A Closer Look: Afro-Mexicans 🇲🇽

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  • @VivaBellabyXtina
    @VivaBellabyXtina  4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    💗 If you enjoyed this video please feel free to leave a "Super Thanks" (heart icon above) 😊
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    • @Papi_Oso
      @Papi_Oso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Does "boundlessly voluptuous" mean what I think it means, or is my mind going in the wrong direction? 😅

    • @VivaBellabyXtina
      @VivaBellabyXtina  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Papi_Oso lol idk, but I was thinking the same thing you're probably thinking 🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @Papi_Oso
      @Papi_Oso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@VivaBellabyXtina 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good! I don't feel so perverted anymore! 😅😅😅

    • @salamouedraogo6228
      @salamouedraogo6228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey sister thank you for sharing this important information about African contributions to world history.

    • @CopperAboriginies
      @CopperAboriginies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Afro people of the Eartb

  • @eh8873
    @eh8873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    I have black and brown family. I am from Veracruz and I am proud of my dark complexion. I am a proud Afro-Mexican

    • @crystaljoseph2245
      @crystaljoseph2245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As you should be

    • @carlburch4450
      @carlburch4450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Uh I get so tired of hearing that bs on crayon colors; ain't no brown but so called black people who ain't black which is only pale or bleached. Gain back your common sense & critical thinking. It's only social political economic bs caste system people wake yo asses up. We ain't the color of no iron skillet. We brown skinned copper. Furthermore tjey ain't no mg afro or african their are indigenous period. Lies we believe to the contrary. She ain't doing no real research; this is that pan African lie

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@carlburch4450 Calm down Carl. Perhaps you should travel to Africa, and see what it is you’re not seeing now. There ARE BLACK PEOPLE! “SKILLET” black, as you said! I’ve seen them, and they’re absolutely beautiful! It’s almost like they’re PAINTED they’re so dark! They have the melanin DRIPPING off of them practically! Wanna know something else about them...? They are the CALMEST and most PEACEFUL people you have ever met in your life!!! The North Sentilese people of the Andaman Islands are a perfect example, but have developed a warrior culture due to invading colonizers with their diseases and intentions of exploitation that makes them fight against anyone who approaches their island!

    • @Iknowyoumadnow
      @Iknowyoumadnow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thefuture5572 ......shut yo racist azz up whyte boy blacker than a skillet? and you're pinker than raw meat

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Iknowyoumadnow AND I’m black, you asshole! 👋🏾🤣🤣🤣

  • @marlenegomez4391
    @marlenegomez4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Omg I'm Mexican, but I've always felt a tie and deep rooted connection to African decent. I thought I was crazy. Since my family are metizos. Supposedly, but somehow my mom, tias, and tios could all grow afros! How?? Supposedly we're metizos! This just proved to me that we could possible have Afro-mexican decent in us!!!! This makes me sooo proud!!!! I recognize their contribution to our peoples freedom from the Spanish! I claim for their contribution to be recognized by the whole world and that it unites us all!!!

    • @marlenegomez4391
      @marlenegomez4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Support, acceptance, recognition, honor, and respect are no fads. If so they will never go out of style! Respect. Racist people motivate me to be more open, accepting, supportive, respectful, integral, and honorable. I acknowledge the gift of your comment that has lead me to claim such.

    • @abrahamjackson6019
      @abrahamjackson6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Welcome home my sista. Amazing that African Spirit continued to pull at you you had no idea what was going on. We are not a racist people

    • @marlenegomez4391
      @marlenegomez4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@abrahamjackson6019 I do want to add though, that I don't agree with James Garcia's comment. I have noticed however that a lot of colored indigenous cultures are scrutinized and taught to hate themselves. Where we became racist towards our own cultures.

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @James Garcia What does black people being racist have anything to do with the fact that we’re the ORIGINAL indigenous people of the Americas? Jealousy and hatred doesn’t help YOU rewrite history, because YOU have no POWER to be able to do that, and the people who do can’t even hold onto the lies forever! The truth will ALWAYS come out eventually! 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@abrahamjackson6019 James knows that. He’s so hurt and angry that along with so many of the other great things about us, WE were the inhabitants of his land before HE was! lol. I understand their frustration, I honestly do. I actually get EVERYONE’S hatred of us! We’re so AMAZING!!! Look at what we accomplish in SPITE of all the opposition we encounter! Think about the people of the world who hate us for things we’re not even AWARE of!

  • @josiedudouit1933
    @josiedudouit1933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I hope that all of this info is included in Mexican history textbooks! 🙏

    • @everfragozzo2649
      @everfragozzo2649 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chale

    • @JP-hj1il
      @JP-hj1il 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      why would they?

