Tacitus, Ethiopians and Black St. Paul
Roman historian Tacitus wrote that many of his time believed that the Jews “were a race of Ethiopian origin.”
The Bible classifies the Ethiopians & Jews together, “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord.” (Amos 9:7)
Black Paul is mistaken for an “Egyptian” and declares himself to be a “Jew.” (Acts 21:37-39, 22: 2,3)
Persia and Ashanti
It has also been speculated that the Jewish presence and influence was greatly helped by the ancient gold trade between Persia and Africa.
Jews were the main intermediaries of this trade in the medieval ages since most Muslims (due to Islamic laws prohibition on usury) were wary of its usurious dimensions.
These Jewish itinerant traders came to rely on contacts with the various Jewish communities of West African who proved no mean help in sourcing the scarce commodity. Thus, for instance, the silk of the Royal Kente cloths of the Ashanti reputedly came from China.
Various historical accounts claim that Jewish travelers from Persia had organized exchanges of Chinese silk for gold in the Kingdom of Ghana; the Ashanti needed the silk for weaving Kente cloth and the Jews need gold for their intrinsic and fiscal value. It is said that the Ashanti words for numbers relate to those in Parsi, the language of Persia. See Lichtblau.
Genetics
Haplogroup E3B
The E3b haplogroup has been observed in all Jewish groups world wide. It is considered to be the 2nd most prevelent haplogroup amoung the Jewish population.
All the major studies agree that E-M35 is the second highest in prevalence next to J, for “Founding Jewish Lineages.” http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/Behar_contrasting.pdf.
It is found in moderate amounts in all Jewish populations, from Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Kurdish, Yemen, Samaritan and even among Djerba Jewish groups.
The scientific consensus is that Haplogroup E3b (M35) appears to have originated in East Africa, but has been carried from there to the Near East and then on to North Africa and Europe. Today it is most common in East Africa, North Africa, the Near East and around the Mediterranean.
Haplogroup J
Haplogroup J (previously known as HG9 or Eu9/Eu10) is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. T is subdivided into two subclades: haplogroup J2, defined by the M172 marker, and haplogroup J1, defined by the M267 marker.
Of special interest are maps that show the geographical spread of the J haplogroup. J1 and J2 are both common in southern Europe, central Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Africa. The J haplogroup is considered to be a signature gene of Jewish ancestry and the cohen modal gene happens to be a subgroup of J.
In fact, the highest frequencies of J1 (M267) are seen in the Middle East, north Africa, and Ethiopia. See (Thomas et al. 1999). J2 (M172) also exists in significant proportions across Africa especially among the semitic speaking peoples of Tigriniya, Amhara, and Oromiya.
The J1’s from the Middle East and North Africa seem to be distinguishable from the rest of J’s by having YCAII=22,22. Behar et al found that a significant proportion of the Jewish population of Europe (more than 20%) carry the J1 haplogroup. The other 20% carry the J2 haplogroup. See Behar et al Hum Genet (2004) 114: 354-365
Cohen Modal Haplotype
The presence among the Lemba of a disproportionate number of men carrying a particular polymorphism on the Y chromosome known as the Cohen modal haplotype suggests an ancestral link to the Jewish population. One sub-clan within the Lemba, the Buba clan, is considered by the Lemba to be their priestly clan. Among a small sample of the Buba, fifty-two percent of males were found to carry the Cohen modal haplotype CMH, which is generally suggestive of Y-DNA haplogroup J, but notably prevalent among Jewish Kohanim, or priests.
Decline of the Black Jews of Africa
Many reasons have been sought for the decline and virtual disappearance of Africa’s once thriviing Jewish communities of black Jews. Many see the beginning of this decline as contemporaneous with the advent of the Islamic religion in Africa.
Some historical accounts highlight the fact that black Jews were die-hard nationalistic traditionalists and had led the black African resistance against the influx of the black muslim jihadists and their new interpretation of morality. The most notableof these black Jewish nationalists was Queen Kahina Dahiya Bint Thabitah ibn Tifan otherwise known as El-Kahina. A descendant of one of the priestly Black Jewish families of North Africa, Kahina led the nationalist resistance against the muslim invasion until her defeat at the hands of Hassan Ibn Numan. See Margolis, “History of Jewish people”, 1927 pages 278-279. See also Remy Ilona, “The Igbos: Jews in Africa?” volume 1, Research Findings Historical Links, Commentaries, Narratives,” 2004, Mega Press Limited, Abuja, Nigeria.
