The Moor thing is particularly true. As around 25% of the enslaved was Muslim from the Senegambia region. And there are some traces found in Hebrew scripts in the Sahara-Sahel at the time. It’s also true that migrants from the North took place into the Sahara.
"According to Covitt, many ancient Malian manuscripts on a variety of subjects were written by Ambassadors of Peace. Between the 12th through 16th centuries, some 25,000 students came from around the world to study at the University of Sankoré in Timbuktu (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). “As a result, these manuscripts were written in many different languages, including some that were written in both Arabic and Hebrew."
4 Corners of the World: International Collections and Studies at the Library of Congress. A blog from the Library of Congress.
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(Source: Library of Congress, October 24, 2016 by Anchi Hoh)
“Saharan Jews’, moving us from Sijilmasa to Timbuktu by way of the Saharan oases Tuat, Akka and other areas of Jewish settlement in the region. In these contexts, I pay particular attention to the construction of group identity through mechanisms like trade, minority–majority relations and local religious practices. As I evaluate the concept of ‘Saharan Jews’ for better understanding Jewish history in North and sub-Saharan Africa, I simultaneously call for a more nuanced approach to the social imagination of Jewish identities in post-colonial African societies.”
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Aomar Boum, Saharan Jewry: history, memory and imagined identity,
The Journal of North African Studies Volume 16, 2011 -
Issue 3)
But to claim direct descent that is indeed insane. The original Hebrews have died out. All we see is some genetic remnants of these ancient people who actually came from Southern (Upper) Egypt. These ancient Hebrews were known as the Lachish. So it’s true that they were a Black people and African. That part is true. But the attachment as a direct descendant is odd.
“Risdon’s work (1939) is the only study that examines the Lachish series as its major focus. Using metric variables in the now credited Coefficient of Racial Likeness (C.R.L.) (Fisher, 1939; Seltzer, 1937; Howells, 1973), he concludes that the Lachish series represents Upper Egyptians, who were residents in Lower Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty and who immigrated to Lachish during that time (between 1567 and 1320 BC), remaining endogamous.”
An analysis of crania from Tell-Duweir using multiple discriminant functions
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(S. O. Y Keita, An analysis of crania from Tell-Duweir using multiple discriminant functions, 1988, American Journal of Physical Anthropology)
“Overall, when the Egyptian crania are evaluated in a Near Eastern (Lachish) versus African (Kerma, Jebel Moya, Ashanti) context, the affinity is with the Africans.”
STUDIES AND COMMENTS ON ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS
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(S. O.Y. Keita, Studies and Comments on Ancient Egyptian Biological Relationships, History in Africa Vol. 20 (1993), pp. 129-154, and International Journal of Anthropology volume 10, pages 107–123 (1995))
"Scholars estimate that as many as 30% of the African slaves brought to the U.S., from West and Central African countries like Gambia and Cameroon, were Muslim."
Muslims are not new to America. The first Muslims came as slaves and left a deep influence on a host of music genres, such as the blues and jazz.
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A condensation and updating of his African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook (1984), noted scholar of antebellum black writing and history Dr. Allan D. Austin explores, via portraits, documents, maps, and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the...
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"According to Allan D. Austin in African Muslims in Antebellum America, Islam had penetrated areas such as Senegal, Timbuktu, and the Lake Chad area in Africa by 1100 A.D. From these localities westward to the Atlantic Ocean, slave traders kidnapped the majority of their victims. The rise of European maritime trade in the 16th and 17th centuries triggered the decline of Islamic political supremacy and introduced new nations as world leaders."
Ever wondered what religious practices your African ancestors followed before arriving in America? While many observed indigenous tribal bel…
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