I'm brazilian ,half portuguese and my dad's family is black with nigerian background. I'm very surprised to see that there's a part of Brazil in Nigeria,that's beautiful. And I promisse to myself that I'm visiting Nigeria one day to get closer to my black heritage and to the Youruba gods that I worship . May Osun and Ologunede Bless you all!
I love Salvador Bahia! I was fascinated by the Preservation of the African heritage of Angola and Nigeria. This documentary is inspirational! I'm looking forward to visiting Nigeria in November. I'm a descendant of the Gullah Gheecie/Igbo of South Carolina.
The video is supposed to strike an emotional chord but the truth is that the Brazilian returnees(Amaros and Saros) in Nigeria are the most integrated returnees in Africa. They and their children basically helped build Lagos, founded and energized the Nigerian nationalism. They consider themselves Nigerians and Yoruba first and then descendants of former Brazilian next.
@@leof.n.abrahams8260 in Liberia the descendants of former slaves almost did ( for 100 years) to the locals, what the white people did to them. Americo-liberians were full of themselves with a nasty superiority complex over the locals.
@@Sabundy Liberia was a white American colonization project. Those "black americans" were not slaves, and may not have been "west african" (moors, black europeans).
C Will i agrée! Even better why not call them captives or prisoners of war. After all they were prisoners of a war waged against Africans that is still in progress!
To all those saying this story is weird because the returnees still identify with their Brazilian roots: I am a Lagosian and I used to live in that area of Lagos. What this story didn’t tell you is that these people are also fiercely proud of their Yoruba heritage. All the first and middle names of all those introduced in this video are Yoruba names. These people would also tell you if you run into them in Lagos that they are Yorubas first and foremost. They are proudly Yoruba Nigerian with a unique Brazilian background and that’s as far as it goes.
If they are descendants of returned slaves, how can they claim to be Yoruba when their blood may have been mixed with that of enslaved people from other ethnic groups from Africa?
@@kyrianuwandu1162 because many of their ancestors came back within their lifetime (ie they were enslaved as children and teens and came back to Africa as adults) so they retained their original identity and that's why many returned to Nigeria because they knew exactly where they came from but preferred to live in Lagos rather than going back to their village for fear of being re-enslaved
My people are runaway slaves from Brasil. They settled in Surinam and named our village Dahomey, after Dahomey from Africa! We also have people from Ghana. We have 5 different tribe. But the people from Dahomey, everybody knows our background is Yuroba!
Please dear Africans, let's preserve our history. We are nothing without it, our roots are so important. This is just incredible. I had no idea about these Afro Brazilians of Lagos.
I am of Congolese descent. I implore, if you have not visited yet, you to go and see Salvador de Bahia.. In the quest to connect with my ancestors, heritage, and Brazilian familia, my 13 year old daughter and I travelled to see the ports where our love ones disembarked from slave ships.. Joyful emotions and welcoming arms embraced us!
I’m AA & planning my trip to Bahia/Salvador for next year as we speak! It’s been on my agenda for quite some time so I finally get to travel there. Looking forward to the rich history there!
@@antoniovieira8531 You are totally wrong. Most of the German and Italian immigrants who colonized southern Brazil came in the 19th century. Cities like Blumenau, Joinville, Gramado, Brusque, São Leopoldo and so on, were all founded in the XIX century. So don't spread fake news. By the way, in São Paulo, most are descendants of Italians and Portuguese too, who came in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Rio de Janeiro, despite having a large black population, also has a large population descended from Portuguese settlers and more recent Portuguese immigrants. So your data is wrong.
I don't understand why everyone's saying they should let go of their Brazilian heritage. It's clearly a part of their family history and can never ever be erased. They have taken ownership of that chapter of their history by preserving the few good things they took out of the slave experience. Trying to erase it would be trying to pretend that slavery never happened. Black Americans for example, don't try to hide aspects of their culture that were originally means of survival during slavery. They've owned it and are proud of it. Jamaican ó tails are a celebrated meal today, but in the past used to be food for slaves because nobody else wanted to eat the tails. Please, let them keep and be proud of their Brazilian heritage. It is a part of their identity now and they have every right to be proud of it.
Am a pround decendant of a returnee. Unfortunately most St of our heritage is lost. God bless everyone that put this together. Long live our Brizilan heritage.
