GIVING VOICE TO AFRICAN JEWISH LIFE
For over a decade, the Avraham Ben Avraham Foundation (ABAF) has been committed to documenting, preserving, and amplifying the lives and activities of Jewish communities in Africa. What began as the personal work of a single writer in Abuja has grown into a continental media movement dedicated to telling African Jewish stories with dignity, accuracy, and pride.
Today, ABAF operates one of the most significant Jewish media initiatives on the continent: African Jewish Voices — a platform created to ensure that no African Jewish community remains unseen or unheard.
FROM LOCAL STORIES TO A CONTINENTAL PLATFORM
ABAF’s media journey began with documenting synagogue life in Abuja, Nigeria. This expanded into the Jewish Nigeria Blog, and ultimately evolved into African Jewish Voices, a pan-African Jewish news and storytelling platform.
African Jewish Voices now:
Covers Jewish news across Africa
Maintains a network of over 12 writers from multiple countries
Publishes weekly stories and features
Highlights both religious and social life
Documents history, culture, and development
Our goal is simple:
That African Jews, wherever they live, are represented in the global Jewish narrative.
A GROWING NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS
ABAF works with a broad and expanding creative network that includes:
Journalists and bloggers
Rabbis and teachers
Authors and researchers
Photographers
Graphic designers
Content creators and editors
Together, we maintain a standard of journalism that aspires to meet international professional levels, while remaining deeply rooted in community experience.
Training the Next Generation of Jewish Storytellers
ABAF does not only report stories — we build storytellers.
We actively:
Recruit young and new writers
Train local contributors
Mentor emerging journalists
Encourage documentation of local Jewish life
This allows communities to:
Tell their own stories
Preserve their own histories
Bring their local realities to global attention
We also seek to expand our correspondent network beyond Africa, with contributors in:
🇮🇱 Israel
🇺🇸 United States
🌍 Jewish diaspora communities
AFRICA’S FIRST PAN-AFRICAN JEWISH MAGAZINE
ABAF publishes the African Jewish Voices Magazine, the first pan-African Jewish magazine dedicated exclusively to African Jewish life.
The magazine features:
Community profiles
Cultural heritage
Education and youth
Economic development
Environmental projects
Jewish thought and identity
It serves as both:
A living archive
A bridge between Africa and world Jewry
DOCUMENTARY FILM & VISUAL STORYTELLING
ABAF is expanding from written journalism into film and documentary production, aiming to enrich Jewish archives through visual storytelling and to share African Jewish narratives with global audiences.
Current & Planned Documentaries
1. The Sukkot Village Documentary (Two-Part Series)
A major work in progress documenting Africa’s largest Sukkot village and the celebration of Sukkot within a thriving Jewish community.
Planned for international distribution, including digital platforms such as Amazon.
2. Kosher Wine in Uganda
A documentary on local kosher wine production and its sustained use in a synagogue in Mukono (Central Uganda) for over four years. The community has been producing both wine for Shabbat as well as for Pesach.
3. Food Security in Kenya (Rift Valley) A film highlighting Jewish-led dairy farming and milk production among rural Jewish communities located in the Rift Valley region of the country.
4. Rice Production in Nalubembe, Uganda