From The Opposite Side of Cush

<p>The term diaspora from the Greek word διασπείρω (diaspeiró) meaning to scatter abroad by definition refers to the movement migration or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland. However when it comes to the history of the Jews this term transcends the primary surface-level meaning and becomes a concept; the culmination of the movement migration and scattering of the children of Israel didn't conclude with assimilation into the cultures in which they found themselves. They transformed the bane of exile into successful establishments of prominent and distinct communities where they not only maintained their set-apart identity as Jews adhering to the culture and traditions of their fathers but in many cases ascended from settlers to sovereignty. Nowhere is this more evident than in the sub-Saharan region of West Africa labeled Negroland or Nigritia by European cartographers but better known as Soudan for within the very name Soudan is the name Yuda the people of the preeminent Israelite tribe who had their beginnings in a land over 4000 miles away on the opposite side of the continent the Holy Land of Judea. The Diaspora of the children of Israel from Homeland to Ham's land is a series of enlightening journeys of intrigue and fascination that has been consistently glossed over scholastically whether by ignorance or intention.</p>