    • @annaisrael2772
      @annaisrael2772 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you consider yourself "DIASPORA" and/or you are in a country where they Discriminate against you because of your darker hue, then you seriously need to get some KNOWLEDGE OF SELF....don't fight with Knowledge because she is only trying to help you------> th-cam.com/video/DW-AnDqQnjc/w-d-xo.html

  • @jayrob7418
    @jayrob7418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I'm here because my grandpa is an Afro Mexican. ✊🏽✊🏿

    • @alfredoalcantar8691
      @alfredoalcantar8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No he's just Mexican

    • @mikeyjames
      @mikeyjames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      🇲🇽🙏🏾 I’m Afro Mexican too. I was born in Guerrero and moved to LA when I was 4 🙌🏼🙌🏾 Chicanos need to stop trying to tell us we’re just dark paisas. First off all that shit is disrespect to our gente to even be calling them that. My grandma and my jefita already educated us on our history. We have pictures of our familia and people in our community in Mexico that put on game. They know the history of our town. I mean it’s noticeable when you see me but Obviously not every Afro Mexican is going to have noticeable black features because it could be from a grandpa or grandma and race mixing over years is going make it fade out but I’m seeing more and more Afro Mexicans taking pride in their heritage and not falling for the dark paisa bullshit. You should watch this video
      We know who we are!
      m.th-cam.com/video/06kpGyhRe4Y/w-d-xo.html

    • @scarfacevakarian7619
      @scarfacevakarian7619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My grandmother is African Mexican so I’m a mutt… and Spaniard decedent grandfather..

    • @saharastorm179
      @saharastorm179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

    • @melanierobinson4152
      @melanierobinson4152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm great grandfather on my father's side is an Afro-Mexican. My husband and I are exploring Mexico next year👑🙏🏽

  • @adrianavalos4861
    @adrianavalos4861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My dad was born in Veracruz. And yes he dark and black. Before he passed away he said his grandpa was born in Cuba 🇨🇺. I’m proud 🥲 where my dad born and rise.

    • @saharastorm179
      @saharastorm179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Africans also traveled to and reside in Cuba....

    • @Joyful_Smiles
      @Joyful_Smiles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow! You're probably related to us in Florida. Seminole County has a river where the ancestors were taken from their land and enslaved in Cuba. Things are still pretty tense and scary there. I only go in the day time.
      Blessings

  • @villagomezc89
    @villagomezc89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Thank you for doing this video. A lot of people need to be aware of how beautiful history is. And we must not forget our ancestors that fought for us to still be here! 🙏

  • @ramonpineda7514
    @ramonpineda7514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Thank you for educating us!!! I was truly engrossed watching this from beginning to end. I wish there were something like this about the history of blacks in El Salvador. I showed my beautiful African-American girlfriend a photo of my mother and she was like wow!!! My girlfriend was amazed that my mother looked like a black woman. My mother I am positive has black in her besides native Indian ancestry.

    • @marsallefrancisco4851
      @marsallefrancisco4851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back in 1987, I dated a Salvadorian woman who's father was Native Indian and Black .

  • @ladydiaspora807
    @ladydiaspora807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Beautiful people. Definitely can see the African and Native features and skin tones.

    • @moshenewsletter4620
      @moshenewsletter4620 ปีที่แล้ว

      THE AFRO MEXICANS ARE THE FIRST INDGENOUS, THE MONGOLOIDS ARE IMMIGRANTS, GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT th-cam.com/video/457_pAslsE0/w-d-xo.html

  • @Papi_Oso
    @Papi_Oso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Woow! I learn more about black history on this channel then I did in all my years of school and college! 😕🤔

    • @MaximoSeptus
      @MaximoSeptus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, in Mexico too the History has been controlled by a few, most of the ancient Aztec & Mayan books were destroyed and only 3 or or 4 are in existence today.

    • @stephj9378
      @stephj9378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was surprised she didnt speak of the Olmecs.
      The actual first Mexicans.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec_colossal_heads

  • @JaneDoe-em7zi
    @JaneDoe-em7zi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you so much for posting this!!! This is representative of half of my family!!! More like this please!! The world needs to know the beauty of our Black roots and why many of us look the way we do!!! !VIVA LA RAZA¡🇲🇽

  • @tweetytweet2257
    @tweetytweet2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I truly feel the Americas created a beautiful people out of an ugly history. There are tribes in the United States where the entire tribe is an admixture of Indian, European and African. I can't say I necessarily reached the place where I love my European DNA but I praise the Indian and African DNA

    • @tweetytweet2257
      @tweetytweet2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dat Boi African and Native American are two separate DNAs. That's science so don't go around telling that lie 😂

    • @tradinwarstoriez5641
      @tradinwarstoriez5641 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Dat Boi yes we weren’t the only ones over here tho

    • @annaisrael2772
      @annaisrael2772 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you consider yourself "DIASPORA" and/or you are in a country where they Discriminate against you because of your darker hue, then you seriously need to get some KNOWLEDGE OF SELF....don't fight with Knowledge because she is only trying to help you------> th-cam.com/video/DW-AnDqQnjc/w-d-xo.html

  • @MaximoSeptus
    @MaximoSeptus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Viva Mexico, Thank you for your Excelent video on Mexicans with African Ancestry. most of the people in the Unites States believe that Mexicans are a race.
    The Northern states of Mexico have more European ancestry than the south and yes, in the State of Guerrero and Veracruz we have Afro-Mexicans.