@@oniakintunde8883 400 years of history cannot simply be ignored or undermined. Their ancestors helped build that country and influenced its culture, and fight for independence. Their legacy in Brazil will forever be a part of their identity. They probably still have many friends and family in Brazil too.
Well done! I am Belizean, a country with its own colonial past of enslaved people. I had absolutely no idea that there were Brazilian returnees to Nigeria. I must continue to study our collective history. On my list to do is trace my family history to my people somewhere on the continent. I have strong (at least that's what I think) West African features. Beautifully done piece. Thank you.
@@lynnharr3911 95% Of all Brazilians descendent of African; are from Angola; 4% from Mozambique and the rest 1% from around mother Africa; Nigeria, Ghana and the rest.
It’s only hard if you have adopted the oppressors form of religion and that’s the point I’m making I’m glad they are returning to the motherland but they have to let go of that form of Christianity that was the same form upon which they enslaved us on for white Jesus is a lie. Christ Jesus never said he was God anywhere in the Bible. Easter is another man-made holiday there’s nowhere in the Bible we have to evolve from this and true liberation will come.
Just like Christians, its hard to free your self from colonial religion both Islam and Christians because of the heavy indoctrination through Western education and churches.
@@Katlady001 people know the truth but stigmatization wouldn't let people free themselves from western religion's york place on them many have talk and ask many questions before even know that I have decolonize my self for decades now and I free from worshipping western god.
I find it so strange that they cling to the Brazil that enslaved them, when they were able to accomplish what so much of the diaspora has not been able to do: come home to Africa in large quantities.
Thought about it a little more... Maybe when they returned, there was some tensions or resentments that engendered a sense of separation.... just guessing, really. It’d be interesting to hear the actual people’s thoughts on this.
They can rebuild those structures if they have pictures of them. We, Africans, just disregard our past. Yet, every community on this earth do so at its own peril.
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@@ADE-of-LAGOS didn't you hear the last guy that said we are Brazilian morover from what i saw these people are proud of brazil hoping to be elite in the society.
@delonix regia this is disturbing & pathetic at the same time, so let's say I get stolen from my country to another country & I have an opportunity to return back home, and now I claim my heritage belongs to the stolen country, it's absurd to say the least. I would do anything to liberate myself.
Sou brasileira descendentes de japoneses e no Brasil preservamos nossa cultura. Os japoneses descendentes de brasileiros que voltaram para o Japão também preservam a cultura brasileira na comida, música e idiomas brasileiro. 🇯🇵 + 🇧🇷 , parabéns aos irmãos da Nigéria 🇳🇬 ❤🎉
Oi Sabrina, tudo bem? De fato para descendentes de japoneses foi mais fácil a preservação de sua cultura pois quando migraram para o Brasil, apesar das dificuldades enfrentadas quando chegaram aqui, puderam exercer em comunidade suas tradições, o que ajudou muito em transmitir isso através das gerações. No caso dos escravos trazidos da África, suas origens e mesmo seus nomes eram apagados mas em suas memórias as tradições estavam tão vivas que eram passadas de geração em geração, seja via música, culinária, religião é afins. Me entristece que muitos em nosso país ao invés de valorizar isso façam de tudo para apagar de suas vidas. Foi mal o textão, tava com tempo livre
From the video I understand that the 'Returnees' were highly respected because they came from foreign land, and they had wealth. But, their descendants are not as popular. So its like these descendants want to maintain status quo. It's quite absurd.
It’s kind of ironic because i can only assume that their ancestors returned to live as Nigerians again and not to create an exclusively Afro-Brazilian enclave. I can understand not wanting to forget ones history, but it seems like they’re doing it in a harmful way and forgetting what difficulties and sacrifices their ancestors probably had to make to even return to Africa.
I remember my late mum used to tell of this account. Her maiden name was George. She used to mention those Brazilian names back then we didn't pay attention to. It breaks my heart to hear about the threat to that history. It brings tears to my eyes recalling my late mum and how she tried to pass the history on, but couldn't.😢🥺
While the time spent in brazil is an important part of the history of these families, we should emphasize more on the fact that before brazil they were Yoruba. And they returned home. The brazil experience should not supersede what came before it
The time spent in Brazil is 500 years! These people weren't Yoruba their ancestors were so no that doesn't come first for them. Like it or not that 500 years makes them who they are now.
