2 strangers on different occasions asked me if I was from Ghana.👸🏾 As a Jamaican-American I was very intrigued that they assumed so based on my looks alone. This makes me curious to know if prior to Jamaica, Ghana is where my ancestors originated 🤔.
Jamaica got its name from the Akan word (Ja ma yaka) by the slaves as they said to one another meaning it looks like we have come to stay ,the colonial masters didn't understand and said Jamaica. And they called that island Jamaica.Most of the ppl of Jamaica were brought from the Ashanti tribe or the Akans.I also believe that Ghana was on its way to become both economy and military power of Africa under President Kwame Nkrumah and he was sadly overthrown by the CIA and the opposition party.Africans are now struggling to forefill his passionate dream of one Africa
@@kwamesolo5524 that is a clever tale but it's not true. The original people the Arawaks called the island xyamaica, is ,,,means the land of wood and water, Jamaica is the Spanish mispronunciation of it.
I know a lot of Jamaican who have specifically Ghanaian first name for eg Kwame , Codjoe and Kwasi . The main reason why we have English last name is because of slavery
on the eve of ghanas independence, dr king was in ghana and listened to nkrumah. he went back inspired as he mentioned in his "birth of a nation" sermon. our forebears both home and abroad inspired one another
The enslaved Africans that came to Jamaica was a mixed of tribes Igbos, Ashanti, Ga,Ibibbio, Fulani, Calabar, small amount of Yorubas and more. But the main tribe was Igbos and Ashanti. The Igbo culture is noticeable in our daily lives too.
Great topic. Although I'm a White American, I am very familiar with the West Indies. For one, my wife of 22 years is Jamaican and I've visited the WI many times. As to the names, most West Indians adopt English names. It's a complex and touchy topic. Personally, I consider the West Indies "Little Africa" but most don't agree. They identify more with the UK and the US.
Our surnames as Jamaicans and Caribbean people are of English origin. The older Caribbean generation have English names a lot of the time. But many younger Jamaicans born from around the 1980’s until now have more cultured first names like Biblical and African names or names we make up ourselves. Even some of our Elders also have Biblical names.
@@TheDemouchetsREACT We keep our African traditions alive by giving African names as nicknames. For example Amaniki is Igbo, Yambi is Kikongo but the majority are Akan like Kodjo/Kwao/Kwaku/Kwashi etc. Most young people don't know the significance though. It is dying out as a phenomenon as we have replaced those names with American nicknames like TJ etc.
You guys are simply amazing with what you do. Showing us more about Africa. It's so cool. And you guys are like one of the very first people to do it. I can see this endeavor taking you really far. Much love
I am glad that y’all are learning about Kwame Nkrumah, everything Kwame said is true.if other African leaders were to have followed Nkrumah vision Africa should have been one country and powerful but because of selfishness they didn’t , his famous speech is the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it’s link with the total liberation of African continent, he called for the formation of African high command. Everything Kwame said is irrelevant today. He appointed first African American to graduate from Harvard university DR dubious and Caribbean George padmore as his advisors .
I think because in the Caribbean and South America the enslaved population was the majority whereas in North America, this wasn't the case (albeit concentrated in southern states)
The Rastafarians give their children African names while the rest of us in Jamaica give their children English names. In some cases some people who isn't Rastafarian also give their children African names.