    • @alfredoalcantar8691
      @alfredoalcantar8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually that is not true most of us have indigenous

    • @rodneymoore877
      @rodneymoore877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Black is so beautiful..this is why people get there skine tanned..i love black and we love you whites and yall hate us..why is that..i love people because god made us all ..like ice cream we come in different flavors..peace my people..and love to all of God's children..

    • @MaximoSeptus
      @MaximoSeptus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alfredoalcantar8691 Saludos, la respuesta mía fue una comparación de cantidad en porcentaje de gente blanca entre el Norte y el Sur de Mexico.
      Mi discusión es que en Pleno siglo 21 Mucha gente en Estados Unidos cree que los Mexicanos somos una Raza.
      Aquí mismo en éstos comentarios vas encontrar Mexicanos que así cren.

    • @juanareyes7119
      @juanareyes7119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      La mayoria tiene ancestrales de
      indeginos. es poca gente que llevaba
      adn de europeos y Afrikana.
      Acuerdate que tambien ay adn de los
      Arabes por parte de los espanoles.

  • @melanierobinson4152
    @melanierobinson4152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Beautiful video! I found out that my father's dad was an Afro-Mexican. My husband and I are going to explore Mexico next year God willing. New subscriber 🙏🏽👑❣️

  • @405boy4
    @405boy4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This was a great documentary. I wish it would have been longer..

    • @davidcail2880
      @davidcail2880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great video. I learned about the Afro Mexicans when I bought a book entitled Los Cimarrónes in a bookstore at the airport on my way to study Spanish in Mexico. I never knew why I was so interested in the Spanish language and culture until recently taking a DNA test. I discovered that some of my ancestors came from the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba.

  • @unboughtunbossed1841
    @unboughtunbossed1841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    So glad I watched this, Im Black American and want to learn more about this! Black and Brown unite✊

    • @rotemplatino91
      @rotemplatino91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mexico's independence from Spain, was possible because of the union between races: Native Americans, Mestizos, Mulatos and Criollos (Spanish people born and raised in Mexico). Saludos bro

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah right, keep dreaming! 🤣

  • @ekni7743
    @ekni7743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Top Dollar 💰👍🏾👍🏾! So much knowledge kept from us. Big thanks for all your work @VivaBella by Xtina

  • @cjohnson033
    @cjohnson033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fantastic job with this video. You have educated me immensely. I am 1% from Campeche

  • @Katice634
    @Katice634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This was very informative. My son is part Mexican so I want to teach him about both cultures.

    • @VaqueroVegano
      @VaqueroVegano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      BLACK AN BROWN LUV FOREVA JUU HURRRRRRD✊🏿

    • @mikhailbashni8936
      @mikhailbashni8936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You are good and wise mother ... so teach your son the truth about the first Afro-Mexican president who abolished slavery 30 years before Abraham Lincoln, on February 14, 1829.

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VaqueroVegano PFFF...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Y’all just will NOT give it UP, huh? Go ahead and keep thinking they have anything to do with you, and see how that....actually how’s that working out for you NOW??? 🤣🤣🤣

    • @VaqueroVegano
      @VaqueroVegano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thefuture5572 what do you mean

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VaqueroVegano Sorry, never mind.

  • @lordimpaler6055
    @lordimpaler6055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I’m so going to this part of Mexico to find my wife 😍 the Melanesian in their skin is Phenomenal

    • @skellagyook
      @skellagyook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You mean the melanin (Melanesians are the dark-skinned group of people native to Melanesia, in the South Pacific).

    • @alfredoalcantar8691
      @alfredoalcantar8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skellagyook you know if you're a black American and she's a black Mexican so you call that she still not going to accept you because you don't have the Mexican heritage

    • @Crudeoil794
      @Crudeoil794 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alfredoalcantar8691 * You are completely wrong.I have been seeing marriage and dating for many years.

    • @Crudeoil794
      @Crudeoil794 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lord Impaler* Impale in Armenia, not here.

    • @uptownscenery9175
      @uptownscenery9175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alfredoalcantar8691 stop it black men marry every race culture on earth so I'm pretty sure it would be that hard to get a women of african descent no matter what country or culture she from

  • @marcusbrown592
    @marcusbrown592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Thanks for sharing this wealth of knowledge. My daughters are half African American and half Mestizo. I intend to take them to the areas where people look like them so that they see the representation of themselves even in other parts of the world.

