Black History In The Bible

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The Black Jews of Timbuktu (Mali)

Historical References1300s, 1400s, 1492, 1500s, 1526, 1700s, 1900s, 1996, 700s, Berber, Inquisition, Islam, Leo Africanus, Mali, Morocco, Muslim, Sahara, Songhai Empire, Timbuktu

Source: Shavei.org (Shavei Israel) There are approximately 1,000 people with alleged Jewish roots in Timbuktu, Mali. They arrived in the 14th century fleeing persecution in Spain, and migrated south to the Timbuktu area, at that time part of the Songhai Empire. Among them was the Kehath (Ka’ti) family, descended from Ismael Jan Kot Al-yahudi of Scheida, Morocco. Sons of this prominent family founded three villages that still exist near Timbuktu—Kirshamba, Haybomo, and Kongougara. In 1492, Askia Muhammed came to power in the previously tolerant region of Timbuktu and decreed that Jews must convert to Islam or leave; Judaism became illegal…

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Judaism and Christianity Present In West Africa Before The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Historical References1800s, 1856, Africa, Ashanti, Cambridge University, Christianity, England, Gold Coast, Guinea, Judaism, London, Senegambia, Transatlantic Slave Trade, West Africa

Source: Blacks Jews : The Religious Challenge or Politics Versus Religion (Cambridge University) - Page 233 "J. Leighton Wilson was a missionary for eighteen years in Africa. In his work Western Africa: its history, condition and prospects (London 1856), he states that in Senegambia, religion was a mixture of paganism, Judaism and Islam and that it is difficult to define the areas of influence of each of the three religions. In northern Guinea paganism and Judaism were closely intertwined and in the south there were more traces of Christianity. He based his conclusions on the existence of some customs which…

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The Origins of The Lemba “Black Jews” of Southern Africa: Evidence From P12F2 and Other Y-Chromosome Markers.

DNA Studies1900s, Africa, DNA, Lemba, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information The Lemba are a southern African Bantu-speaking population claiming Jewish ancestry. Allele frequencies at four different Y-specific polymorphic loci, as well as extended-haplotype frequencies that included data from several loci, were analyzed in an attempt to establish the genetic affinities and origins of the Lemba. The results suggest that > or = 50% of the Lemba Y chromosomes are Semitic in origin, approximately 40% are Negroid, and the ancestry of the remainder cannot be resolved. These Y-specific genetic findings are consistent with Lemba oral tradition, and analysis of the history of Jewish people and…

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Jews Inhabited Both Sides of The Niger River

Historical References1600s, Niger River, Nigeria, University of Michigan

Source: Africa being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia and the Abyssines - Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 (University of Michigan) - Page 34 "Many Jews also are scatter'd over this Region; * some Natives, boasting themselves of Abrahams seed, inhabiting both sides the River Niger (Niger River): Others are Asian Strangers, who fled thither either from the desolation of Jerusalem by Vespa∣sian; or from Judea wasted and depopulated by the Romans, Persians, Saracens, and Christians: Or else such as came out of Europe, whence they were banish'd, viz. Out…

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Judaism Was The Traditional Religion of Black Slaves

Historical References1900s, Cambridge University, Transatlantic Slave Trade, West Africa

Source: Blacks Jews : The Religious Challenge or Politics Versus Religion (Cambridge University) 1987 - Page 235-236 "The study of customs and rites and the analysis of the semantics of these African tribes have led many of their observers to propose some hypotheses and even to draw some conclusions. Doctor Allen H. Godbey reached the following conclusion: 'These factors have a very specific significance if we consider the presence of Judaism among the American Negroes. Hundreds of thousands of slaves were transported to America from West Africa during the trade which started some 400 years ago. What traces of Judaism…

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Some Tribes of Israel Were Known To Be In West Africa

Historical References1800s, 1890, France, Portugal, Transatlantic Slave Trade, West Africa

Source: Société Languedocienne de Géographie. Auteur du Texte - 1890 French (original) "Whydah (Fida, Hwedah, Ouida, Juda ou Ajuda) est une villeancienne, fréquentée depuis le xvi" siècle par les négriers portu-gais, qui lui donnèrent son nom. Ses habitants étaient dits les«Judalques», et on les considérait en effet comme un reste detribus dispersées d'Israël; au Nord, la rivière d'Allala, dont levrai nom est Efra, était devenue l'Euphrate pour les érudits." English (Translation) "Whydah (Fida, Hwedah, Ouida, Juda or Ajuda) is a city old, frequented since the sixteenth century by Portuguese slavers who gave it its name. Its inhabitants were said to…

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Negro Who Can Write Hebrew

Historical References1800s, 1897, Language, Library of Congress, Negro

Source: Library of Congress "He is deaf and dumb and comes from an African town." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_asXjg3eris&t=5s

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Nigerian Jews Spoke A Mixture of Maghrebian Arab, Ancient Hebrew and Local Patois

Historical References1900s, Cambridge University, Language, Nigeria

Source: Blacks Jews : The Religious Challenge or Politics Versus Religion (Cambridge University) - Page 235 "In Southern Nigeria the natives call Black Jews the strange people on the Emo Yo Quaim. They are called the B'nai Ephraim the sons of Ephraim. They claim that their ancestors came from Mo rocco and this is supported by Godbey who noted that their language is a mixture of Maghrebian Arab, ancient Hebrew and local patois: for example abu meaning father became y aba, umm for mother is close to the Hebrew word. These Emo Yo Quaim Jews live in the ondo district…

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A Substantial Prehistoric European Ancestry Amongst Ashkenazi Maternal Lineages

DNA Studies2000s, Ashkenaz, Ashkenazi, Caucusus, DNA, Eastern Europe

Source: Nature Abstract The origins of Ashkenazi Jews remain highly controversial. Like Judaism, mitochondrial DNA is passed along the maternal line. Its variation in the Ashkenazim is highly distinctive, with four major and numerous minor founders. However, due to their rarity in the general population, these founders have been difficult to trace to a source. Here we show that all four major founders, ~40% of Ashkenazi mtDNA variation, have ancestry in prehistoric Europe, rather than the Near East or Caucasus. Furthermore, most of the remaining minor founders share a similar deep European ancestry. Thus the great majority of Ashkenazi maternal…

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Genetic Roots of the Ashkenazi Jews

DNA Studies2000s, Ashkenaz, Ashkenazi, DNA

Source: The Scientist Most Ashkenazi Jews, traditionally believed to have descended from the ancient tribes of Israel, may in fact be maternally descended from prehistoric Europeans. The majority of Ashkenazi Jews are descended from prehistoric European women, according to study published today (October 8) in Nature Communications. While the Jewish religion began in the Near East, and the Ashkenazi Jews were believed to have origins in the early indigenous tribes of this region, new evidence from mitochondrial DNA, which is passed on exclusively from mother to child, suggests that female ancestors of most modern Ashkenazi Jews converted to Judaism in…