Jamaicans are mainly Ghanaians or Nigerians... the British took slaves from mainly these two countries BUT the problem is that when the British were taking these slaves, Ghana and Nigeria didn't exist. West Africa was mixed, there were no countries and borders we all lived in harmony(some few conflicts existed though) and we grouped by tribes. So the easiest guess for any African American, Caribbean or Afro Latino is that your ancestors are mainly West African (because of its proximity to the West it was easier and economical for slave traders to pick their slaves from West Africa). Because the British were the ones that took the slaves from West Africa to these places (even to the Spanish speaking countries in the South America, read about the South Sea Company), they mostly took the slaves form their colonies (that is mainly present day Ghana and Nigeria). Even though the English didn't only take control of Ghana and Nigeria but also took control of other places like Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, these countries are very small and had few people there that time and Sierra Leone and Liberia were mainly empty places where freed slaves who were given the opportunity to return to Africa chose to return to because by then they had lost touch with Africa, lost their culture, names and identity because they had mixed up for long and they were descendants of mixed tribes(they couldn't boldly tell which West African tribe they come from) and Africa was still having slave masters (colonizers) who were ruling so they decided to settle in Liberia and Sierra Leone where they could be actually free. Leaving mainly Ghana and Nigeria in West Africa and Cameroon, Angola, and the western side of the African continent (Not West Africa but the side mainly occupied by the Western Bantu People) the only places the South Sea Company and other slave traders could capture/acquire their slaves. On the East Africa and South Africa side because of the favorable weather (good weather the europeans liked) and it not being close to the West they did not move slaves from there to the West but rather stayed there and took control of their territories except the territory of Ethiopia. However, the British took few slaves from some East African countries to their colonies like India and other parts of middle east and Asia. In short, if you're Jamaican your Patwa language and culture is heavily influenced by Akan culture (a tribe that dominates in Ghana and Ivory Coast) than by any other culture, that makes most historians believe that Jamaicans were mainly taken from Ghana, maybe the majority of slaves that came to Jamaica were from the Akan tribe BUT Ghana didn't exist in that period and i think as a Jamaican you're better off saying you're West African than by saying you're Ghanaian or Nigerian or you can just choose the one you like after visiting both of these countries. When you do your 23 & me DNA of Ancestry DNA, you will find results like Ivory Coast/Ghana (that means an Akan in in your line, don't take it by country take it by tribes. This means if you speak English you can associate with Ghana and if you speak French you can associate with Ivory Coast), you may also see Benin/Togo (if you're Haitian or from a French speaking Caribbean country you will find it very easy associating with these two countries because their culture and the Haitian culture are still the same, slavery didn't change much. If you're from an English speaking Caribbean country, you may see Benin/Togo and can still associate with Ghana because the majority tribe in Togo is Ewe and they are also in Ghana, so a Ghanaian who is from the Ewe tribe will get Benin/Togo too if he does that DNA test...). Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, therefore they have many tribes and so its very common to find Nigeria in your DNA. The DNA uses statistics and Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, the largest in West Africa followed by Ghana (Nigeria's population is about 7 times bigger than Ghana's own) so if you know you're West African, you're most likely Nigerian than any other African country followed by Ghanaian.
Precolonial Africans did NOT '''group by tribes''. The ''tribe'' was a colonial invention established to create artificial language blocs in opposition/rivalry to one another, in the colonised country, in order to prevent unification of the 'natives' to drive away the invaders. Before colonialism, an African identified himself by his town or village of origin, not by his language group or what you call 'tribe'.
@@african-history-fountain Oh no no no no... i strongly believe you're not an African to say this. As an African living here my entire live, this isnt something i have heard or was taught, this is very evident even today that if you leave africans to be without borders in the next minute you will see us group into tribes again. We as humans will naturally do that, take the english as a tribe, French as another tribe (basically they are) but see how they fought themselves so much in precolonial days... Read more about the ancient Mali empire and the Old Ghana Empire... Even read about the Kushites and their battles in Egypt during the Precolonial times when Egypt was being conquered by the assyrians, down to macedonians... Infact read about all history of civilizations humans naturally group by their tribes, people who speak same language, practice same cultures and have same beliefs.. Even till today Africans are still grouped into tribes and we can easily draw maps based on our tribes being together in same places today and as far back as precolonial era... This really isn't something i would have commented on because if you really said that African tribes groupings was something created by colonizer to divide us then trust me you really dont know Africans
Also when i say grouped by tribes i am not saying we weren't mixed... we were already mixed up before colonialists came here... Even Africans were trading with Europeans way back before the Europeans decided to bring their conquests here... Before they came to colonize West Africa they had conquered and colonized most parts of North Africa from Many years even before the Macedonians conquered and controlled Egypt (during the rule of Mansa Musa) and later the Macedonians handed Egypt over to the Romans who later took control of not only egypt but all of North Africa and sent colonizers ther to solidify their gains... Mansa Musa as ruler and "the many tribes of the ancient Mali, Ghana and Songhay Empires" were trading with the Europeans and the Egyptias were trading with the Asians, Mid East and Europeans too... tribal conflicts that made Africans divide and lack/inadequate modern technologies of warfare made Africans a weak opponent for the West who saw the African people as strong enough for forced labour and our resources easy to grab when they conquer that's why they came to enslave them. they didn't do much the disunity and infightings existed like any normal civilization and thats what made the grouping on tribal lines even the more necessary since tribes fought themselves and displaced weaker ones leading to tribal migrations and all... Tribes weren't created by the colonizers to disunite us, rather these country borders and democracy were forced on us to divide us into groups that will never unite within the country level and between regional blocs to form a formidable force and if any tried the west can just finance an opposition political party to take over and reset everything... that was what was created to divide us, NOT tribes.
