The twelve tribes of Israel, therefore, collectively carry the name of their father. Jacob had twelve sons with his four wives. With Leah, he had Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

The Igbo people in West Africa are descendants of the 12 Israelite tribes (12 sons of Jacob). It would be singing to the choir to start retelling that among the Igbo are thousands of Levites who ...