    • @pebbles92able
      @pebbles92able 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice!

    • @marcusbrown592
      @marcusbrown592 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pebbles92able 🙏🏾 peace and love!

    • @AveAce
      @AveAce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People look them in America. There are plenty of mixed people in California that are half Mexicans and so-called black. Did you know we've only been called African American since the 70's. We are indigenous to America don't let them fool you. We're the only people whose identity has been changed five different times. We went from being called Indian colored negro black and the last one that stuck was African-American. I have my grandmother's papers to prove this I'm indigenous not African American. 95 % of us are indigenous to America the other 5 % came from Africa.

    • @marcusbrown592
      @marcusbrown592 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AveAce I’m truly starting to believe this because as far back as 1820 my people weren’t slaves according to Ancestry dot com. I’ll have to dig into it more, but I’d you have any information, let me know.

    • @anthonyjohnson8971
      @anthonyjohnson8971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AveAce Mexican is not a race

  • @CelestialEmpress1133
    @CelestialEmpress1133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love this video so much thank you for bringing this educational video to us!! It makes a lot of sense to me even thinking on my fathers side we have Afro mexican and native. Even though I didn’t get to explore that heritage I find myself naturally being attracted to mexican cumbia and wanting to learn Spanish just like the Afro mexican women were learning African dances. It goes both ways and it’s a beautiful thing! Thank you for uniting us together in times like these

    • @rotemplatino91
      @rotemplatino91 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cumbia is from Colombia 🇨🇴. My colombian friends will get a heart attack if they read we mexicans invented it haha. Saludos 👋

    • @MaximoSeptus
      @MaximoSeptus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rotemplatino91 No te sientas mal ellos no saben que la Cumbia es de Colombia, en Mexico Hasta hoy es una musica que nos encanta y no es nuestra.

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 All this so called “love” for black people is bullshit! Y’all want so bad for Caucasians to accept y’all all as one of them, it drives y’all CRAZY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @1elwin
    @1elwin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s nice to learn more about the culture my grandma is darker tone which resides in Guerrero and my grandpa was Spanish tall and light thank you for the knowledge 🙌🏽

  • @NotSoPhotogenic
    @NotSoPhotogenic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I identify as mestizo (Mexican), but I'm aware of the fact that I have African ancestry, and I embrace it.
    Some of my relatives have taken DNA tests, and these have confirmed that we have African ancestry (although I'm not exactly sure how much I personally have). Some of my older relatives certainly appeared to have visible African ancestry (although eyeball-based assessments are not accurate).
    There are African influences sprinkled throughout the national culture-
    even the quintessentially Mexican dish "menudo" seems to have a partially African origin.
    Thank you for this video. Saludos.

  • @nlomba5922
    @nlomba5922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks for sharing! Now I understand better why I felt so connected to Mexican people when I traveled to Mexico City, especially when I visited the Pyramids and interacted with local people. My roots are from Gabon 🇬🇦 and I just can't wait to come back to learn more about the great
    history of this beautiful country and its diversity in terms of people ❤... It's amazing to see how most of the nations of this world have African ancestry even though some of them try hard to deny it!

    • @kalimbaGARCIA1234
      @kalimbaGARCIA1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m from Gabon too! Always felt a pull towards Afro Latinos due to our shared history!

  • @livetoloveandlaughlivefora6800
    @livetoloveandlaughlivefora6800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you i learned something today now i want to learn more. Because off you .you are never to old to learn new things

  • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691
    @abrahamisaacmuciusiii691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Vicente Guerrero was the son of a Mestizo (Spanish European and Native American) father and Vicente's mother was a Black woman born in Africa, so Vicente was a Afro Mestizo.

    • @caraqueno
      @caraqueno 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @James Garcia He was what was labeled "cuarteron/quadroon", one-quarter black.

    • @alfredoalcantar8691
      @alfredoalcantar8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No Vicente Guerro was just Mexican

    • @caraqueno
      @caraqueno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alfredoalcantar8691 He was afromexicano, recognizing his African ancestry, just as you'd recognize your own African ancestry.

    • @Addi_Teacha509
      @Addi_Teacha509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From an African mother, 9 months inside an African womb

    • @Addi_Teacha509
      @Addi_Teacha509 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alfredoalcantar8691 you have issues

  • @SacTowN2Tuskegee
    @SacTowN2Tuskegee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I REALLY enjoyed this! I live in the melting pot of Sacramento, California and had always been aware of Afro-Latinos in other countries within Latin America (i.e., Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, etc.), but never grew up learning about the presence of Afro-Latinos in Mexico, and ACTUALLY only learned about their presence a few years ago from a Mexican former co-worker who educated me on black communities/populated areas in Mexico, like Oaxaca! I had always "wondered" if there was an Afro-Latino presence in Mexico; but thanks to my former co-worker and documentaries like these, I now know that the answer is YES -- there IS an Afro-Latino presence in Mexico!
    This video deserves a LOVE ❤, not a Like! Thanks so much for sharing, this was EXCELLENT! 👋🏾 God bless!