Now historic history is that it was one kingdom called the Benin kingdom 🇧🇯 until the colonizers made the boundaries so it's one people. The name Nigeria 🇳🇬 came from a company name. Kown this people of Ghana 🇬🇭 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 is one kingdom which was called Benin 🇧🇯 as Jamaicans 🇯🇲 you will find DNA of Nigerians too. Also, Togo and most of west Africa Ok, don't listen to the west teaching you your history. Teach your history because you are living it. We are all one people! Yes, I call the Caribbean little Africa we do the same things and still, some of us speak an African language, like creole the same language the people in Benin speak like the Haitians, I do speak it and I am from the Caribbean. I am very proud to be an Africa and that can't be taken from me, no matter where I live in the world 🌎 thanks for sharing, shalom
@@foxygtv1328 Nigeria is derived from Niger Area by wife of Lord Luggard. Benin Kingdom was in a part of present day Nigeria. Ghana had its own Kingdoms and an empire.
You guys are great people and I love your show. You're a beautiful African lady and your husband a handsome man too. You make a great pair. I hope your children are beautiful like you guys too. The way you complement each other looking into your eyes you make us Africans proud of you. Continue to work and love each other we appreciate your presence.
That is why I think is the African diaspora who can help Africans to liberate ourselves because I think the diaspora knows the enemies more than we Africans do with the combination of African diasporas Alkebulan will be great again.piaawww🦁🪶⚡️
One thing to note is Ghana driving is the same as the US, on the right side, while Jamaica and other countries in West Indies (plus Bahamas) drive on the left. The Equator goes right thru Ghana. Jamaica is 18° North.
There are several naming traditions, however most people are publicly called by a nickname (names have power so if someone knows your real name they can give it to spirits and have power over you) many of those nick names have African tribal origins.
A complex subject, IMO. My ancestors came to the US voluntarily, while Africans were brought to this hemisphere by force. Would enjoy hearing your opinions on what it means for AA and WI people today.
You are correct the Caribbean kept most of the African culture.Most Caribbean people name their kids as the colonizers (English names).I am always fascinated with many African American names, I feel like many of their names are closer to African than that of british.
The name Asafa.. Powell... is a akan name Asafo... Asafo means a following or a movement.... The Trinidadian Ato Bolden.. The name Ato is a nickname for a Saturday born in the Fante tribe..
The diversity of the WIs is remarkable to me. There are large groups of people descended from Africa, India, and China, and they consider themselves the same. The motto of Jamaica, "From Many, One," is very true. Btw, that was the US motto until 1954.
@@reisanderson9069 So? They all still live there. Chinese-Jamaicans consider themselves Jamaicans, the same as Indian-Jamaicans. Not sure what you're trying to say.
Love you both a big fan of your channel. It will be great for both of you to individually take your African Ancestry DNA and do a reveal on here. Remember African Ancestry DNA and not the others. Thank you
@@TheDemouchetsREACT The leaders of the Jamaican Maroon Revolution against the British in the early 1700's were Ghanaian siblings from the Ashanti royal family ( Nana the Maroon, Codjoe and Acheampong). Please make a research on " Nana the Maroon and her brothers ". Good content, i love it. 👍
We don't have a naming tradition, typically the whole family is involved. We do have a Christening tradition and other religious post birth practices like having an open the bible in the baby's crib. We definitely still connect with our African heritage more in the Caribbean because the society is majority African descent unlike being a minority in the USA. I wish that Jamaicans would appreciate our greatness and influence in more systematic ways, like teaching Garveyism.
@@TheDemouchetsREACT You are so right. I would think our forefathers faith and beliefs were more important when they were fighting for freedom than other traditions. A lot of the remaining African practices are tied to celebrating the ancestors, calling upon spirits for strength or good luck or fighting enemies.
In Ghana Akan words like kopo and tabo are Portuguese words meaning cup and wood respectively. Secondly, my Akan tribe called Nzema is in Ivory Coast as well. Here is where Kwame Nkrumah comes Thirdly, note that the name Yaba in Nzema language/tribe is Yaa in Twi language (not tribe)
Jamaicans mostly were referred to as the Kromantins and implies the town called Kromantin in Ghana. Captain Kodjo and Nana who is on the Jamaican currency, were from Ghana . Marcus Garvey's mother according to his Bio told him that his people are the people of Golden Stool which is an indication of his Asanti origination
Patois is like 60% Akan(Fante/Twi) they have Ananse story just like us Ghanaians🇬🇭 in fact spider is ananse in patoi. It's more to discover between us. It's crazy
I love your content so much. I would love to see you guys do something on the links between the Civil rights movement and the caribbean. If we learn more, we will start to see how things have been used to divide us. Blessings for you and your family.
