs are similar to
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with 70 synagogues. Many have converted from Christianity. Other sources give a higher estimate, claiming that some 30,000 Igbos were practicing some form of Judaism in 2008.
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Because they do not have any reliable proof of Jewish ancestry, Israeli religious authorities and other religious Jewish communities require them to complete a formal
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after forced conversions to Roman Catholicism. From São Tomé and by other means groups of Jews settled down the west coast of Africa, as far south as Loango.
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Spurdle, AB; Jenkins, T (November 1996), "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern Africa: evidence from p12F2 and other Y-chromosome markers.",
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in northeastern Mali and were formerly herders for Tuareg nobles. In addition, some migrated into the area away from the Muslim rule of North Africa.
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in Tunisia. Since 1948 and the war to establish Israel, which aroused hostility in Muslim lands, most other North African Jews emigrated to Israel.
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The Kehath family converted with the rest of the non-Muslim population. The Cohens, descended from the Moroccan Islamicized Jewish trader El-Hadj
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Due to certain aspects of Orthodox Jewish marital laws, Rabbi Yosef ruled that upon their arrival in Israel, the Beta Israel had to undergo a
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described a community called the Bani Israel; in 1402, it lived in Tindirma, possessed 333 wells, and had seven princes as well as an army.
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Browne-Davies, Nigel, 'Jewish Merchants in Sierra Leone, 1831‐1934,' Journal of Sierra Leone Studies, Volume 6, Edition 2, pp 3-110, URL:
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They are a community which is in transition. Some of the kessim accept the rabbinic/Talmudic tradition that is practiced by non-Ethiopian
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practices and beliefs. According to Parfitt, the Lemba claim that they once had a book which described their traditions but it was lost.
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Kannan K. Nair: Origins and Development of Efik Settlements in Southeastern Nigeria. 1Ohio University, Center for International, 1975.
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Communities have been forming in Côte d'Ivoire in recent years and have been slowly growing throughout the region. The capital city of
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Israel, Jonathan I. "Piracy, Trade and Religion: The Jewish Role in the Rise of the Muslim Corsair Republic of Saleh (1624–1666)" in
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Various relatively modern groups throughout Africa, most of whom claim some form of a Judaic or Israelite identity, and/or ancestry.
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In 2003, the Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation Synagogue burned down; this was followed by several letters justifying the fire based on
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Additional communities have emerged in Kasuku near the western part of the country after splitting off from Messianic movements.
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Parfitt, Tudor (2002) The Lost Tribes of Israel: the History of a Myth. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson pp.190-1. Parfitt, Tudor
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The Gefat people (locally known by the pejorative "Fuga") are a southern Ethiopian tribe which is descended from Beta Israel.
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in 1988, and he was then apparently ordained as a rabbi by the Sephardic Chief Rabbi and appointed rabbi to Nigerian Jews.
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Jewish communities in other parts of the world. In that sense, the Beta Israel had a tradition analogous to that of the
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Another such community was that of the Zuwa ruler of Koukiya (located at the Niger River). His name was known only as
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a Bantu term for a "non-African" or a "respected foreigner". In Zimbabwe and South Africa, the people prefer the name
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immigrants, who with their 39,000 children who were born in Israel itself, numbered around 120,000 by early 2009.
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Israel, Jonathan I. "Tangiers, Sephardic Jewry and English Imperial Ambitions in the Maghreb (1661–1684)" in
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in use today. Of the many Judaic manifestations in the religious sphere is a small emergent community in
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became home to significant Jewish communities. These communities were later incorporated into the Ottoman
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Hybrid Hate: Conflations of Anti-Black Racism and Anti-Semitism from the Renaissance to the Third Reich
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Hybrid Hate: Conflations of Anti-Black Racism and Anti-Semitism from the Renaissance to the Third Reich
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and Jews, fleeing persecution in Spain, migrated south to the Timbuktu area, at that time part of the
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Genetics, Mass Media, and Identity: A Case Study of the Genetic Research on the Lemba and Bene Israel
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in the Middle Ages. The modern population of Berber Jews in Africa now numbers about 8,000 people in
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in West Africa, who existed before the introduction of Islam to the region during the 14th century.
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traveled to Timbuktu several times as a not-too-successful trader in ostrich feathers and ivory.
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The Forgotten Diaspora: Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World
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The Forgotten Diaspora: Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World
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Diasporas within a Diaspora: Jews, Crypto-Jews, and the World of Maritime Empires (1540–1740)
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Diasporas within a Diaspora: Jews, Crypto-Jews, and the World of Maritime Empires (1540–1740)
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Diasporas within a Diaspora: Jews, Crypto-Jews, and the World of Maritime Empires (1540–1740)
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tribe. With the defeat of the Berber rebellion, none of the Jewish communities was initially
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although at times at variance with the practices and teachings of other Jewish communities.
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convert to Christianity - mentions a mysterious small village of African Jews southwest of
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In 1975, the Israeli religious authorities and the Israeli government both recognized the
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Of the seventh-century immigrants, some of them moved inland and proselytized among the
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Historical communities which no longer exist in Africa due to assimilation, such as the
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One significant difference is the fact that the Beta Israel lacked the festivals of
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Genomics and Society: Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Socioeconomic Implications
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In many instances, their religious elders, or their priestly class, known as
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or Iddao Ishaak ("children of Isaac"). They speak a language related to
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long before the arrival of Somali nomads. These individuals assert that
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Pictorial History of the Jewish People. New York: Crown, 1953. 225–227.
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Rabbi Yisrael Oriel, formerly Bodol Ngimbus-Ngimbus, was born into the
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before the rise of Islam in the second half of the eleventh century.
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Journey to the Vanished City: the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel.
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Parfitt, Tudor. (2002), "The Lemba: An African Judaising Tribe", in
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fled from the persecution which was occurring under the rule of the
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in a way which is similar to the way in which it is interpreted by
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Wars of the Jews: A Military History from Biblical to Modern Times
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have converted to Judaism since 1917, influenced by the American
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conquests of North Africa in the 680s and 690s, was a Jew of the
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and migrated to North Africa, where they made their homes in the
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van Warmelo, N.J. (1966). "Zur Sprache und Herkunft der Lemba".
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DNA and Tradition – Hc: The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews
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which claims Israelite descent and is partially descended from
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Parfitt has suggested that the name "Lemba" may originate in
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ISSAJ – International Society for the Study of African Jewry
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Community and Conscience: the Jews in Apartheid South Africa
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Hirschberg, Haim Z. "The Problem of the Judaized Berbers,"
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which are worn by some Bantu men, or it may originate from
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has been preserved, in secret, out of fear of persecution.
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Himla Soodyall; Jennifer G. R Kromberg (29 October 2015).
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who believe that they are the descendants of the ancient
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Site about travels Amongst Nigeria's and Uganda's Jews
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Judaising Movements: Studies in the Margins of Judaism
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page, which treats the Igbo question more extensively.
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Kenyan political exile finds Jewish home, soul in S.F.
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The Black Jews of Africa: History, Religion, Identity
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The most ancient communities of African Jews are the
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Index

Jews in Africa

Jewish population
a series
Jews
Judaism
Etymology
Who is a Jew?
Religion
God in Judaism
names
Principles of faith
Mitzvot
613
Halakha
Shabbat
Holidays
Prayer
Tzedakah
Land of Israel
Brit
Bar and bat mitzvah
Marriage
Bereavement
Baal teshuva
Philosophy
Ethics
Kabbalah
Customs
Rites

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