"The Igbo are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa with population estimates ranging from 20 to 50 million. . . .Most of the Igbo are Christian but there is also a small population of Igbo Jews, some of whom merely identify as Jews, while others have converted to Judaism." "In July, Rudy Rochman, Edouard David Benaym and Andrew (Noam) Leibman, were arrested while filming a documentary, We Were Never Lost. . . ." "The Igbo claim that they are one of the lost tribes of Israel, more specifically from Eri, Arodi, and Areli, the sons of Gad and the grandsons of Jacob." "The Bible talks about how in the times of the Messiah there will be a unification with the tribes of Israel that have been lost and disconnected.” "The Igbo’s aspirations to express their Jewish identity are harshly suppressed by the Nigerian government. In 2008 an estimated 30,000 Igbos were practicing some form of Judaism."