Well it's one we are a majority but also the fact that so many died on the plantations that there were always new arrivals from Africa to the point that at Emancipation some 40% of the population were people born in Africa and this was 1838. Then after Emancipation other Africans from the Congo arrived in small groups as indentured servants so the links were never fully broken.
Yeah man Jamaican have a lot of influence throughout history it was a Jamaican by the name of Dutty Bookman went to Haiti and let them start the revolution for them to be free
The Caribbean kept more of Africa be those in America WILLINGLY gave up many things after slavery and de-segregation to fit in more with white Americans. The foods they kept is because of the climates are basically the same as Tropical Western Africa. Another thing is those islands were poorer and not industrialized like the USA so they still depended on hand crafts of local people much rural Louisiana was a few generations ago
They are mixture of different west Africans, enslaved were interbred to produce more slaves and to prevent uprising from specific tribes. Also, the most rebellious slaves across the Caribbean were sent to Jamaica
the caribbean kept the culture because the soil,foods,weather and terrain is similar so eating and the some made us strongrer and the slavemaster were out of their elements
I think the reason culture wasnt as much retained in the US is because the caribbean didnt get enslaved persons until the 1800s while in the americas , they've been there since the 1600s and I think the colonialists had different type of slavery as well and maybe that played a part too
That is not true, please do your research. Slavery started in the west Indies before north America. Slavery was abolished in Jamaica in the 1800s not started. It was actually started in the 1600s in jamaica, not sure where you got 1800s from.
A jamaican slave from ghana whose name was boukman,was sent to haiti fr jamaica cause his master was afraid that he would start a revolt,he learn to read so he knew a lot,he was the one that instigated the haitians to learn to read and to stand up to the wicked slave masters,jamaica was fighting way long before haiti,the maroons was not enslaved people they were free people
You guys are simply amazing with what you do. Showing us more about Africa. It's so cool. And you guys are like one of the very first people to do it. I can see this endeavor taking you really far. Much love
2 strangers on different occasions asked me if I was from Ghana.👸🏾 As a Jamaican-American I was very intrigued that they assumed so based on my looks alone. This makes me curious to know if prior to Jamaica, Ghana is where my ancestors originated 🤔.
My husband is a Ghanaian but everybody ask if he is 19:24 Jamaican
Jamaica got its name from the Akan word (Ja ma yaka) by the slaves as they said to one another meaning it looks like we have come to stay ,the colonial masters didn't understand and said Jamaica. And they called that island Jamaica.Most of the ppl of Jamaica were brought from the Ashanti tribe or the Akans.I also believe that Ghana was on its way to become both economy and military power of Africa under President Kwame Nkrumah and he was sadly overthrown by the CIA and the opposition party.Africans are now struggling to forefill his passionate dream of one Africa
You look Ghanaian already. Must get you a Ghanaian husband already 👌🙏🌹🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Ooh I think the same, Sis!
@@kwamesolo5524 that is a clever tale but it's not true. The original people the Arawaks called the island xyamaica, is ,,,means the land of wood and water, Jamaica is the Spanish mispronunciation of it.
Mother land nuff respect Ghana 🇬🇭 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲blessings to you American couple
Much love!
I know a lot of Jamaican who have specifically Ghanaian first name for eg Kwame , Codjoe and Kwasi . The main reason why we have English last name is because of slavery
Very true. My uncle's name is Codjoe.
on the eve of ghanas independence, dr king was in ghana and listened to nkrumah. he went back inspired as he mentioned in his "birth of a nation" sermon. our forebears both home and abroad inspired one another
Jamaicans in Ghana are not seen as foreigners. We see them as us.
Ghana was so warm and welcoming. Jamaicans are respected so much there. I learned a lot about our shared history, and it felt like home.
Yes! It's so eye-opening to be reminded how recent our "history" actually is.
Yes the African Diaspora history
With good leader is Africa ; Africa will be paradise thanks for your reaction to ghanaian videos
I love the way you’re showcasing Africa especially Ghana.
Grt vid 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 ❤️
Sending ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Ghana 🇬🇭
The enslaved Africans that came to Jamaica was a mixed of tribes Igbos, Ashanti, Ga,Ibibbio, Fulani, Calabar, small amount of Yorubas and more. But the main tribe was Igbos and Ashanti. The Igbo culture is noticeable in our daily lives too.
