Igbo Israelite origin-How sceptics get it wrong.
By
Remy Ilona
Skeptics (not usually bright) allege that......so, so, & so..tribe, they mean nation or ethnic group (in Africa), has also been mentioned as possibly of Israelite origin-to counter the established fact that Igbos are lineal descendants of Israelites. What they don't see or notice is, only Igbos have been addressed systematically as Jews of Africa, for centuries, by all, including enemies. Academics are not immune from this tunnel vision.
You may wonder why I am 100% invested in this question. I will explain. Igbos will only be able to begin to rebuild their great and collapsed civilization after returning to Omenana and Omenana is the name of the Israelite religion. In other words, what I am saying is, the tools for rebuilding Igboland and Igbo people reside exclusively in the Hebrew culture, history and religion of the Igbo and nowhere else.
NB-I don't want to mention that it's only Omenana that people who claim they are familiar with what they term lost tribes of Israel, can point out unique Israelite traditions in its corpus. The other nations are lost Israelites only because this or that scholar said so 300 years ago-usually without presenting any cultural evidence.
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