Che black African tribes claim Jewish ancestry and observe Semitic traditions such as dietary rules similar to kosherouth, Jewish ritual slaughter and circumcision rites. She pronounces against mixed marriages and keeps names of Seman-sounding clans. Tudor Parfitt, director of the documentary Les Juifs de Tombouctou (Mali), met the tribal and religious leaders of the Lemba.
“We believe that most of the Black African descendants are in fact ancient Hebrews and that most of the Blacks are the descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel. We believe that the true religion of the African descendants is Judaism and not Islam, as Islam is a revelation for the descendants of Ishmael. ”Writes Solomon Guwazah of the community of Rusape in Zimbabwe, in a letter to the African Sun. This community concentrated in Rusape, Zimbabwe, has an unusual history. She claims spiritually, if not genetically, her descent "from one of the twelve tribes of Israel." It also traces its origins back to 1903, following a meeting between a former American slave named William Saunders Crowdy who was also a former deacon of Baptist Protestants and a religious man named Albert Christian.
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Black Jews: Black Jews in Africa and the Myth of the Lost Tribes
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Release Date | 2014-08-27T00:00:01Z |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 320 |
Publication Date | 2014-08-27T00:00:01Z |