A lot of Dna from Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegalese, and Benin. Jamaica is a mixture of several west African countries, literally
The woman in the video is the daughter of the Great Dr Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah ❤️❤️❤️
We africans can only be great again when we come back together especially our brothers and sisters outside..we need you guys ❤️🖤#proud ghanaian❤️🖤
Great topic. Although I'm a White American, I am very familiar with the West Indies. For one, my wife of 22 years is Jamaican and I've visited the WI many times. As to the names, most West Indians adopt English names. It's a complex and touchy topic. Personally, I consider the West Indies "Little Africa" but most don't agree. They identify more with the UK and the US.
Our surnames as Jamaicans and Caribbean people are of English origin. The older Caribbean generation have English names a lot of the time. But many younger Jamaicans born from around the 1980’s until now have more cultured first names like Biblical and African names or names we make up ourselves. Even some of our Elders also have Biblical names.
Congratulations on 22 years! We believe the West Indies are intimately connected with their African roots as well.
@@TheDemouchetsREACT We keep our African traditions alive by giving African names as nicknames. For example Amaniki is Igbo, Yambi is Kikongo but the majority are Akan like Kodjo/Kwao/Kwaku/Kwashi etc. Most young people don't know the significance though. It is dying out as a phenomenon as we have replaced those names with American nicknames like TJ etc.
Blessings can you do a video on asafa Powell visit to Ghana 🇬🇭 when you can
Can you send the link?
Wonderful topic. We definitely need more unifying content online. Great job!
You guys are simply amazing with what you do. Showing us more about Africa. It's so cool. And you guys are like one of the very first people to do it. I can see this endeavor taking you really far. Much love
The majority of the first slaves that came too Jamaica in the 15 and 1600s were from Ghana
Wrong! The first slaves brought to Jamaica was by Spain from the Iberian peninsula. They were the overthrown moors🤷🏿♂️
I am glad that y’all are learning about Kwame Nkrumah, everything Kwame said is true.if other African leaders were to have followed Nkrumah vision Africa should have been one country and powerful but because of selfishness they didn’t , his famous speech is the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it’s link with the total liberation of African continent, he called for the formation of African high command. Everything Kwame said is irrelevant today. He appointed first African American to graduate from Harvard university DR dubious and Caribbean George padmore as his advisors .
I think because in the Caribbean and South America the enslaved population was the majority whereas in North America, this wasn't the case (albeit concentrated in southern states)
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The Rastafarians give their children African names while the rest of us in Jamaica give their children English names. In some cases some people who isn't Rastafarian also give their children African names.
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Jamaicans are mainly Ghanaians or Nigerians... the British took slaves from mainly these two countries BUT the problem is that when the British were taking these slaves, Ghana and Nigeria didn't exist. West Africa was mixed, there were no countries and borders we all lived in harmony(some few conflicts existed though) and we grouped by tribes. So the easiest guess for any African American, Caribbean or Afro Latino is that your ancestors are mainly West African (because of its proximity to the West it was easier and economical for slave traders to pick their slaves from West Africa). Because the British were the ones that took the slaves from West Africa to these places (even to the Spanish speaking countries in the South America, read about the South Sea Company), they mostly took the slaves form their colonies (that is mainly present day Ghana and Nigeria). Even though the English didn't only take control of Ghana and Nigeria but also took control of other places like Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, these countries are very small and had few people there that time and Sierra Leone and Liberia were mainly empty places where freed slaves who were given the opportunity to return to Africa chose to return to because by then they had lost touch with Africa, lost their culture, names and identity because they had mixed up for long and they were descendants of mixed tribes(they couldn't boldly tell which West African tribe they come from) and Africa was still having slave masters (colonizers) who were ruling so they decided to settle in Liberia and Sierra Leone where they could be actually free.
Leaving mainly Ghana and Nigeria in West Africa and Cameroon, Angola, and the western side of the African continent (Not West Africa but the side mainly occupied by the Western Bantu People) the only places the South Sea Company and other slave traders could capture/acquire their slaves. On the East Africa and South Africa side because of the favorable weather (good weather the europeans liked) and it not being close to the West they did not move slaves from there to the West but rather stayed there and took control of their territories except the territory of Ethiopia. However, the British took few slaves from some East African countries to their colonies like India and other parts of middle east and Asia.