Amidst this tumult, the Jews of Northern and West Africa were given a choice of conversion or emigration. Many left for the deeper forest recesses of West Africa seeking the peace and tranquility that appeared to elude them in each generation. The late incursions by the colonialist christian elements of Europe did not make matters any better. There seems to have been a direct link between the incursion of relatively modern religions in Africa and the decline of the ancient practise of the Hebrews which had a pride of place in Africa, its mother land.
For instance the Jewish enclaves of Qamnurya or Naghira in the area of modern Senegal was destroyed completely in the wake of sectarian unrest. Similarly, Al-Maghili a prominent black Muslim noble not only destroyed the Jewish enclaves of Tuat in the old Mali empire, he convinced other potentates throughout the Western Sudan to banish Jews from the empire’s cities. See Remy Ilona, supra.
Lichtblau speculates that: although “…Jewish presence is also confirmed by numerous surviving accounts of Portuguese and other European visitors in the 14th and 15th centuries, as well as North African and Arab historical records… gradually most of these communities disappeared. Since they existed largely in isolation, there was a good deal of intermarriage which for a while reinforced their influence and expansion. As a result they were increasingly viewed as a threat by Muslim rulers, and most of the Jewish communities and nomad groups south of the Atlas mountains were either forced to convert to Islam or massacred; the remainder fled to North Africa, Egypt or the Sudan, and a few also to Cameroon and Southern Africa.”
Jide Uwechia
August 19, 2007
Good Morning, my learned Gentleman, Muwanga.
Yiddish is not Hebrew. It is an Aryan language overtone. I speak Hebrew, not Yiddish. Igbo is pure Hebrew. Now, from the spelling of the word, Sabtchahah, I can tell you that the word is not Hebrew, unless it is one of those Hebrew words misinterpretaed or mispelled by foreigners.
One of the major tragedies confronting the Children of Israel in Diaspora is that the authorities in charge of Semitic religions, save for Islam, are not Israelites but Europeans who are either Christians or converted to the religion of Judaism. And remember that Judaism was never the religion of ancient Israel. So, we have foreigners whether in churhes or synagogues butchering Hebrew culture and making up stories of their own imaginations. The fact remains that the group recognized as Jews today by world powers and opinions today know very little about the culture of ancient Israel and know next to nothing about the greater Hebrew peoples from whom Abraham, the Igboman (theHebrew) descended. Thanks.
According to King james bible sabtechah was a son to Kush thats why i am asking. May you break it down in real hebrew or into two word etc.? I have a hunch but i first need to know what happened from being a man’s name to a woman’s.
The other hunch I have concerns the name Kush or word Kushite , what do they mean.
Iam asking for yours or any body’s help.
Thanx
Even the way naming is done as in the bible is very similar to the way Africans used to /still name children. I will post you an interesting African legend.
Muwanga,
I have extensively studied the
ancient tribal origins of the various tribes
in Uganda including the 52 clans of the
BaGanda. I personally traveled through
Mbale,Jinja,Kampala and northward
to the lands of the Sabei,Karamojong
and Lugbara. The Bagandan royalty
including the clans of Mpologoma(Lion)
and Ndiga(lamb) descend from King
David,while most of the other clans
descend from Gad. Dan and Gad are
dominant throughout Africa. In fact the
name Ga-Nda means the people of
Gad. The title KaBaKa was given to
one who mastered the 360 degrees
of Abrahamic knowledge during the
pilgrimage to the KaBa in Mecca.
Mecca was originally called Baca(Bakka)
and the pilgrimage is mentioned in
Psalm 84. The Jewish mystics refer to
the Abrahamic knowledge as Kaballah
However they acknowledge it was originally
called KaBaKa. The Ka and the Ba represent
the unification of the physical and the spiritual
forces. The Ka is the physical seed. This is
why BaGandan names will usually begin with
Ka as in KaKangulu. The Ba is the spirit and
thus the Ba-Ntu are the people of the spirit
or the people of Life. Ntu is the same as the
Igbo Ndu meaning life. The tribal name Lendu
is of this origin. The Lendu are related to the
Lugbara. The Lugbara are the ancestors of
many of the Igbo tribes(clans). Lugbara is
the same as the Igbo Agbara or the Elegbara
of the Ewe(Ghana) which is Eshu of the Egba.
The Israelites and Ishmaelites settled throughout
Nubia and thus The Book of Kings mentions the
Shabaka(Kabaka) who is also called King So.
The Ba So Ga means the Gadite followers of king
So. Gisu is another version of So-Ga,thus the three
major Bantu tribes in Uganda being the Ga-Nda(Ga-Ndi),
the So-Ga and the Gi-Su(Ga-So) are all of Gadite origin.
