Talk:Semei Kakungulu

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My names are Dr Shannon Kakungulu son of Israel Mugenyi Kakungulu who in turn is the last son of Semei Kakungulu. All the Jewish rituals are still performed on the male sons of the descendants of Semei Kakungulu. We are rather disappointed that to date recognition from jews across the globe is still in doubt. Anyway we shall continue to profess the beliefs of Yahweh regardless of what the world says. Shalom

Hello, Baruch Hashem. The Abayudaya are clearly Jews and are accepted as such by Jews worldwide except the Orthodox. May Hashem bless the Abayudaya community.

Universal recognition of Jewish converts is a painful subject everywhere. Since they are fully practicing Jewish Halacha and shed all Christian features of their belief and customs, the Abayudaya can easily get recognition from the Orthodox establishments and I hear some are working in that direction. They won't be the first community to join the Hebrew nation as a whole. In my opinion, they would achieve more by seeking attention from the new center of Judaism, which is in the same time-zone as Uganda, than from the friendly, rich, but internally splintered and decaying old Jewish center, 1/3 of the planet away.

On a different matter, I was rather disappointed to find the Wikipedia article so short and too focused on one aspect of Kakungulu's biography and the final phase of his spiritual evolution in particular. The first blaring mistake is the listing of his place of birth as "Uganda", which naturally did not exist in 1869. The protectorate that put that name on the map came only in 1894. I understand that even Twaddle in his book didn't commit to say he was born in the Kingdom of Buganda, but at least give a historically consistent hypothesis. Actually, looking at the reference list, it is obvious why this article was written almost exclusively from the Jewish perspective. I understand that interest in Kakungulu's life is limited in Uganda itself, but it would be such a shame to leave the article in the "Synagogue Pamphlet" level (I read so many in my life as an Orthodox Jew). My own interest in Kakungulu's life came after I saw Twaddle's book at the Kampala Museum in `98 (ISBN 978-0821410592). I managed to get a copy (it is out of print now) and read it at least twice. I think this article should be rewritten and I suggest having Twaddle himself do the rewrite. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.55.54.38 (talk) 19:00, 15 March 2013 (UTC)