In short, if you're Jamaican your Patwa language and culture is heavily influenced by Akan culture (a tribe that dominates in Ghana and Ivory Coast) than by any other culture, that makes most historians believe that Jamaicans were mainly taken from Ghana, maybe the majority of slaves that came to Jamaica were from the Akan tribe BUT Ghana didn't exist in that period and i think as a Jamaican you're better off saying you're West African than by saying you're Ghanaian or Nigerian or you can just choose the one you like after visiting both of these countries. When you do your 23 & me DNA of Ancestry DNA, you will find results like Ivory Coast/Ghana (that means an Akan in in your line, don't take it by country take it by tribes. This means if you speak English you can associate with Ghana and if you speak French you can associate with Ivory Coast), you may also see Benin/Togo (if you're Haitian or from a French speaking Caribbean country you will find it very easy associating with these two countries because their culture and the Haitian culture are still the same, slavery didn't change much. If you're from an English speaking Caribbean country, you may see Benin/Togo and can still associate with Ghana because the majority tribe in Togo is Ewe and they are also in Ghana, so a Ghanaian who is from the Ewe tribe will get Benin/Togo too if he does that DNA test...). Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, therefore they have many tribes and so its very common to find Nigeria in your DNA. The DNA uses statistics and Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, the largest in West Africa followed by Ghana (Nigeria's population is about 7 times bigger than Ghana's own) so if you know you're West African, you're most likely Nigerian than any other African country followed by Ghanaian.
Precolonial Africans did NOT '''group by tribes''. The ''tribe'' was a colonial invention established to create artificial language blocs in opposition/rivalry to one another, in the colonised country, in order to prevent unification of the 'natives' to drive away the invaders. Before colonialism, an African identified himself by his town or village of origin, not by his language group or what you call 'tribe'.
@@african-history-fountain Oh no no no no... i strongly believe you're not an African to say this. As an African living here my entire live, this isnt something i have heard or was taught, this is very evident even today that if you leave africans to be without borders in the next minute you will see us group into tribes again. We as humans will naturally do that, take the english as a tribe, French as another tribe (basically they are) but see how they fought themselves so much in precolonial days... Read more about the ancient Mali empire and the Old Ghana Empire... Even read about the Kushites and their battles in Egypt during the Precolonial times when Egypt was being conquered by the assyrians, down to macedonians... Infact read about all history of civilizations humans naturally group by their tribes, people who speak same language, practice same cultures and have same beliefs.. Even till today Africans are still grouped into tribes and we can easily draw maps based on our tribes being together in same places today and as far back as precolonial era... This really isn't something i would have commented on because if you really said that African tribes groupings was something created by colonizer to divide us then trust me you really dont know Africans
Also when i say grouped by tribes i am not saying we weren't mixed... we were already mixed up before colonialists came here... Even Africans were trading with Europeans way back before the Europeans decided to bring their conquests here... Before they came to colonize West Africa they had conquered and colonized most parts of North Africa from Many years even before the Macedonians conquered and controlled Egypt (during the rule of Mansa Musa) and later the Macedonians handed Egypt over to the Romans who later took control of not only egypt but all of North Africa and sent colonizers ther to solidify their gains... Mansa Musa as ruler and "the many tribes of the ancient Mali, Ghana and Songhay Empires" were trading with the Europeans and the Egyptias were trading with the Asians, Mid East and Europeans too... tribal conflicts that made Africans divide and lack/inadequate modern technologies of warfare made Africans a weak opponent for the West who saw the African people as strong enough for forced labour and our resources easy to grab when they conquer that's why they came to enslave them. they didn't do much the disunity and infightings existed like any normal civilization and thats what made the grouping on tribal lines even the more necessary since tribes fought themselves and displaced weaker ones leading to tribal migrations and all... Tribes weren't created by the colonizers to disunite us, rather these country borders and democracy were forced on us to divide us into groups that will never unite within the country level and between regional blocs to form a formidable force and if any tried the west can just finance an opposition political party to take over and reset everything... that was what was created to divide us, NOT tribes.
Now historic history is that it was one kingdom called the Benin kingdom 🇧🇯 until the colonizers made the boundaries so it's one people. The name Nigeria 🇳🇬 came from a company name. Kown this people of Ghana 🇬🇭 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 is one kingdom which was called Benin 🇧🇯 as Jamaicans 🇯🇲 you will find DNA of Nigerians too. Also, Togo and most of west Africa Ok, don't listen to the west teaching you your history. Teach your history because you are living it. We are all one people! Yes, I call the Caribbean little Africa we do the same things and still, some of us speak an African language, like creole the same language the people in Benin speak like the Haitians, I do speak it and I am from the Caribbean. I am very proud to be an Africa and that can't be taken from me, no matter where I live in the world 🌎 thanks for sharing, shalom
@@foxygtv1328 Nigeria is derived from Niger Area by wife of Lord Luggard. Benin Kingdom was in a part of present day Nigeria. Ghana had its own Kingdoms and an empire.