If you are interested in understanding the true
Israelite origins of the BaGanda or any other
tribe in Uganda. Write to:
The Isawiyya Israelite Mosque of Qaraims
E-mail- Qaraims777@live.com
i’ve visited your website…great job brother. Angels guide you!
sorry for a while but do you know what bible told us about where Ibrahim came from ,we need fact trough biblical knowledge about what you told us the originality of Ibrahim
Sorry, I am not able to make out the whole word, Sabtechah, but I can only make out “Chia” (ayi) which means “Our God and that’s it. Chi is God and “ayi” means “Us” or “Our” depending on the context of use. The word Kushi or Kushite means black. It is a word used by the Bible writers to dsecribe “Black”, and it is not Hebrew. It doesn’t refer specifically to Africans because it could also refer to Israelites and other Hebrews whether they live in Africa, Asia Minor, or any part of the world because many of them have dark skin.
As for naming Children, Africans are synonymous with Hebrew and the Bible. Thanks.
The only part of Sabtechah that contains Hebrew is the Chi (God) in the Chah part of the word.
Kushite means a descendant of Cush the same of Ama (Ham) son of Nochie (Noah). But over the centuries, the name has been used to identify black people whether they are the Children of Ham or Shem (Semites). Accept that the biggest conception that the world has is that everyone that is black is a descendant of Ham, but that is not necessarily true because most of the semites like the Arabs and children of Israel were originally people of color.
In Igboland and I am feel it may be the same in your country as well: sometimes , parents named their children based on experience they had passed or were passing through at the time the child was born. And then some names can be used for either a boy or a girl. Thanks
Thank you guys.
Ak, what you wrote awoke me to the fact that the writers/interpretors of the bible have twisted African/Hebrew and anglocised them or twisted them completely so that origins are lost. i.e. removed vowels, switched the order of words, inserted consonants, changed the story etc.
I checked out a few pages in the bible and the word Sabtechah caught my eye. The Kabaka’s other title is Ssabataka which means Supreme guardian/Ancient guardian of the land/soil. Was this name corrupted by the bible interpretors to make it Sabtechah?
In current kazaar lingua it is said Sabtechah means ” that which surrounds the cause”. They also switched it from a mans name to a girls name.
Another thing I noted is that among the bantu in Southern Africa. The word /name “Nkhosi or Khosi means royalty. But if you want to show respect you can call somebody Nkhosi. This word appears similar to Kushi …… switch the letters and you get khusi !…………………
I will post a naming story later?
You may be right but I have something better. In iboland, we have the name ~ onyisi, which means the first, the highest or royalty or the word~ nke isi which means the first, highest, prime but used as a word but not a name.
Muwanga:
I thank God that you have noted one of the veils that covers the eyes of black people, even when they read the bible. The meaning and pronunciation of Hebrew words depend on the proper placement of the vowels, and only those who speak the language know those vowels and where to place them. Now, we know that only 42,300 Jews who returned from Babylonian captivity became a minority within the Jewish converts (proselytes) in the land of Judea. When they were driven out completely from the land of Judea, most of these generic Jews scattered around mediterranean, north Africa and Spian and well into Europe. Now, these does not include the later European converts (proselytes) who account for about 80%-90% of people described as Jews today. Since Europeans do not speak Hebrew and even Yehoshua spoke only Aramaic, it is unlikely that these generic Jews learn how to speak Hebrew in Europe.
People should think when they read the Bible. For example, why is it that when Joseph took Mary who was pregnant with Yehohua to Bethlehem in Judea, the was no house of a relative where Mary could deliver Jesus.? How can a children be delivered in the animal stable instead of the home of a relative since Joseph is a descendant of King David whose home is Bethlehem? The reason was that the original Israelites residents of Bethlehem were no longer there because they might not have returned from captivity.
My late father, who is a High Priest by birth, taught me that the town of Idah (Judah) in Igala (Igal) Kogi State of Nigeria was established by a descendant of David whose name is “Asa Adu”. As you can see, there is no other city in the world established by the children of Israel called Idah (Judah) except in Igala, Kogi State in Nigeria. The first Atta (Royal High Priest) in Idah, Igala said before his death that his spirit will not rest until all the Igala (Israelites) return to the land of Canaan.
The Israeli Authorities knows exactly what I am saying but they kept their silence for the fear of the Europeans becoming the minority in the land of Israel. And this is why a Jew here in America told my friend Dr. Lee that they (Jews) know who the African Americans are, but the question is: do the African Americans know who they are.
