"good luck finding another Jew who spent some time in Sudan"
Well there's Emin Pasha (whom you've reviewed already), half-Jew Slatin Pasha (who had a great mustache) and Sudanese-born Swiss financier Nessim Gaon.
Also, Maurice Alfassa was governor of /French/ Sudan (modern day Mali) as well as of Martinique and the Congo, and five-time acting governor of French Equatorial Africa (modern day CAR, Chad, Congo and Gabon)!
Some other Jewish colonial governors to help you fill the map are: Richard Kandt (Rwanda 1907), Abraham Schrameck (Madagascar 1918), Maurizio Rava (Somalia 1931), Léon Geismar (Togo 1935 and acting governor of French West Africa 1938: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal), Andrew Cohen (Uganda 1952) and Roy Welensky (Rhodesia & Nysaland 1956: Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi; Jewish father).
With a bit of effort I've managed to find a noteworthy Jew linked (sometimes tenuously) to around 90% of the countries in Africa. My gaps are Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Burundi and Sao Taome and Principe. Now there's a challenge!
PS Hong Kong Jews aren't quite as rare as you imply. Other examples include:
- the Kadoorie family, including HK billionaire Michael Kadoorie - the "grand old man of Hong Kong", Robert Hotung, whose father was probably a Dutch Jew - the "father of Lan Kwai Fong", Allan Zeman, a Canadian-raised business magnate - philanthropist and opium trader Emanuel Belilios - HK-based graphic designer Harry Steiner, who designed the HSBC logo as well as the HK banknotes - HK-based magazine editor Eric Halpern, who founded the Far Eastern Economic Review - HK-born actress Romola Garai, whose father is Jewish
"good luck finding another Jew who spent some time in Sudan"
ReplyDeleteWell there's Emin Pasha (whom you've reviewed already), half-Jew Slatin Pasha (who had a great mustache) and Sudanese-born Swiss financier Nessim Gaon.
Also, Maurice Alfassa was governor of /French/ Sudan (modern day Mali) as well as of Martinique and the Congo, and five-time acting governor of French Equatorial Africa (modern day CAR, Chad, Congo and Gabon)!
Some other Jewish colonial governors to help you fill the map are: Richard Kandt (Rwanda 1907), Abraham Schrameck (Madagascar 1918), Maurizio Rava (Somalia 1931), Léon Geismar (Togo 1935 and acting governor of French West Africa 1938: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal), Andrew Cohen (Uganda 1952) and Roy Welensky (Rhodesia & Nysaland 1956: Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi; Jewish father).
With a bit of effort I've managed to find a noteworthy Jew linked (sometimes tenuously) to around 90% of the countries in Africa. My gaps are Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Burundi and Sao Taome and Principe. Now there's a challenge!
Now that's dedicated research! Thanks!
ReplyDeletePS Hong Kong Jews aren't quite as rare as you imply. Other examples include:
ReplyDelete- the Kadoorie family, including HK billionaire Michael Kadoorie
- the "grand old man of Hong Kong", Robert Hotung, whose father was probably a Dutch Jew
- the "father of Lan Kwai Fong", Allan Zeman, a Canadian-raised business magnate
- philanthropist and opium trader Emanuel Belilios
- HK-based graphic designer Harry Steiner, who designed the HSBC logo as well as the HK banknotes
- HK-based magazine editor Eric Halpern, who founded the Far Eastern Economic Review
- HK-born actress Romola Garai, whose father is Jewish