ONE OF THE LOST TRIBES
A story comes from Nairobi (Kenya Colony) that local ethnologists believe they have discovered in the Kikuyu, a race of natives who inhabit the regions around Nairobi, one of the lost tribes of Israel. They base this belief on the fact that many of the tribal customs of the Kikuyu bear a strong resemblance to those recorded in the Old Testament. For example, they believe in God and the resurrection of the soul; will not touch pqrk, and will never herd pigs or do other unclean work. Also, they carry out the ancient Hebraic custom of the scapegoat, by which a goat after having had transferred to it the sins of the people, is driven out into the wilderness.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 October 1922, Page 5
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124ONE OF THE LOST TRIBES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 October 1922, Page 5
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