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Jews of Nigeria - An Afro-Judaic Odyssey (Hardcover, New)
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Jews of Nigeria - An Afro-Judaic Odyssey (Hardcover, New)
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While Jews have long had a presence in Ethiopia and the Maghreb,
Africa's newest Jewish community of note is in Nigeria, where
upwards of twenty thousand Igbos are commonly claimed to have
adopted Judaism. Bolstered by customs recalling an Israelite
ancestry, but embracing rabbinic Judaism, they are also the world's
first "Internet Jews."William Miles has spent over three decades
conducting research in West Africa. In /Jews of Nigeria: An
Afro-Judaic Odyssey, /he shares life stories from this spiritually
passionate community, as well as his own Judaic reflections as he
celebrates Hanukka and a bar mitzvah with "Jubos" in Abuja, the
capital of Nigeria. A concluding encounter with laureate Chinua
Achebe reveals unexpected family connections to one of the most
intriguing Jewish and African communities to emerge in modern
times.
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