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The Forgotten Diaspora: Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World
The Forgotten Diaspora Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World
Author: Peter Mark, José da Silva Horta
This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam. In Senegal, the Jews were protected from agents o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521192866
ISBN-10: 0521192862
Publication Date: 3/31/2011
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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