The Black Jews Of Africa Pt.2
Jews Of Nigeria, Senegal and Congo
Moreover,with Israel coming under Greek, Persian and later Roman rule and dependency, renewed waves of Jewish refugees including traders and artisans began to set up more communities in Egypt, Cyrenaica, Nubia and the Punic Empire, notably in Carthage. From Carthage they began to scatter into various historically established, as well as newly emerging Jewish communities south of the Atlas mountains nearer to the modern day Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon and Congo. Several Jewish nomadic groups also moved across the Sahara from Nubia and the ancient kingdom of Kush towards west Africa.
Various East and West African ethinic nations lay verifiable claim to their Jewish ancestral heritage. The Falashas, the most famous of those Black Jews have been validated. Close to three hundred thousand of those black Falasha Jews live in the modern State of Isreal as practising Jews.
The Lembas of South Africa, another so-called Bantu tribe have a cogent and valid claim to Jewish ancestory and heritage backed by solid genetic evidence i.e. the prevalence of the so-called Cohen modal J haplogroup. The Lembas as a group are indistinguishable from their Bantu neighbours suggestiing that most Bantus groups possess this archetypal Jewish genetic haplogroup. It implies that there are potentially more bloodline Jews on the continent of Africa than anywhere else including modern Europe and Israel.
The names of old Jewish communities south of the Atlas mountains (around the regions of modern Niger, Nigeria), many of which existed well into Renaissance times, can be found in documents in synagogue archives in Cairo. See “George E. Lichtblau”
Jewish and Islamic chronicles cite the existence of Jewish rulers of certain Jewish tribal groups and clans (self identifying as Jewish) scattered throughout Mauritania, Senegal, the Western Sudan, Nigeria, and Ghana. See Ismael Diadie Haidara, “Les Juifs a` Timbouctou”, Recueil de sources relatives au commerce juif a Timbouctou au XIXe siecle, Editions Donniya, Bamako, 1999.
According to the Tarikh es Soudan recorded by Abderrahman ben Abdallah es-Sadi (translated by O.Houdas) a Jewish community was formed by a group of Egyptian Jews, who had travelled to the West Africa through Chad. See also: al-Kati M., “Tarikh al-Fattash, 1600″.
Another such community was located near the Niger River by the name of Koukiya led by a ruler known as Dia or Dji, a shortened form of “Dia min al Yaman” or Diallaiman (meaning he who comes from Yemen). According to local traditions, Diallaiman was a member of one of the Ethiopian-Jewish colonies transplanted from Yemen to Ethiopian-Abbysinia in the 6th century C.E. Dialliaman is said to have moved to West Africa along with his brother. They set up the Jewish community in Northern Nigeria which later merged with the famous 7 Hausa States. See Meek C.K., “Northern Nigeria Tribes” Volume 1, Oxford, p.66.
A 9th century Jewish traveller Eldad ben-Mahli (also known as Eldad the Danite) related accounts about the location of some of the lost tribes of the House of Israel. According to this account, the tribe of Dan had migrated from Palestine so as not to take part in the internecine civil wars at the time of Yeroboam’s succession. It was reported that this section was residing in the land of Havila beyond the waters of Ethiopia where there was much gold i.e. West Africa.
It was further reported that three other tribes had joined the tribe of Dan namely Naphtali, Gad, Asher. Those joined up with Dan in the land of Havila in the times of Sennacherib. They had an entire body of scriptures barring Esther and Lamentations. They neither used the Talmud nor the Mishna, but they had a Talmud of their own in which all the laws were cited in the name of Joshua the son of Nun. See Nahum Slouschz, “Travels in North Africa” Philadelphia 1927, p.227.
Ibn Khaldun, who lived in the 13th century, a respected authority on Berber history testified about the Black Jews of Western Sudan with whom he personally interacted. The famous muslim geographer al-Idrisi, born in Ceuta, Spain in the 12th century, wrote extensively about Jewish Negroes in the Western Sudan.