    • @VivaBellabyXtina
      @VivaBellabyXtina  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🖤🖤

    • @gisenda
      @gisenda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes I have been trying to let people know that Mexico is as mixed as the US. There is Chinese Mexicans, Afromexicans, Jewish Mexicans, french Mexicans, Irishmexicans and the list goes on. When I was young I did not notice how people categorize countries and how they think they should look like until, my dad's family came to visit us and my friends started questioning my family and saying they do not look Mexican. Most of my dad's family looks Irish, or European according to people in the Us because of their blond, red hair, and colored eyes. But my dad also has many Afro mexican family members so they are one big melting pot. Hi from Sacramento too.

    • @SacTowN2Tuskegee
      @SacTowN2Tuskegee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gisenda Thank you so much for your comment. It is very valuable to my learning and understanding of the ethnic diversity within Mexico and the culture.
      And yes: 👋🏾 Hello from Sacramento! 😎

    • @gisenda
      @gisenda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SacTowN2Tuskegee seeing we live in the same city and if you need any other info. I would love to help

    • @SacTowN2Tuskegee
      @SacTowN2Tuskegee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gisenda Thank you. I appreciate that.

  • @londonice
    @londonice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I’ve been to Guerrero Mexico and I was so astonished to see the Afro Mexicans. And while I was in Acapulco ( which is super close to costa chica) I saw tons of Afro-mexican themed artwork all around Acapulco. It was beautiful. Also my ex boyfriend is from costa chica, guerrero and when I first saw him I thought he was Dominican. Because he does have those mix African- features while still looking of Hispanic descent. And I see why now especially that I watch your video. Thank you for sharing this

    • @hcgg7731
      @hcgg7731 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ATL 1 LMFAO

    • @bluesummer6771
      @bluesummer6771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There a lot of us Afro Mexicans especially in the south of Mexico

  • @nicolejones8761
    @nicolejones8761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this History and Video. I just discovered I have Afro- Mexico roots after recently doing a DNA test. I learned so much from this video and should be a part of every School Cricculum. This is such important part of History. So many times people of African decent are left out of a Latin culture and are under represented or not represented at all. The African Diaspora have played a major part of building one's s Country Culture and Traditions. The Black African communities and it's people have contributed to a People, a Culture, and a Country. You have enriched me with so much more Knowledge and Power. I can't thank you Enough! Thank you for bringing Awareness. I am so proud to be a African- American women with Afro- Mexican roots. Reclaiming my roots Culture and History.

  • @jonathancrippen1615
    @jonathancrippen1615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow im floored by this info our roots are more tied than I thought . When I listen to Labamba it will have a whole new definition. Keep up the great vids!!!

  • @havanese37
    @havanese37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Today I learned something new which I had no idea existed. Thank you for the information.

  • @rosazampelli6991
    @rosazampelli6991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Que orgullo siento!

  • @DavidWilliams-ju2ln
    @DavidWilliams-ju2ln 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found your channel. I am much appreciative of this documentary. I never learned this in school, including college. I'm a Black American farmer from Louisiana.

  • @michaelcarson7941
    @michaelcarson7941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I subscribed this was educational. I wanted to visit Mexico City this year but you changed my mind. I want to visit this region and the beautiful people. From a black man to other black folks around the world stay proud of who we are.

  • @izatrini439
    @izatrini439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    WOW I enjoyed the episode very informative. I sent your video to allll my Mexican friends who have no clue about this. 👏👏👏👏
    Thank you❤🇹🇹

  • @abecerra3060
    @abecerra3060 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My grandpas from Guerrero, back in his day he had a big curly Afro. He would get dark when he’s in the sun, and he was always outside, my friends thought he was a black guy when I was a kid lol. My family comes in all shades! I didn’t know I had curly hair until I grew it out!

  • @nessaj4522
    @nessaj4522 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wooow look at THIS!! Fabulous!!

  • @ceeclarke1645
    @ceeclarke1645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you. I learned so much.

  • @slupercantriber8946
    @slupercantriber8946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Saludos y un abrazo mis hermanos . Desde Guadalajara Jalisco

  • @gradualuprisintheory
    @gradualuprisintheory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I luv luv luv this. Beautiful people of Africa live their richness in Mexico. What a complex history. I am (Chicanx) This is inspiring. Thanks for dropping knowledge.

