Great follow-up, @samminator.

Igbos have been said to have migrated from Israel. The reason behind this is the similarity between the Igbos and Israelis; in culture and whatnot.

In african-american literature, most of the early writers, such as Wheatley and Equiano enphasized this aspect of "negro history". Those slaves that had been taken to amaerica old enough to remember something from their lives in africa used those memories or the memories constructed from consultations to fellow slaves to put together a racial history that would allow them to present themselves not as the barbarous and inferior race whites claimed they were, but as an ancient, sophisticated and culturally and philosophically advanced group.