One of my first jobs was working as a 13 year old working pumping gas in a station in Detroit it was a hot day when Dr Ben approached me with a smile and asked me if I knew of Africa of course I only knew of Tarzan and how ignorant we were made to look so he recounted our glorious African history and my mind was ablaze and my skinny spine stiffened with pride and I began to read ...thank you sir for showing me the path. Happy birthday. Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan Dr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan, also known as Dr. Ben, is an Ethiopian-Puerto Rican writer, historian and Egyptologist. Ben-Jochannan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering at the University of Puerto Rico in 1938, and earned his master’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Havana, Cuba in 1938. He received his doctoral degrees in cultural anthropology and Moorish history from the University of Havana and the University of Barcelona, Spain, respectively. Ben-Jochannan is the author of 49 books, primarily on ancient Nile Valley civilizations and their impact on Western cultures. One of Dr. Ben’s most thought-provoking works, “African Origins of the Major ‘Western Religions’” (1970), highlights how the roots of Judaism, Christianity and Islam originated in black Africa. He also argues that the original Jews were from Ethiopia and were black Africans, while the European Jews later adopted the Jewish faith and its customs.
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