    • @VivaBellabyXtina
      @VivaBellabyXtina  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤗🤗

    • @L30NARDO72
      @L30NARDO72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly, using an (x) to not identified is a way anglos hickjacking spanish lenguage, please never use it when talking in this side of the border, talking about colonization in the 21st Century

    • @gradualuprisintheory
      @gradualuprisintheory 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@L30NARDO72 thass some bullshit. I hack language all the time. Pix, perf, and the list goes on. aint gonna buy that 1. .. Porfa! You sound really old, privileged, and stubborn. 😂
      Yea I will continue to say what I want how I want.

  • @phyllissimon3518
    @phyllissimon3518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting and informative. Thank God for the internet and thank you for doing this video.

  • @PatriciaGarcia-ip6ge
    @PatriciaGarcia-ip6ge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Both sets of my grandparents were from Mexico. My dad was born in Texas and my mom in San Jose,CA. I am 65 years old and I'm stunned that I knew none of this history. I knew that people from Mexico have from fair skin and blue eyes to deep skin and curly hair. To know now some of the history answers alot of questions I had. This is history that should be taught in America schools. When I think about my darker skin tone and my daughter's pale skin tone it all makes sense. Thank you for all your research on this history.

  • @mentalandfloss2550
    @mentalandfloss2550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow! Great video! Very informative. Beautiful people. Glad to see they're FINALLY being recognized.

  • @colorfullifeproductions464
    @colorfullifeproductions464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for sharing all of this awesome history! Learned so much 💫💫💫💐

  • @toohard2x576
    @toohard2x576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for informing me of this IMPORTANT HISTORY ❤️❤️❤️

  • @yotao7486
    @yotao7486 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am so proud of my mexican and black heritage. I have the best of both worlds. 😊

  • @rgrateful
    @rgrateful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this! I am Mexican American but my family is all mixed up with culture!

  • @rezSH369
    @rezSH369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I really appreciate this, I’m afro Mexican from the costa chica .

  • @phyllisreese6476
    @phyllisreese6476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew this....This is sooo beautiful..Black Mexico...Beautiful.

  • @dawnhewitt1
    @dawnhewitt1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely beautiful video, great job!

  • @edwardledesmaledesma9018
    @edwardledesmaledesma9018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Buen video en Cancún Ay Afro-mexicano una vez un primo mío fue de paseo y vio monton

    • @oscardrouge8507
      @oscardrouge8507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Son jarochos carnal, hasta el ex gobernador de Veracruz Fidel Herrera es afromexicano

    • @juanel153
      @juanel153 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      En el area de cancun playa del carmen, hay Afro Cubanos

  • @oliviaortiz5157
    @oliviaortiz5157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I'll speak for myself,. I love ❣️ our afro-mexicans THIER color is beautiful!!! I believe my family has
    afro-roots too!!🥰💞 in my family there is dark, light, and olive skinned siblings and very curly wavy hair🥰 love it!!!!!! Now I know we're I got my dancing rythom from, I dance like a afros do, never knew why, I have always been praise for how I dance, I can move to anything, I always wondered if we were mixed, now I am 95% sure I am ❣️

    • @jayhendricks67
      @jayhendricks67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes you are special don't let anyone tell you different I just pray One day people will realize out of Black comes all Colors

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @James Garcia “Black fad”? Is that anything like the “Latin invasion” that came and died the same year with the Marcarena, Jlo, and Ricky Martin? Come on boy.....black people ARE the trends! We ARE the style! WE make things fresh, fly, dope, fire, sick, and a hundred thousand OTHER colorful colloquialisms the world eventually says! Don’t let your jealousy of who WE are make you neglect the beauty of YOUR people! Dummy! 😂 “Black fad”...! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Man, that green eyed monster got y’all BAD!

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay. That’s fantastic, but could you do me a favor...? Please address why when you express yourself in such a proud and exuberant attitude, your OWN people come around to knock you down, and throw salt not on YOU, but on BLACK people?! Now what I’d like you to do, is address the reason why they should feel the need to do that ALL the time! We don’t do that to THEM! In fact we come along and COMPLEMENT them for any display of beauty and/or culture they have! Their innate feelings of inadequacy come close to rivaling that of their vision of “Success”, the Caucasian! Talk to me...!!!

    • @thadon1067
      @thadon1067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @James Garcia You're a clown

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @James Garcia Is THAT a fact?!!! 😂 Welp...! We’ll just see about that, home skillet! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sugarcaneplain2097
    @sugarcaneplain2097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely beautiful 😍🙏🏾 I love this black history!

  • @IAF844
    @IAF844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • @Gabriel-mg6om
    @Gabriel-mg6om 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice work!!!

  • @ajachaney37
    @ajachaney37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was a beautiful video!!!

  • @monta8987
    @monta8987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the knowledge one love ❤️

  • @proteusxl9814
    @proteusxl9814 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I woke up. Started cooking breakfast and for some reason. I want to hear you tell history. I'm in your channel digging through your content. Your content and info is deep and educational for me. I know you are busy but don't leave this for to long. Blesssing🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

  • @kenyawilson2668
    @kenyawilson2668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was very well-done!

