The Black Jews of Africa: history, religion, identity
Addressing the elaboration and development of Jewish identities by Africans, this book presents one by one the different groups of Black Jews from western central, eastern and southern Africa and the ways in which they have used and imagined their oral history and traditional customs to construct a...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jews
/ Africa
/ Colonialism
/ History 1948-2001
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| Further subjects: | B
Afrika südlich der Sahara
Religion
Judaism
Jews
Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe
Beziehungen
Africans
Blacks
Verhältnis zwischen Gruppen / Institutionen
Identity
History
Kolonialgeschichte
Tradition consciousness
Interkulturelle Beziehungen
Auslandsbild
Africa
Africa
East Africa (motif)
Südliches Afrika
B Africa Ethnic relations B Christen Oral History Falasha B Jews Africa History B Africa Colonial influence History B Jews History (Africa) B Africa History |
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Addressing the elaboration and development of Jewish identities by Africans, this book presents one by one the different groups of Black Jews from western central, eastern and southern Africa and the ways in which they have used and imagined their oral history and traditional customs to construct a Jewish identity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 283 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-986888-9 0-19-986888-3 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195333565.001.0001 |