Black Jews were fully integrated and achieved pre-eminence in many West African kingdoms. For instance Jews were believed to have settled in great West African empires such as Songhai, Mali, Ghana and Kanem-Bornu empires. According to numerous accounts of contemporary visitors to the region several rulers, and administrators of the Songhai empire were of Jewish origins until Askia Muhammad came to power in 1492 and decreed that all Jews either convert to Islam or leave the region. See Ismael Diadie Haidara, “Les Juifs a` Timbouctou”, Recueil de sources relatives au commerce juif a Timbouctou au XIXe siecle, Editions Donniya, Bamako, 1999.
The 16th century historian and traveler Leon Africanus, was a Hebrew-speaking Jewish convert to Islam, raised in a Jewish household by Jewish parents of Moroccan descent. Leon Africanus travelled extensively in Africa south of the Sahara where he encountered innumerable Black African Jewish communities. Leon later converted to Catholicism but remained interested in Jewish communities he encountered throughout his travels in West Africa. See Leo Africanus (al-Hassan b. al -Wazzan al-Zayyati), Della discrittione dell’Africa per Giovanni Leoni Africano, Settima Parte, in G.B. Ramusio, Delle navigationi e viaggi. Venice 1550, I, ff.78-81r.
Additional evidence is provided by surviving oral traditions of numerous African ethnic groups, including links to biblical ancestors, names of localities, and ceremonies with affinities to Jewish ritual practices. Moreover, the writings of several modern West African historians indicate that the memories of Jewish roots historical in West Africa continue to survive.
For instance, there are a number of historical records of small Jewish kingdoms and tribal groups known as Beni Israel that were part of the Wolof and Mandinge communities. These existed in Senegal from the early Middle Ages up to the 18th century, when they were forced to convert to Islam. Some of these claimed to be descendants of the tribe of Dan, the traditional tribe of Jewish gold and metal artisans, who are also said to have built the “Golden Calf”.
Black Jews are said to have formed the roots of a powerful craft tradition among the still-renowned Senegalese goldsmiths, jewelers and other metal artisans. The name of an old Senegalese province called “Juddala” is said to attest to the notable impact Jews made in this part of the world. In addition to the Jewish tribal groups in Senegal who claim to be descendants of the tribe of Dan, the Ethiopian Jews also trace their ancestry to the tribe of Dan.
Additionally, Mr. Bubu Hama, a former president of the National Assembly in Niger and a prolific writer on African history has argued in many treatise as well as lecture tours that the Tuaregs had a Jewish queen in early medieval times, and that some Jewish Tuareg clans had preserved their adherence to that faith, in defiance of both Islamic and Christian missionary pressure, until the 18th century. In several of his books Hama cites the genealogies of Jewish rulers of the Tuareg and Hausa kingdoms. See “Lichtblau”.
Some accounts place some West African Jewish community in the Ondo forest of Nigeria, south of Timbouctou. This community maintained a Torah Scroll as late as 1930s, written in Aramaic that had been burnt into parchment with a hot iron instead of ink so it could not be changed. See Gonen Rivaka, “The Quest for the Ten Lost tribes of israel: To the Ends of the Earth”, Jason Aronson Inc., Northville, NJ., 2002 at pages 180-181.
The Igbos of Nigeria, one of the bigger nations that comprise Nigeria lay a strong claim to Jewish ancestry as borne out by their mores, laws, rituals and idioms which have a heavily accented old testament Hebrew flavour.See Ilona R, “The Ibos: Jews of Nigeria,” volume 1, Research Findings Historical Links, Commentaries, Narratives,” 2004, Mega Press Limited, Abuja, Nigeria
Some of the established Jewish communities existed in such still renowned places as Gao, Timbuktu Bamako, Agadez, and Kano. In Timbucktu, the UNESCO still maintains notable archives containing records of the old Jewish community of Mali and the Hausa states of Nigeria.
