‘We Came from a Faraway Place’: Narratives of Hebrew/Israelite and Egyptian Origin among the Ga Communities of Accra
This article traces the historical construction and transformation of Hebrew/Israelite and Egyptian narratives of origin among the Ga people of Ghana. While claims of external ancestry are widespread in Africa, the Ga case remains relatively understudied. Emerging in seventeenth-century European tra...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2026
|
| In: |
Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2026, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-93 |
| Further subjects: | B
Egyptian origin
B Hebrew / Israelite origin B Ghana B Ga community B traditional religions of Africa |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000naa a22000002c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1961419564 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20260218072543.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 260218s2026 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1163/15700666-12340334 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1961419564 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1961419564 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |e VerfasserIn |0 (DE-588)1243465263 |0 (DE-627)1774375729 |4 aut |a Goshadze, Mariam | |
| 109 | |a Goshadze, Mariam | ||
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a ‘We Came from a Faraway Place’: Narratives of Hebrew/Israelite and Egyptian Origin among the Ga Communities of Accra |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2026 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a This article traces the historical construction and transformation of Hebrew/Israelite and Egyptian narratives of origin among the Ga people of Ghana. While claims of external ancestry are widespread in Africa, the Ga case remains relatively understudied. Emerging in seventeenth-century European travel accounts and later reinforced by missionary writings, the Hebrew/Israelite and Egyptian narratives were shaped by biblical frameworks that cast Ga religious practices as remnants of monotheistic traditions. From the late nineteenth century, Ga scholars and public figures began appropriating and reshaping these stories. Drawing on early European writings, missionary accounts, contemporary Ga perspectives, and ethnographic research, this article positions the Ga case within broader discussion of African historical consciousness and colonial knowledge production. It demonstrates that origin narratives are continuously reinterpreted in response to historical, intellectual, and political contexts, serving as tools of self-definition and negotiation with other cultural and religious groups. | ||
| 601 | |a Israeliten | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Egyptian origin | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ga community | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ghana | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Hebrew/Israelite origin | |
| 650 | 4 | |a traditional religions of Africa | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Journal of religion in Africa |d Leiden : Brill, 1967 |g 56(2026), 1, Seite 65-93 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)34133927X |w (DE-600)2066633-0 |w (DE-576)100517781 |x 1570-0666 |7 nnas |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:56 |g year:2026 |g number:1 |g pages:65-93 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://brill.com/view/journals/jra/56/1/article-p65_4.xml |x Verlag |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |7 1 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340334 |x Resolving-System |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |7 1 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| ITA | |a 1 |t 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 491933169X | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1961419564 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20260218063406 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 260218||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixzo | ||
| LOK | |0 939 |a 18-02-26 |b l01 | ||
| ORI | |a TA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| STA | 0 | 0 | |a Ghana,Ghana,Ghana,Colony,Southern Ghana,Northern Ghana |
| SUB | |a REL | ||
| SYE | 0 | 0 | |a Republic of Ghana,Republik Ghana |