You guys are great people and I love your show. You're a beautiful African lady and your husband a handsome man too. You make a great pair. I hope your children are beautiful like you guys too. The way you complement each other looking into your eyes you make us Africans proud of you. Continue to work and love each other we appreciate your presence.
Love them can see that they're truly blessed
That is why I think is the African diaspora who can help Africans to liberate ourselves because I think the diaspora knows the enemies more than we Africans do with the combination of African diasporas Alkebulan will be great again.piaawww🦁🪶⚡️
One thing to note is Ghana driving is the same as the US, on the right side, while Jamaica and other countries in West Indies (plus Bahamas) drive on the left. The Equator goes right thru Ghana. Jamaica is 18° North.
@@eagle_eye7734 Begs the question - why does West Africa drive on the right, then? My guess is from either France or the US.
@@eagle_eye7734 Sounds reasonable - France and England doing the opposite. If the US was an English colony, why not follow their rules?
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There are several naming traditions, however most people are publicly called by a nickname (names have power so if someone knows your real name they can give it to spirits and have power over you) many of those nick names have African tribal origins.
No. Many of those nicknames are simply a description of you eg.
Slimmaz
Browning
Blacks
Tall man
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A complex subject, IMO. My ancestors came to the US voluntarily, while Africans were brought to this hemisphere by force. Would enjoy hearing your opinions on what it means for AA and WI people today.
We share our views and experiences as African Americans in several videos. It is a complex subject.
Stranger: Where are you from?
Me: Ghana
Stranger: is that in Jamaica?
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You are correct the Caribbean kept most of the African culture.Most Caribbean people name their kids as the colonizers (English names).I am always fascinated with many African American names, I feel like many of their names are closer to African than that of british.
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The name Asafa.. Powell... is a akan name Asafo... Asafo means a following or a movement....
The Trinidadian Ato Bolden.. The name Ato is a nickname for a Saturday born in the Fante tribe..
The diversity of the WIs is remarkable to me. There are large groups of people descended from Africa, India, and China, and they consider themselves the same. The motto of Jamaica, "From Many, One," is very true. Btw, that was the US motto until 1954.
Mostly Jamaicans are descended from Africa and European the Indians and Chinese came very late in the 1800s
@@reisanderson9069 So? They all still live there. Chinese-Jamaicans consider themselves Jamaicans, the same as Indian-Jamaicans. Not sure what you're trying to say.
@@YTWorldTraveler .They are other races lives in Jamaica but we are predominantly Of African descendant.
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@@TheDemouchetsREACT The leaders of the Jamaican Maroon Revolution against the British in the early 1700's were Ghanaian siblings from the Ashanti royal family ( Nana the Maroon, Codjoe and Acheampong). Please make a research on " Nana the Maroon and her brothers ". Good content, i love it. 👍
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We don't have a naming tradition, typically the whole family is involved. We do have a Christening tradition and other religious post birth practices like having an open the bible in the baby's crib. We definitely still connect with our African heritage more in the Caribbean because the society is majority African descent unlike being a minority in the USA. I wish that Jamaicans would appreciate our greatness and influence in more systematic ways, like teaching Garveyism.
I find it interesting how we were able to hold on to the many religious practices, but somehow the other traditions faded away🤔.
@@TheDemouchetsREACT You are so right. I would think our forefathers faith and beliefs were more important when they were fighting for freedom than other traditions. A lot of the remaining African practices are tied to celebrating the ancestors, calling upon spirits for strength or good luck or fighting enemies.
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In Ghana Akan words like kopo and tabo are Portuguese words meaning cup and wood respectively. Secondly, my Akan tribe called Nzema is in Ivory Coast as well. Here is where Kwame Nkrumah comes Thirdly, note that the name Yaba in Nzema language/tribe is Yaa in Twi language (not tribe)
Jamaicans mostly were referred to as the Kromantins and implies the town called Kromantin in Ghana. Captain Kodjo and Nana who is on the Jamaican currency, were from Ghana . Marcus Garvey's mother according to his Bio told him that his people are the people of Golden Stool which is an indication of his Asanti origination
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Patois is like 60% Akan(Fante/Twi) they have Ananse story just like us Ghanaians🇬🇭 in fact spider is ananse in patoi. It's more to discover between us. It's crazy
Patois is about 60% English, with about 30 % African, about 5% Spanish and the remainder native Jamaicans and Irish, as well as Chinese and indians
also wolof,mandinka and fula
Naa it's 60% English
Just to let folks know. The Maroons are directly from Ghana and to be precise the ASHANTIS
Akans, not only Asantes. Cromantes (Maroons) is named after a Fante community.