Jide Uwechia
Aug 15, 2007
I was wondering whether all these Jews that were in Africa were black or white.
they were black when the ran into africa in 70 AD to escape roman persecution and slavery they went to west africa before titus killed them
Dieu avait promis à Abraham une déscendance multiple. C’est la vérité. Et le peuple juif est aujourd’hui fondue dans les nations… Dans toutes les nations. En particulier le peuple Bantus est une déscendance directe du peuple juif…ou plutôt qu’il est l’amant de ce peuple et sa langue une dérivée de la langue bantu…
Keep up the good work on the research on Igbo origin. Even though I am not Igbo, I am convinced of this fact and working towards promotion of this legacy. I am ur partner in progress. Thanx
Yah man bless thank you so much,as a christian I am seecking to know my people sa a Gospel artis I want to help my people Isreal last tribe am a confrence speacker I want to learn more Bless
I want to say there is something about the IGBOS, that needs more research, they have many things in common with Isrealites. 1. some tradiction, 2. some name, eg. A state in the east is called ABIA. Names like ADA. etc. you are doing fine carry on.
We should let the past be and look forward, fine we’re Isrealites yet we’ve got some of our brothers abroad who dont think it’s neccessary goimg back, and how is the present day Isrealy govt working to know if we are, and even if we truely are, it’s written that we came from Egypt and so we may be among the sturbon ones in the bible that GOD will not take back to Isreal. all the same praise HIM from where ever you find your self. Shalom
I thank you for your research and boldness to bring out the truth of our heritage, as i am seeking the TRUTH.
i am an igbo, a musician & and a rastafarian student of Afrikology.Afrikans are the first people in creation. You don’t have to be Jewish to claim specialness cos every African is a reflection of the creator.The word jew is a western construct, and the so called caucasian jews are imposters. Mind you, the letter “J” didn’t exist till 1603AD.
The original Hebrews are Black Afrikans, Amos 9:7, Revelation 2:9.
Iran turned up the heat this week on still-simmering concerns about its
atomic aspirations. It crowed that its 1,000-megawatt Bushehr nuclear
power plant would be “online” as early as this spring, putting in place
another important building block of its nuclear program. That sort of
news can’t help but rattle the steadiest of nerves, no matter what the
US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program
said about the current state of affairs. Seemingly not swayed one iota by
the NIE’s conclusions, you have to wonder if Israel – the country most
threatened by an Iranian nuclear weapons breakout – might take matters
into its own hands. It has done so twice before – and the time may be
here again. In a 1981 dawn raid lasting less than 90 seconds, Israeli
Defense Force fighters attacked the nearly completed 40-megawatt Iraqi
Osirak nuclear-reactor complex, setting back Saddam’s ability to produce
fissile material for nukes. And again last September, the IDF allegedly
struck a nascent Syrian nuclear program, which possibly was benefiting
from outside help, in a preventive air strike that may have also been
meant as a warning to Iran of unpleasant things to come. But why strike
now? Well, within about a year of Bushehr becoming operational, some
of its spent nuclear fuel could be stripped of enough plutonium to
produce a handful of nuclear weapons if the rods aren’t returned to their
owner/provider, Russia. Because the production of fissile material is the
long pole in the nuclear-weapons tent, the diversion of material at
Bushehr is potentially as big a problem as the 3,000 centrifuges that
Iran has whirring at supersonic speeds, enriching uranium. Attacking
Bushehr – like Osirak – before it comes online would not only stop it from
being used to produce bomb material, but would also prevent radiation
from the reactor being spewed into the atmosphere after a strike. Also
possibly spurring Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to put the IDF into
action is other recent news: Iran is reportedly buying the highly
capable Russian S-300 air-defense system to bolster the Tor-M1 surface-air
missile systems Moscow supplied last year. The Iranians purchased the
Tor-M1 to prevent a modern-day Iranian version of Israel’s successful
Osirak strike. The lethal S-300s – likely a response to the Syrian strike
- will enhance Iran’s ability to protect its nuclear sites scattered
around the country. A strike would bring Iranian retaliation, including
terrorist attacks by Tehran’s allies, such as Hezbollah, as well as
missile strikes against large Israeli cities. By association, US interests
could come into Iran’s crosshairs. The new year will likely bring more
unwelcome news about Iran’s nuclear program as it cascades toward a
weapons option. It will also be a fateful year for Israel, one that may
require action – no matter what the latest NIE says.
