Igbo Jews - Page 3

nr. · 09-15-2007, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by eko505

ah ah, Look as Igbo man kuku take white man religion... Asians worship dia own deities...

are jews whites?

do u have a religion?

**Wendydoks** · 09-15-2007, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eko505

ah ah, Look as Igbo man kuku take white man religion... Asians worship dia own deities...

c ignorance tot he highest degree! u berra not be a xtian sha. wat a damn fool!

i hope u have ya own deity dat u worship. dnt tell me u r a muslim o. cos aint ya trad. religion either. pple and their dumbness sha. tufiakwa!

laco · 09-15-2007, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wendydoks

c ignorance tot he highest degree! u berra not be a xtian sha. wat a damn fool!

i hope u have ya own deity dat u worship. dnt tell me u r a muslim o. cos aint ya trad. language either. pple and their dumbness sha. tufiakwa!

eko505 · 09-19-2007, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wendydoks

c ignorance tot he highest degree! u berra not be a xtian sha. wat a damn fool!

i hope u have ya own deity dat u worship. dnt tell me u r a muslim o. cos aint ya trad. religion either. pple and their dumbness sha. tufiakwa!

Na wa o. I no know wetin u dey yarn...Na dat be yua soso oyinbo u dey kuku blow...

Summersunt · 10-17-2007, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jaces

This gotta be a joke ryte? I don't know wth they're saying, but I don't think they saying it ryte..Afi Baruhu..lol

they are saying it right-O...can't you see the comments - there are jews from across the world saluting them.

**shakara** · 10-19-2007, 09:03 PM

culled from wiki. this might offer some explanation:

Jews of the Bilad el-Sudan (West Africa)

Main article: Jews of the Bilad el-Sudan (West Africa)
According to the Muslim records the Tarikh el-Fettash (16th cent.) and the Tarikh el Soudan (17th cent.) there were several Jewish communities that existed as a part of the Ghana, Mali, and later Songhay empires. One such community was formed by a group of Egyptian Jews, who allegedly traveled by way of the Sahel corridor through Chad into Mali. Manuscript C of the Tarikh el-Fettash describes a community called the Bani Israel that in 1402 CE existed in Tindirma, possessed 333 wells, and had seven princes as well as an army.

Another such community was that of the Zuwa ruler of Koukiya (located near the Niger river), whose name is only known as Zuwa Alyaman (meaning "He comes from Yemen"). According to local legends Zuwa Alyaman was a member of one of the Jewish communities transported from Yemen by the Abbysinians in the 6th century C.E. after the defeat of Dhu Nuwas. Zuwa Alyaman is said to have traveled into West Africa along with his brother, and eventually established a community in Kukiya near the Niger River. According to the Tarikh el-Soudan, there were 14 Zuwa rulers of Kukiya after Zuwa Alyaman before the rise of Islam in the region.

Other sources say that other Jewish communities in the region were formed by migrations from Morocco, Egypt, and Portugal. Some communities are said to have been populated by certain Berber Jews like a group of Kal Tamasheq known as Iddao Ishaak that traveled from North Africa into West Africa for trade, as well as those migrating as a result of Muslim rule in North Africa.

Igbo Jews

Main article: Igbo Jews
The Igbo Jews of Nigeria are one of the Jewish components of the Igbo ethnic group who are said to be descended from North African or Egyptian Hebraic and later Israelite migrations into West Africa. Oral legends amongst the Igbo state that this migration started around 1,500 years ago. According to the Igbo lore of the Eri, Nri, and Ozubulu families, Igbo ethnic groups with Israelite descent are comprised of the Benei Gath, Benei Zevulun, and Benei Menashe lineages.

Igbo oral legends also state that certain Nri families may be descendants of Levitical priests who migrated from North Africa. These oral legends state that the ancestors of the Igbo were made up of familiar clans of Israelites who left the northern kingdom of Israel before and during the Assyrian and Babylonian sieges. This might explain how their current oral traditions contain the specific tribes these clans originated from.

Groups called Godians and Ibrim maintained much of the Hebraic traditions of the Igbo people. These groups maintained the Jewish traditions that the majority of the communities lost over time, due to their isolation from the rest of Nigerian society. Certain Nigerian communities with Judaic practices have been receiving help from individual Israelis and American Jews who work in Nigeria, out-reach organizations like Kulanu,[4] and African-American Jewish communities in America. Two synagogues in Nigeria were founded by Jews from outside Nigeria, and are maintained by Igbos in Nigeria.

Because no formal census has been taken in the region, it is unknown how many Igbos residing in Nigeria identify themselves as being either Israelites or Jews. There are currently 26 synagogues of various sizes, and some estimate the possibility of as many as 30,000 Igbos practicing some form of Judaism.

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