Zion in Africa : the Jews of Zambia / Hugh Macmillan and Frank Shapiro.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Macmillan, Hugh, 1945-

Contributor:

• Shapiro, Frank.
• Council for Zambia Jewry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Jews--Zambia.
• Ethnic relations.
• Jews.
• Zambia--Ethnic relations.
• Zambia.

Physical Description:

ix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Council for Zambia Jewry, 1999.

Summary:

This work represents the definitive account of the Jewish community in central Africa. It tells the story of the coming of the first Jews to the area in the late-19th century, the heyday of the Jewish community in the mid-20th century, and its decline since Zambian independence. Dealing primarily with the Jewish traders in Zambia who flourished in the face of both anti-Semitism and their own acute social dislocation, Hugh Macmillan explores a number of related topics: the colonial office discussions about Jewish immigration in the 1930s, the attempts to settle refugees in Africa by both pro- and anti-Semites, Jewish religious life in the region, and the remarkable cultural and professional role played by the Jewish settlers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-329) and index.

ISBN:

1860644058

OCLC:

42020879