Hebrewisms of West Africa

One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. It is more like a reference book you will go back and forth. Buy the hardback version. You want your future family to have access to this stuff.

If African-Amenricans don't realize who they are after reading this book, then they are truly blind! This is an excellent book!

For several years I had been trying to find some books of valid and substantial merit dealing with Jews who had made their way into West Africa. Often there are books written on the topic that essentially prove nothing or do not provide sources for their assertions. Hebrewisms of West Africa is far different, especially since it was written in the 1930's. Truly, this books is a very good collection of various accounts of people who professed to believe that various ethnic groups in Africa were of mixed African, Semitic, and Israelite ancestry. I was also able to get a 1931 first edition copy of the book, which I treasure.Many of the accounts center around a question of whether the Ashanti are of Israelite ancestry. Though today this may be questionable since from what I understand the Ashanti don't assert such a claim of themselves. The book covers a number of sources from various explorers and authors who had been either searching or writing on the issue of possible Jewish traces in West Africa. On a side note though a friend of mine asked an Ashanti scholar if they had Jewish ancestry and the scholar avowed that the Ashanti have never circumcised.This book really helps my research in this area. It is interesting that once I got this book, other sources started to open up to me, and to think this book was published in 1931! How has this book been overlooked for so long? More than likely it is due to the fact that there no longer exists a continuous Jewish presence out of West Africa. It is good that the book also pushes forth the hope that future scholarship will further the topic of Jewish migrations into Africa.The book also does not go down the path of claiming that all Africans are Hebrews or Israelites, and does not get into a racist flare either. (since it was written iin 1930's before any of the Hebrew Israelite movements had picked up steam). This book goes down the path that some Africans are of a mix of African and Jewish ancestry, and others could be of earlier mixes with Semitic peoples. The conclusion is very interesting also.I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is seriously researching this subject of early accounts of Semitic peoples and Jews in Africa.

No your history, or let anothernation of people "tell"you who you are!.

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The truth is coming out. Good info

Useful resource for proving the ashanti and other African tribes are the true israelites of the bible however the author is very reluctant to admit that so called negroes are actually exiled hebrews & instead tries admanantly to claim that their hebrew customs are a result of negroes/blacks trading with hebrews who influenced the negro culture.

A wealth of information

A very good product. This is a must read for every Hebrew.

Great book

Fantastic read