  • @pythondeuce1174
    @pythondeuce1174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So beautiful ❤️

  • @LuisRodriguez-nm8os
    @LuisRodriguez-nm8os 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MUY INTERESANTE 😄 YO SOY DE MEXICO,DE AGUASCALIENTES EN EL CENTRO DEL PAIS Y NI IDEA TENIA DE ESTO,GRACIAS POR ESTE GRAN VIDEO.

  • @gabrielleabraham5773
    @gabrielleabraham5773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Can you a video on the Afro Panamanians and the Garifuna’s of Central America and Caribbean.

    • @VivaBellabyXtina
      @VivaBellabyXtina  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yea, I had already been thinking of doing one on the Garifunas!

    • @laprincesse9312
      @laprincesse9312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not be dumb but what countries are in central america?

    • @VivaBellabyXtina
      @VivaBellabyXtina  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@laprincesse9312 Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

    • @sweetnectar83
      @sweetnectar83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@laprincesse9312 you’re not being dumb. Your asking because you want to be educated. 😊💕

  • @aprilsunshine7565
    @aprilsunshine7565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh wow!!! I did not know about this!! I just subscribe to your channel.. Thank you so much for this beautiful information!!

  • @monicasoto3481
    @monicasoto3481 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have fallen in love with your channel!!!

  • @juniormephostopholese3062
    @juniormephostopholese3062 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very interesting. Lo❤️ve your work!

  • @gloriahodge9849
    @gloriahodge9849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful people ♥️

  • @marcusblack7773
    @marcusblack7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank-you for this GEM! I sat proudly and watched this video. I was even brought to tears at some points.
    I hope to see more from you and would also appreciate "Links", to anything: AfroMéx!😁👍(🇯🇲 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 💥.🇲🇽)
    ..bless~you*🙄👍
    -BLACK.

  • @cwtrucker4963
    @cwtrucker4963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video,also most of all your videos are great with a lot of knowledge

  • @Juancarlossantana2023
    @Juancarlossantana2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can't believe I missed this video

  • @butchmitch731
    @butchmitch731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, Bella !@!
    What excellent journalism, composition, and editing..
    That piece was worthy of nomination for small documentary awards consideration.
    I salute your depth, range, and artistry.
    Still, for now, ...l don't want you to give up on the Black/Asian/Olmec axis, perhaps. There historical truth of this hidden history will go a long way toward healing intercultural gang violence, in my opinion.
    Let's get the truth out there..we have worked together in the past, let's do it again. United we stand. Divided we fall.
    Blessings to you, hermanita linda.🥰👁😎♥️⚘
    Time will take you there...for now, you have given a beautiful historical rendering of your subject.
    Bless you

  • @MizzKru
    @MizzKru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are so beautiful 😻

  • @gregoryroberts8563
    @gregoryroberts8563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WOW VERY INTERESTING THKS FOR THE POWERFUL INFO IT MAKE SO MUCH SENSE NOW👍👍

  • @fullyshannon
    @fullyshannon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow very good video! Thank you 💗

  • @rudymagarin6292
    @rudymagarin6292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    CALIDAD DE VIDEO MUCHAS GRACIAS SALUDOS DESDE EL SALVADOR

  • @ramaj206
    @ramaj206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the video and the knowledge.

    • @ramaj206
      @ramaj206 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We all need to help one another and bridge the gap between us created to separate us. Injustice anywhere is wrong. Just thinking how I can help my Afro-Mexican right now.

  • @natgirrl672
    @natgirrl672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredibly informative. Thank you!

  • @Mr3sixty360
    @Mr3sixty360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you! This is extremely important.

  • @horacegrant8899
    @horacegrant8899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for doing these videos; the truth MUST be told!🤗🤗🤗

  • @jacqueparr4175
    @jacqueparr4175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Afro Mexican’s are beautiful! A unique beauty…

  • @jeremiah_12
    @jeremiah_12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fire information. Very thorough.... This is very good and shows that the diaspora isn't just us Anglos from the States. I'm doing research on the African diaspora in the New World before I go elsewhere but your videos are very helpful.

  • @marilynramsey4326
    @marilynramsey4326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow this was great to know!!!!!!!!

  • @afroboy-akaspanishboy3685
    @afroboy-akaspanishboy3685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Nice video. I’m Mexican from Veracruz. I took an ancestry dna and I got 19% African, 64% native indigenous, 14% European

    • @agfromdai.e3806
      @agfromdai.e3806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Martin Hernandez *19% African bruh

    • @agfromdai.e3806
      @agfromdai.e3806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Martin Hernandez You're the same idiot who said Mexicó has never had a black president. Learn history

    • @georgesmith9415
      @georgesmith9415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What was the dna company?

