British Black Jews - Kenneth Awele Okafor

British Black Jews - Kenneth Awele Okafor

Our travels in the Jewniverse takes us to meet Kenneth Awele Okafor, a British Black Jew, and architect.

Kenneth and Eylan talk about discovering faith, lost Jewish histories and hope for the future. 

You can read more about Kenneth in an article for The Voice:

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/features-news/2022/06/03/black-jews/

Black Hebrew Israelites

Thieboudienne

Banana Challah (Yum!)

Tzedakah (Charity)

Tikkun_olam (Repair the world)

Battle_of_Cable_Street

Book - What does a Jew Look Like?

Festivals of Sigd and New_Yam_Festival_of_the_Igbo

Jewish Museum London

https://www.lyonslearning.org.uk/

Transcript here

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Music by Aleksafor utransndr Karabanov

Sound Effect by Sergei Chetvertnykh

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