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If we learn more, we will start to see how things have been used to divide us.
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Well it's one we are a majority but also the fact that so many died on the plantations that there were always new arrivals from Africa to the point that at Emancipation some 40% of the population were people born in Africa and this was 1838. Then after Emancipation other Africans from the Congo arrived in small groups as indentured servants so the links were never fully broken.
Jamaica comes from Ghana. Some Jamaicans speak a lil of Ghanaian famous language twi. The word Jamaica is a saying like ‘leave it to God’🎉
No dear .. Ja-ma-ya-ka.. is Twi for … it seems we are stuck
Caribbean people seem more connected to Africa maybe because we in the Caribbean were never a minority.
The daughter of first prime minister of Ghana samia nkrumah is a member of Parliament.
It was Bob Marley who brought attention to the apartheid in South Africa. Am proud to be a Jamaican
About 40% of slaves from the Gold Coast were sent to Jamaica. That probably explains the similarities.
KWAME NKRUMAH was also instrumental a lot of AFRICAN COUNTRIES GETTING INDEPENDENCE.
I'm from Jamaica
Alot of Jamaicans is directly descendants of Ghana. Anyway there is most black people left from to the ships
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Yeah man Jamaican have a lot of influence throughout history it was a Jamaican by the name of Dutty Bookman went to Haiti and let them start the revolution for them to
be free
You guys need to read more on Kwame Nkrumah... In my books, he's the greatest leader ever.
The Caribbean kept more of Africa be those in America WILLINGLY gave up many things after slavery and de-segregation to fit in more with white Americans. The foods they kept is because of the climates are basically the same as Tropical Western Africa. Another thing is those islands were poorer and not industrialized like the USA so they still depended on hand crafts of local people much rural Louisiana was a few generations ago
We’d have to disagree on the willingly part, but we understand where you’re coming from.
What we have to understand is that when they were taking our people as slaves they took the best the strongest among us and that is you
Jamaicans are actually from Ghana. They were taking from Ghana
They are mixture of different west Africans, enslaved were interbred to produce more slaves and to prevent uprising from specific tribes. Also, the most rebellious slaves across the Caribbean were sent to Jamaica
the caribbean kept the culture because the soil,foods,weather and terrain is similar so eating and the some made us strongrer and the slavemaster were out of their elements
The lady speaking is the duaghter of Kwane an Ghanaian and his Egyptian Arab wife
Her mom is not arab!!! She is a Coptic!!!!
@Kofi Sam Egyptian Coptics are Arabs. So are Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese Christians. Not all Arabs are Muslims.
I knw im late but the first slaves to Jamaica was brought by Spain from the Iberian peninsula. THE BLACKAMOORS.
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Jamaicans been knowing for centuries they are Ghanaians
Most Jamaicans have a huge Nigerian DNA, not Ghana. Jamaica is actually a mixture of west African countries, especially Congo.
5:00 the reason for that is because in America African American is the minority while in the Caribbean 90% of the population are African Descendants.
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There is actually a Jamaica in Ghana...
I think the reason culture wasnt as much retained in the US is because the caribbean didnt get enslaved persons until the 1800s while in the americas , they've been there since the 1600s and I think the colonialists had different type of slavery as well and maybe that played a part too
The Caribbean got slaves 100 years before the USA did
That is not true, please do your research. Slavery started in the west Indies before north America. Slavery was abolished in Jamaica in the 1800s not started. It was actually started in the 1600s in jamaica, not sure where you got 1800s from.
@@yehudahyetman9353 ohh okay i got it mixed up, thank you
Ghana my country is good but we have bad leaders
A jamaican slave from ghana whose name was boukman,was sent to haiti fr jamaica cause his master was afraid that he would start a revolt,he learn to read so he knew a lot,he was the one that instigated the haitians to learn to read and to stand up to the wicked slave masters,jamaica was fighting way long before haiti,the maroons was not enslaved people they were free people
Boukman was from Senegambia. Yes Jamaicans have Ghanaian ancestry but Boukman was not one of those.
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To me, the Kenyan and Jamaican accents are very similar.
No way near
@@reisanderson9069 That's your opinion.
I think Gambian accent
@@Mel-vo5yr I haven't heard enough of Gambian,, because The Gambia is mostly a French-speaking country.
@@YTWorldTraveler English speaking not French
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