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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ethnic_group
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Lemba
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gptkbp:containsSettlement
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gptkb:Blantyre_(Malawi)
gptkb:Chiredzi_(Zimbabwe)
gptkb:Limpopo_Province_(South_Africa)
gptkb:Mberengwa_(Zimbabwe)
gptkb:Musina_(South_Africa)
gptkb:Tete_(Mozambique)
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Malawi
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:cultural_artifact
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ngoma lungundu (sacred drum)
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gptkbp:cultural_claim
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descendants of ancient Israelites
descendants of traders from Yemen
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gptkbp:cultural_similarity
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gptkb:Judaism
Islamic customs
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gptkbp:DNA_studies
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show partial Middle Eastern ancestry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lemba people
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Sotho
gptkb:Venda
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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debate over Jewish identity
genetic studies in 1990s and 2000s
media coverage on Jewish ancestry
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Buba_clan
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Mathivha_family
Tudor Parfitt (researcher)
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gptkbp:oralTradition
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migrated to Africa centuries ago
originated from Sena, Yemen
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 70,000
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Southern_Africa
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gptkbp:relatedGroup
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gptkb:Shona_people
gptkb:Venda_people
gptkb:Yoruba_people
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
Judaism (practices)
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gptkbp:tradition
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endogamy
observe Sabbath
avoid eating pork
claim ancient Jewish ancestry
observe dietary laws similar to kosher
practice male circumcision
ritual animal slaughter
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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Lemba cultural practices
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gptkbp:Y-chromosome_marker
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gptkb:Cohen_modal_haplotype_(in_Buba_clan)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Tribe_of_Dan
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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