I have always been fascinated by just how many african societies consider themselves "jews" or "jew-like".
It is not uncommon to hear Kyuks referring to themselves as the jews of kenya.
The Pokot consider themselves the lost tribe of israel
The Lemba people of Zimbabwe consider themselves the lost tribe of israel
The igbo of Nigeria as well,...
Heck I even heard a friend claim that Liberia is "Africa's israel".
Some Ghanians consider themselves jewish... some Senegalese...
I am sure the list goes on
What is with the obsession... Accept wewe ni mwafrika!

On the other hand, Iḿ always fascinated by those who cling on to the 'African' brand. You see some Europeans insisting they are 'African'. Even some Americans who easily trace their lineages back to Europe insist they are 'African'. Look at the American president. For all intents and purposes he is American yet still 'remembers' his 'African' roots. These 'African' labels is superficial. That is the evolution of it. We must accept that 'African' is nothing and move on.

Black jewry is fascinating... there is a book about it...
apparently the Ashanti, Tutsi, Igbo, Zulu, Beta Israel, Maasai and many others claim to be jews...

wewe...sasa...wewe! anzisha thread yako na hiyo topic!

I thought some Kenyan tribes have tried hard to show how they are descended from ancient Egyptians

The Kikuyu, Maasai, Kalenjin and Luo . Philip Ochieng keeps writing about how the Luo were from Egypt...

Hiyo ya Israel, apart from drawing comparison in experiences tendencies etc sijaskia saana

here is another bunch http://gnosticwarrior.com/beda.html

some arabs claim that during the exodus some hebrews got lost and created the "tahayat".

the keyword is "isolation"... every group that claims is somehow isolated or feels isolated from the larger group. some claim to be because of their perceived superiority.

sshhh... the guys who believe they originated from mukurwe wa nyagathanga will hear and realise their history is rubbish.

This isn't a peculiarity of Africans. Jewish claims have spread all over the globe. All are in the fray... but why?

A starting point would be:



That is, the claim could be driven by a natural inclination to seek legitimacy by identifying with the predominant social forces in a world.

right!! the interesting thing about history is that the nearer it is to the current period of time the more sane it is... if you start turning back the clock... it becomes more ridiculous and weird until it becomes utter rubbish.

Kenyans are the Jah people of the Revelations and Prophecies of the Torah/Old Testament in King James Version. But this need a bit of reading my friend!!! Otherwise whether by evolution or biology, we are the progenitors of the Jews and Arabs, they got neanderthal somewhere but they are our kids, by astronomy, the telling of time as we know it could not have started anywhere other than on the equator, just as many religious historians have said this is Eden, "the center of God's garden", that was what those archaeologist/anthropologist who chose the name Kenya knew, Kenya really means Eden, Jahs Land we are the "fathers" of the Palestinians and Israelis", these are just our children, and chosen to bring peace unto them, otherwise the Holy passages point to Kenyans being the Jah people even in their 42 tribes including "others". As the dorobo up there has pointed out, they are a Key ingredient, in the Holy mix...it is true.. ...you are living in Zion