Yes, because the translators are not Hebrew they either left out or misplaced Hebrew vowels. As for the unique Hebrew consonants, they eliminated them completely. The uniqueness of the Hebrew language is that most or all the Hebrew words end in a vowel. This is what to watch for when you read the Bible or any other Jewish books.
The closest word in Igbo to Nkhosi is Ngozi which means blessing. The Zulu, I believe are Hebrews. Thanks.
Good day
Here is the naming….. can any of you get an interpretation
The Ffumbe Clan is one of the five original clans (Bannansangawo) of Buganda. All members of the Ffumbe clan descend from BUGANDA NTEGE WALUSIMBI. His seat or headquarters (obutaka), which is also for the clan, is situated at BAKKA in Busiro (just a few kilometres on Kampala-Hoima road). The oral history relates that when the nation Buganda was still called Muwaawa, the hill on which the Ffumbe seat is located was called Kisirikikadde or Namwezi. It got the name Bakka during Kabaka Kagulu Tebuucwereke’s reign. The people who escaped Kagulu’s reign of terror used to seek refuge at Bakka and when they were descending down the hill, people used to point to them saying “baabo bakka” meaning ‘there they are going down the hill’. Since then, the place is called Bakka. Legends say that Walusimbi was created on Bakka. He had many names, including the following:
1. Buganda
2. Walusiri (Walusimbi is derived from this)
3. Ntege
4. Wanga
5. Laba
6. Wuuyo
7. Nansangwawo
8. Beene
The names illustrate the importance and honour that Walusimbi had. He was the leader of Buganda before the return of Kintu who later became the first Kabaka. The three known wives of Walusimbi are:- 1) Nakalaama , the first wife and a mother of twins; 2) Bandi the second wife; and 3) Kaamungolo.
The Ffumbe clan has three masiga and they are: –
Nagaya at Bakka Busiro: – The following are the sub-clan elders (to be updated)
Ssempala Ssejjala at Bulamba Bulemeezi: – The following are the sub-clan elders
1. Sekabira at Mubanda Bulemeezi.
2. Mayambala at Senga
3. Ffumu at Bubajje.
4. Mukoka
5. Mugwanya at Mawale.
6. Wamala at Kitebere
7. Mujumbula at Naama
8. Wante at Kigozi
9. Kiraalire at Buganganya.
10. Katemwa at Mpende
11. Lukiza at Kalyankoko
Magunda at Lwanga Mawokota: – The following are the sub-clan elders (Ab’emituba)
1. Kiyimba Sebwalunyo at Mpambire Mawokota
2. Kisitu Kasaali at Busaali
3. Ssennoga at Kisalalwe
4. Kajoba Kawungu at Buwungu Buvvi
5. Kafumbe Kagombe at Kizzi Nakabango
6. Ssengendo afuga Abalagira at Masujju
7. Ntege Nawambwa at Konge
8. Ssengendo Ffulu (Fudu) at Nkumba Busiro
9. Kalumba at Bumozi Mawokota
10. Nagulambwa at Buyima Busiro
11. Kigumba at Muwubwe Mawokota
12. Gombya Ssenkaaba at Bululu Mawokota
13. Serukwaaya at Kisalalwe Kisalalwe
14. Ssetemu at Lwanga Mawokota
15. Nawalyanga at Saazi Busiro
16. Ssekabira at Mugomba Kyaggwe
17. Kyalikikywa at Kyoko Buddu
18. Ssengendo at Namulanda Busiro
19. Ssemugoma
20. Kiyomba at Kalagala.
Clan Mottoes
1. Galinnya e Bakka (amafumbe) that “the civet cats are climbing the Bakka hill”.
2. E Bakka basengejja (mbu ebirungi tebiggwa Bakka) that “at Bakka they are brewing beer” (all good things come from Bakka” including beer)
3. Kasolo ki? Ffumbe. Which animal? Ffumbe (civet cat)
4. Ka muti gumu (Abeffumbe bonna baana b’omu; ffena twava ku kikolo ky’omuti kimu). From the same tree or same root. That all in the members of the Ffumbe clan are children of one man namely Walusimbi.
5. Kakozaakoza alikoza mu lw’effumbe (omwagazi w’abakazi ayitiridde alyagala banyinna ab’effumbe). This motto is a warning to the men of the clan, that a philanderer will one day love a ffumbe girl or woman who is his sister.
