Thirteen-year-old Joshua Armah belongs to the Jewish community in Sefwi Wiawso about seven hours from the Ghanaian capital Accra.
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A small group of people from the Sefwi tribe in western Ghana converted to Judaism in the 1970's.
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While many Sefwi people observed some Jewish laws for centuries including refraining from work on Saturdays this group declared themselves ancestors of ancient Israelites and starting calling themselves Jews.