US considering international force in West Bank.
Israel will have to strike Iran’s nuclear program on it’s own soon because they have set themselves against Israel and take counsel against the Lord and His anointed.
In this historically prophetic time [ 70th week of Daniel ] the military option is growing more likely with time. Jesus spoke of this time and the prophet Jeremiah refers to this integral of time as “Jacob’s Trouble”.
Ibibio of South south nigeria ,by far,retains uncomprmised Jewish traits in language and beliefs.
The Igbos are not Jews. The Jews in Rusia haves Jewish names over generations. Igbo mans’ identity is unquestionable. We are Igbos -
enterprising as well as a white man, an Indian, the Japanese, the Chinese. The equation with the Jews most come from our brutal impoverished “Nze” culture which undermine collective empowerment. Igbo children are hugely uneducated against the Jewish children. The Igbos are poor in spirit,the Jews encourage collectivism. Please the Igbos are not Jews and I hope in the nest few years we wont be claiming the Igbos came from China.
I am certain that the Afro-American descendants of the Southern Confedrate Slave states are Jewish. This is good for Afican-Americans to learn the truth about where they came from and what the inheritance is. God created male and female, Jew and Gentile none other. i.e. Catholic etc… The decsendants of the American Slave need to wake up to who they are and stop falling what they were told they are.
I am from west africa, Liberia. Some tribes in Liberia claimed some Jewish links too. What can you tell me about this.
What is known of Jewish slaves transported to the Americas in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Is there anthing known of the Ports from which they were transported?
Thank you,
Ruth
while we are on the subject, it’s time for the daughters of Moab to be reveled to those in need of them. Do you know of what I speak.
The Jews of Eastern Europe i.e. Russia, Germany, Poland, etc are the result of the Edomites migrating to the Khazarian empire after the King of Khazar converted to Judaism. Thus, changing the national religion of the Khazarians to Judaism.
FYI, read Arthur Koestler’s Thirteenth Tribe. He and his wife were murdered after the release of this book.
Also, read carefully the book of Deuteronomy chapter 28 (speficially the curses) for clues on how to identify the children of Israel.
Iam hausa ttribe but we not jews.
We are hausa thenwe are muslim these who came to us died several year iam saying about jews we now we are muslim
Iam hausa tribe i believe all those jews who came first .They came to teach us aboute islamic ,but is not .They got islamic students,is not quite long,they married four women and several women slave.
It not quite long last two hundren there were jew in Hausa land not they were doing teaching us on how to majic in islamic, the evidence theire simbole.
HELLO, WE READ HE ABOVE ARTCLE ABOUT US, WE ARE REALLY HAUSAS FROM NIGERIA, WHAT EVIDENCE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WE BEEN JEWS TO CONVINCE US, BECAUSE WE TELLUR PARENT THEY REFUSE TO AGREE
we agrreed tha jew has cme to nigeria how sure you ae that every hausa get the blod of jewsin his body, please yur reply will be convinced
Hey this AUWAL KHALID,i just want to ask how do in particular u will make me to agree that all the hausas that resides in nigeria are all have the blood of jews,when i have had that i tells it to my parets but they refused to agree so tell the proof evedence that make me and my parents to put an agree 100 percent,so that i promise u that i will even want my self to come and join u as soon as possible.do the above request immediately when u recieved my comments on that issue,send all the reply to me through my email address.
