The Tribe of Asher and the Igbo
Rabbi Yehudah (Tochukwu) ben Shomeyr
Out of Asher his
bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. - Gen. 49:20
And of Asher he said,
Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and
let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy
days, so shall thy strength be. – Deut. 33:24-25
Asher is
also said to be among the Igbos and this is a strong possibility because Gad
and Asher were brothers, they had the same mother, the handmaid Zilpah.
The Jewish
virtual library says that Eldad the Danite claims Asher to be one of the Tribes
who made it to Africa along with Gad, Dan and Naphtali. The JVL also tells of a
theory that Zebulun and Asher traveled from North Africa to West Africa either
by Jewish trading caravans or by way of Carthage who some believe were
descendants of Zebulun and Asher - (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Nigeria.html)
Out of Asher his
bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. - Gen. 49:20
Asher is
spoken of as catering to the luxury of Kings in food and accessories. They are
the miner or mining tribe. This could indicate the Igbos and other African and
white South Africans who mine diamonds and precious metals and stones fit for
royal diadems.
Other
British Israelite theorists place a part of Asher in the British Isles.