    • @afroboy-akaspanishboy3685
      @afroboy-akaspanishboy3685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@georgesmith9415 AncestryDna and 23andMe.

    • @teresaguerrasalazar
      @teresaguerrasalazar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@agfromdai.e3806 Vicente Guerrero was not elected by the people he did not win the elections he forced himself into power, supported by Santana who was a dictator and who sold Mayan and Apache Indians to Cuba AND the phillipines for profit. Guerrero was only in power for a few months, he was executed by Bustamante who positioned the president who won the elections, Guerrero was never president he was a self iomposed dictator that is why he was executed and he was not president.

  • @comicocalypse5620
    @comicocalypse5620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic vid!!

  • @CVESVR707
    @CVESVR707 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing work

  • @ElCharroNegro2023
    @ElCharroNegro2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The diversity of Mexico is enormous, there are Afro-Latin communities, communities of original Mexicans without racial mixture, even European communities without racial mixture, such as Chipilo in the state of Puebla or the Mennonites of Chihuahua, in addition to Chinese, Lebanese, etc, etc.communities , although in general, the southern part of Mexico has a "" darker "" population and the northern part of Mexico is more "" white "", for example, the population of ""Los Altos de Jalisco"",. Mexicans can be physically very different from each other, but we are united by our culture and history.

    • @corythegoat2745
      @corythegoat2745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I been telling people Mexicans mixture of people just like all other American countries!

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, and we come in a thousand shades, but we are still BLACK! The fact that y’all always wheel out that same ridiculous crap just makes it easier for y’all to try and flip flop with every race you come into contact with! I’ve seen it a THOUSAND times when I lived in California! I used to watch them hanging out with white folks and gut bust laughing at their jokes about black folks! Then they’d come around BLACK people, but they’d still low key cape for Caucasians! That whole silly “we’re all kinds of things” is exactly why we can’t see y’all as anything more than supporters of white supremacy, even though you’re not white!

    • @thefuture5572
      @thefuture5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corythegoat2745 All American countries...??? How does THAT work? Are there other Americas nobody’s told me about? 🤣🤣🤣 GOD, I HOPE not!!!

    • @corythegoat2745
      @corythegoat2745 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thefuture5572 yes Jamaica Dominica Cuba Canada Argentina to name a few

    • @corythegoat2745
      @corythegoat2745 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hati Brazil Peru

  • @shaimbayise3245
    @shaimbayise3245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Much love to my brothers n sister's in Mexico. South African

  • @JermiahCrawford21
    @JermiahCrawford21 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely loved this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @esseen100
    @esseen100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done and researched. Thanks for the knowledge.

  • @ljose007
    @ljose007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Que linda!

  • @hermosalea7173
    @hermosalea7173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Its an afro Mexican that goes to my school and I couldn't believe she was mexican cause its mostly white latinos where I live

    • @nmagain24
      @nmagain24 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      She your cousin

    • @guadalupeyanez120
      @guadalupeyanez120 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      White latinos? I am confused🤔

    • @pricklypear6384
      @pricklypear6384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Legba daniels Chicanos are Mexican born in the US. That word was popular in the 70s.

    • @agfromdai.e3806
      @agfromdai.e3806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@guadalupeyanez120 you really think Mexican is a race?

  • @thegreatarkanum3037
    @thegreatarkanum3037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video and great history of the Mexican people. We Dominicans also have a history of African descent though many of us may think we are more European and Tainos in great part is true but we also have African descent i embrace all since am part of all European by both my grand parents from Spain ,Great grand father from the U.S. and Black grand mother from my father's side in all it's what i am ... Saludos a Nuestros Hermanos Mexicanos desde La Republica Dominicana....

  • @marckobe416
    @marckobe416 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are so beautiful

  • @louannv8608
    @louannv8608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They look just like the Trinidadian "Douglas"

  • @kazimnidiaye527
    @kazimnidiaye527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    sister you are doing a good job thank you very much

  • @daniaa.oliva-pena7338
    @daniaa.oliva-pena7338 ปีที่แล้ว

    This makes so much sense . Do you guys remember the term "mejorar la raza" or "mejorar la familia"? This was also a way to protect the women since we would be respected and more likely able to marry and be protected by the husband and family .

  • @edwincortez6473
    @edwincortez6473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shout out to Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero for making that delicious sweet bread!

  • @kevinreyes637
    @kevinreyes637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wow !!!!!👍 that is very interesting facts and very cool too. Awesome.

    • @tcams76
      @tcams76 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes awesome says it best.

  • @totalmentemad
    @totalmentemad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    that was a very informative video, cheers for that.

  • @jimmyhenrix2565
    @jimmyhenrix2565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One love ❤️ to my Afro -mexicain greeting from Sierra Leone 🇸🇱