Cameroon

19 Jan

A Large Community of Black Jews Lived In Dahomey After WWI

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1400s, 1484, 1499, 1700s, 1776, 1800s, 1847, 1864, 1900s, 1987, Angola, Black Jews, Cameroon, Congo, Dahomey, David Livingstone, Gabon, Guinea, hebrew, Jews of Angola, John II, Judaism, Loango, Mavumbu, Mediterranean, Moses, Nigeria, Portugal, Portuguese, Rio Muni, Sao Tome, West Africa, Winwoode Reade, WWI

Source: Blacks Jews The Religious Challenge (Cambridge University Press) 1987, pg. 232 "Closer to our time Dr. J. Krepel noted some time after the First World War, that a large community of Black Jews existed in the interior of Dahomey. These Jews had the five books of Moses written on old parchment in Hebrew."

01 Dec

Judaism Continues To Grow and Thrive In Africa

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical ReferencesAfrica, Cameroon, Ghana, House of Israel, Ivory Coast, Judaism, Kenya, Sefwi Wiawso, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Source: What’s Happening in Africa: Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Kulanu.org) 2013 Judaism continues to grow and thrive in Africa. In small villages, often with few amenities of the modern world (electricity, plumbing, running water) and far from major urban centers, Jewish communities are somehow taking root and flourishing. In Uganda, for example, where Kulanu has been actively involved in the community for 18 years, there are now seven villages with seven synagogues and close to 1500 Abayudaya Jews. The largest village of Nabagoya Hill sits a few miles outside of the town of Mbale, northeast of the capital city…

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