Revisiting History, Rethinking Identity
Some Cabo Verdean Profiles in Afro-Jewish Journeys
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13036744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Gottlieb (0000-0002-2359-2278, John Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-73 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of the Middle East and Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2152-0844 • E-ISSN: 2152-0852 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21520844.2019.1577084 |
| OpenAlex | W2926712802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Religious diversity dates to the founding of Cabo Verdean society by Portuguese explorers in the mid-15th century. Increasing anti-Semitism that claimed Iberia beginning in the last decades of that century propelled a disproportionate number of Jews to join Catholic Portuguese migrants emigrating (for their own reasons) to the previously-unoccupied islands of Cabo Verde. Centuries later, another “wave” of Jews fleeing persecution—this time, in Morocco—reached Cabo Verde. In this article, I profile several living Cabo Verdeans with Jewish ancestry, to sample the variety of ways in which diasporic Cabo Verdeans themselves understand and experience their intriguing Afro-Jewish heritage
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Identity (music · Jewish identity · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |