PRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) – Filmmaker Laurence Gavron is on a journey to document lost Jewish tribes in Africa. The French-born Gavron, who has made Senegal her home since 1989, says she was ...

Both Jewish Voice and some Igbo talk about another African group when explaining why they launched this test — the Lemba. The Lemba, an ethnic group of around 50,000 based in Zimbabwe and South ...

Lost Jews: The Lemba people of southern Zimbabwe are one of several scattered African tribes that claim Jewish ancestry. Image by getty images By JTA August 14, 2012 ...

The lost tribes are one of the biggest mysteries of Jewish history, and have inspired multiple theories. Maybe the Igbo Jews of Nigeria are one of the lost tribes? Perhaps Bene Menashe, in ...

The Ba'Aka tribe — who carve their flesh and sharpen their teeth — live and hunt in the Dzangha-Sangha National Park in the Central African Republic.

PRETORIA, South Africa – Filmmaker Laurence Gavron is on a journey to document lost Jewish tribes in Africa. The French-born Gavron, who has made Senegal her home since 1989, says she was ...