Around Yakub: the sources of demonisation (Part I)

Translated from the French Original by Katy Albiston Reading the myth of Yakub generally leaves one with a strange impression because of the violence of its subject matter and its numerous incoherences. The latter are due largely to Fard’s references, more or less distant in time and more or less explicit, which we shall explore in this second article. In the first place is the biblical background, familiar to an African American public still largely protestant. While in Fard’s narrative, th...