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Title:Myth and Legend as Functional Instruments in Politics: The Establishment of the 'Alawi Dynasty in Morocco
Author:Mojuetan, B.A.
Year:1975
Periodical:Journal of African Studies (UCLA)
Volume:16
Issue:1
Pages:17-27
Language:English
Geographic term:Morocco
Subjects:monarchy
History and Exploration
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/181096
Abstract:Legendary stories of some of the Lost Tribes of Israel, organized into a powerful kingdom in Africa, were first propagated in the Maghrib towards the end of the ninth century A.D. In the seventeenth century the Jewish Kingdom legend was to assume a significance of national dimension in a Maghribian state because of its manipulation for political ends by the founder of the 'Alawi dynasty in Morocco; it was thereafter kept alive for propaganda purposes. How the legend was made to serve a political function forms the burden of this paper. Notes, summary.
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