Hey this is auwal khalid from zaria kaduna state nigeria.i am really want to show my appreciation to that i’m have had everything on what u have saying which is also criticized that hausas are jews as u pple saying,i auwal i do really agree with u but my parents refused to agree so this the reason why i’m really wanted u pple to pitch out the that will make my parents to agree with u have said about hausas blood link with jews.i’m also want to asure u that i am even been on my way to u to join with u as spoke person in my society.do as soon as possible,just send me the comformation through my email address.
THANKS
URS SINCERILY AUWAL KHALID.
Hello,compliment of the day.
i am very sure that of what i’m doing in the sence that i cannot seing u and i have to had a physicallly conversation with,so that u can understand me in particular bettrer,.it is generally agree and in my observation i have had experience about that bonody love each other,i have nothing to offer u it,i know that but i had and expensives things for you,which is (believe).so for that u must make me(great)i will like to have your cell fone number so that talk much and u can do for me,and what i could do for u.pls put this issue as emergency.
SINCERILY YOURS AN AFRICAN BLACK JEWS AUWAL KHALID.
hi i dont have much to say for now i just need your phone number .if you cant this is my phone number 08066035393 from nigeria.
what are you doing .You are colling your selvies jews. Do you know jews go and think enough.They are difference.Allah gave them chance to do whatever they want to do.you are saying there is blood in your tribes. The people from Ethiopia are saying so they are jews this is lie.Our people in Africa are suffering then is difficult for us to get three dollar of USA. Our leaders chaged our good condition.
Wake up ISRAEL. Let us thank Jesus Christ who sacrificed himself and paid for our sins with HIS OWN BLOOD.He has redeemed us from all the countries were we are scattered.JAH said it is time for the Israelites abroad to return home to ZionIf you are a descendant of that Syrian -duet. 26.who because of a famine left out of Caanan and went into EGYPT when we were just a few then this message is for you.Remember Israel knows no colour.Therefore to the Israelites in China I say wake up.Wake up ISRAELITES in Japan. Wake up Israelites in Eastern and Western Europe.Wake up Israelites in the Americas. Wake up Israelites in the Islands of the seas. To quote Robert Nester Marley–’I Idren , I Sistren which way will you choose? You better hurry,hurry, o’hurry now for we have no time to loose’. CHECK OUT ANAJAH EVERYBODY’S ROOTS
HOUSAS ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE HIVITES .In the biblical times the Housas were the inhabitants Gibeon in the land of Caanan
When we hear any leader in this evil world talks about combating evil ,know for sure that he has no peaceful meansWe know so far in this world violence begat voilence.To all the head of states around this world it is your duty to let the Children Of Israel who resided go out from among you in your respective domain.All Israelitesabroad-the descendants of Jacob the Syrian who left out of Caanan and went into EGYPT Tthe time has come .for the Israel to head home to Umunta Ezeajanah—–the same is Mt Zion.located in the East of River Niger the equatorial areaknown in ancient times as etti offia just as we say Ethopia—This area was referred to as the Central jungle
From 800 to 1808 Jews leaders.Abuyazidu who is called bayajidda.That we should call themHAUSA leaders jews.Ufortunate for them at bening of the ninteenth century these fouten state were force to quite the Jews leaders Hausa tribe.
This was as a good result of the jihad declearedand fought by the tribe called fulan.
The Hausa tribe came from Habbsha today is call Ethiopia.please go Eglandn musum you should see a book which the son of Usman Dan fodio said in his book the history of Hausa tribe as i said from the next page.
PHILIP K . HITITI
PROFESSOR EMERITUS PRINCETON UNIVERCITY.
He said in his book hausa tribe in Syria more than five thousanth year a go.
Hausa tribes are good muslim.
| They came with Prophet musa mosis’ s religion they had chaged it to ISLAMIC.