Book review: Jews of Nigeria: An Afro-Judaic Odyssey, written by William F.S. Miles
2014; Brill; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1163/1572543x-12341306
ISSN1572-543X
Autores Tópico(s)Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
ResumoJews of Nigeria: An Afro-Judaic Odyssey, Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers 2013, 158 p. isbn 978-1-55876-565-8, price paperback us $ 24.95.It is widely known that Africa encompasses some important Jewish communities such as the Falashas in Ethiopia, the Marembas in Zimbabwe, the Lembas in South Africa and also some communities living in the Maghreb. Recently about 20,000 Igbos officially declared themselves to belong to the nation of the Jews. Earlier already some Jewish religious and cultural habits were detected in the Igbo society, but they could scarcely be distinguished from those of the animistic, Islamic
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