ZEPHANIA 3:10

''From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed.''

''Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia (ie River Nile)'' looking from Israel, is the region known today as West Africa.

The 'dispersed' Jews of antiquity, forced to flee the Roman invasion of Israel and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD, fled to West Africa, an area that at the time was beyond Roman jurisdiction. Up to a million or more Jews fled to West Africa. That population 1,600 years ago would have ballooned to several hundred million people today.

So, not just Igbos, but a great many Yorubas, Binis, Efiks, Ashantis, and other West African groups are descendants of those fleeing Jews.

Other powerful indicators:


AMOS 9:7

''Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord?''


LAMENTATIONS 5:10

"Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine"

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Act 21:37 And as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, "May I speak to you?" He replied, "Can you speak Greek?

Act 21:38 "Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago raised an insurrection and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?"

Act 21:39 But Paul said, "I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people."

One can draw a conclusion that, on the basis of Paul's appearance, the possibility of his African identity could not be dismissed.