6. Taatuuke Bumpi (Bumpi is a village on Lwanga). This motto has several explanations. Wait for an update.
How the Fumbe (the Civet cat) became our totem
Our great Grandfather and the founder of the clan went to hunt and he laid a trap. When the animal fell into the trap, Walusimbi (Walusiri) went to see his catch but the animal was still alive and it bit him. He cried out, calling his children to come and help him. His first born Makubuya was the first on the scene and he killed the small animal. He then asked “Kasolo ki kano akakaabya Ttaata akayirigombe?” meaning “what a small animal that has caused daddy to screech”. Mukubuya belittled the animal disregarding the fact that it was this small animal which had inflicted such pain on his father. Mukubuya implied that his father should not have screeched to that level. So Walusimbi was annoyed and gave his first born one more name NAGAYA that can be translated “I despised”. Mukubuya never got the right to be the heir to his father, but he got a ssiga at Bakka called Nagaya (Nagaya e Buleza).
Walusimbi’s son Ntege Kaweesa picked the herbs or medicine called Magunda which he mixed and dressed his father’s wound and the wound healed, from then Walusimbi gave Ntege Kaweesa yet another name in recognition of this action. The name he gave him was Magunda after those herbs. He was given the ssiga at Boza at Nvule hill but after a smallpox outbreak, he moved to Lwanga (Magunda e Lwanga)
Walusimbi’s other son, Sejjala tied a rope around the small animal and dragged it into the bush. From then Walusimbi gave him the name Ssempala and gave him a ssiga at Bulamba (Ssempla e Bulamba). The other child Nakku, being a girl, never received a ssiga but she was given land at Ganda (Nakku e Ganda) and she and her heirs retain is a very important role both in the Ffumbe clan and the the whole of Buganda.
Another son who raised the alarm that an animal has bitten daddy was later named Kasolo, he was the youngest of the four boys. Kasolo was the one that Walusimbi selected to be his heir. It is from Kasolo’s descendants that the head of the clan, who takes the title Walusimbi, is selected.
Muwanga,
The name Bakka was the original
name for Mecca. Psalm 85 states that the Israelites
traditionally made a pilgrimage to Bakka(Baca).
This was the pilgrimage of Abrahamic knowledge.
There were traditionally 360 markers at the Kaba
indicating the 360 degress of Abrahamic knowledge.
The Jews call Abrahamic knowledge Kaballah. However
they acknowledge that it was originally called Kabaka.
A master of Abrahamic knowledge was given the title of
“The Kabaka”. The Book of Kings refers to the Nubian
King Shabaka(Kabaka) who is also called King So.
Shabaka was a variant title of Kabaka. The Gadite followers
of The Shabaka(Kabaka) So became known as the So-Ga(Soga)
tribe.
The Ffumbe clan like that of Lugave appear to be
amongst the original 6 that arrived before Kintu. These
were the original Ganda(Ga-Nda) or Gadites who came
from Nubia. They were later joined by the “Royal Tribes ”
from Ethiopia such as the Lion(Mpologoma) and Lamb
(Ndiga) who have Davidic origins.
Good Afternoon Muwanga;
Language, even among people of the same ethnic group sometimes differ due to placements of vowels and consonants. This problem is further aggravated by the migration of different peoples whose languages, phonetics, and alphabets are different from the natives or others who were there before them. Even if, the migrants speak the same language as the natives, phonetics and manner of pronunciation from their previous nation may effect the community language overtime.
In Igboland, for example, there are different dialects that people who were not born in the cities where people from many dialectical backgrounds abound, may not understand, and as a result such people may not understand what other people from some regions of Igboland are saying. I don’t know if it is the same among your people. Having said that, there is one word of ancient origin you wrote down that I am sure of its meaning, and the word is: Obutaka. Obu means temple, home, or compound. Ta-Aka, means the big or great Aka. So, the meaning of Obutaka (Obu-Ta-Aka) means, the temple, home, or compound of the great Aka. We have Umu-Aka (Children of Aka) in Igboland.
Others that I will attempt to decipher are:
Bakka – Be-Aka or House of Aka.
Ntege – We have a town of Nteje in my home State of Anambra, Nigeria.
Muwaawa – Umu Waawa or the Children of Waawa. There is a group of towns in Enugu and Anambra States in Nigeria called “Waawa people”. Most of these people are from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
Namwezi – Nnam Nwezi or My father owns the way.
Mukoka – Umu Koka or Children of Koka.
Mawele – Umu awele or Children of Awele or a other different meaning I don’t know
Naama – Nnema or Mother knows
Wamala – Nwamala or “child of grace” or “when a child knows” depending on what the speaker meant
You have to compare these meanings to what you know they are. But I am sure that Obutaka means the temple, compound, or home of taka (Ta – Aka = the Great Aka).
Regardless, the people whom you presented these namimg for are most assuredly Hebrews and many of them could be Israelites. The names have Hebrew roots. Thank you.