Afro-Jewish Encounters: From Timbuktu to the Indian Ocean and Beyond

by William F. S. Miles

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A Muslim curator and archivist who preserves in his native Timbuktu the memory of its rabbi. An evangelical Kenyan who is amazed to meet a living ""Israelite."" Indian Ocean islanders who maintain the Jewish cemetery of escapees from Nazi Germany. These are just a few of the encounters the author shares from his sojourns and fieldwork. An engaging read in which the author combines the rigors of academic research with a ""you are there"" delivery. Conveys thirty-five years of social science fieldwork and reverential travel in Sub-Saharan Africa. A great choice for the ecumenical-minded traveller.
  • ISBN13 9781558765818
  • Publish Date 6 December 2013 (first published 15 October 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 260
  • Language English