Mia Danielle makes no sense... you throw a piece of wood in the ocean no matter how long its there it will never become a fish! No matter how long we AFRICANS are in the diaspora we going to ALWAYS be AFRICANS! therefore THEY ARE STILL YORUBA NO MATTER WHAT!
@@MissMeMe343 actually yorubas who were taken to be slaves in the americas were within the last century especially the last few decades of the slave trade. So no, they were not in Brazil for 500 years...100 years at best. Even the video says it they were enslaved in the 18th century and returned in the 19th and 20th century Some of the returnees were themselves born in Yorùbáland
@@JayPeaa It makes perfect sense. They are no longer yoruba and have a new identity and cant nobody tell someone how to identify after 500 years! I am not an African, I'm Black American first before anything.
@@MissMeMe343 smh. Ma'am try not to discuss on topics you don't know about. I am Yoruba and a historian at that, I no, yorubas were not known to have been amongst those enslaved in the early periods of the slave trade... We only fell victims at the later centuries That is why it is the Yoruba that made up most of those "recaptives" who never made it to the americas but were resettled all over British West Africa but majorly places like Gambia and Sierra Leone in the 19th century The last slave to the US was also Yoruba.. You are black American you should know him, his name was Cudjoe Lewis (born Kodjo Oluale Kossola) We were late victims and many of our people could still trace their lineages to particular individuals not just towns and cities. So when those Yoruba who had been transported to brazil regained freedom at the abolition of slavery in Brazil, they still knew where they came from and simply returned.. Many returnees were even born in Yorùbáland and returned to have children in Yorùbáland
This was misleading. These are not current Afrobrazilians, but the descendants of the 19th century returnees. In graduate school thirty years ago I studied about those Brazilian returnees. Many came back to Africa, and then returned again to BRAZIL! Some traveled several times because they did not feel comfortable in either society. These histories really must be appreciated and maintained.
Growing up in Nigeria. I always wondered why some of my friends have Anglo last names like Martins and Brown. They never told us who they were though ( descendants of slaves), but they had assimilated really thoroughly and were Nigerians.
Yeah me too I remember a government teacher saying to someone who's last name was Brown "your surname is a slave name" It was actually so funny when he said it because of his personality. I'm like whattt???😂
@@abigailmarughu3403 The Brown name is English-sounding so do you have any idea how they got English names if they came from Brazil, or did the 'Browns' come from somewhere else e.g. The Carribbean?
It must have been difficult for the first families to return to their country of origin, not knowing if they would be well received, due to the circumstances of their departure.... and to come back and bring so much baggage of knowledge and form such a solid community.. .
@@lolaadesina5362I don't know what you meant by it wasn't really their country of origin it was their country of origin they were stolen and held in bondage and enslave they resisted rebelled and made their way back home not many of us African-Americans or African Latinos can say that they made a vital attempt that was so successful to make it back home this is a heroic story it is also a story that needs to be told
No not really. A lot of people are mixing what we Yorubas call Saros (Sierra Leonians of African Americans and Caribbeans descendants of enslaved that returned to Lagos and other Yoruba city, Abeokuta with Amaros, Afro Brazilians. The people with English last names were descendants of African Americans/Caribbeans while the ones with Portuguese/Spanish last names were Afro Brazilians and Afro Cubans
I and my spouse grew up in the Brazilian Quarters. We have neighbours with surname like Dacosta, Pereira, Santos, Domingo and so on. It's sad many of those building are not preserved. In fact one of the very elite elementary private school (ADRAO, Victoria Island) I was privileged to attend was founded by Mrs Omololu DaRocha, a descendant of a Brazilian returnee.
@@kayn2756 Can you change history? Or can you change the fact? Without the names, you cannot differentiate them from other Nigerians. If the people who were enslaved were able to leave a part of their culture in the new world, then I do not find it surprising that those who returned would also bring something back home. It's the mind that matters.
@@ADE-of-LAGOS pay attention to the divisive language used in the interview. That one lady and one man weren't happy that other tribes were infiltrating their neighborhood. It's as though the other people are not part of them. These were Nigerians enslaved in Brazil and chose to return. CALLING themselves Brazilian is amazing to me. Even after so many generations.
American here. I see people there who resemble members of both sides of my family. Brazilian culture was heavily influenced by the enslaved Africans who were brought there. They were from a mix of countries. It's great that this community made it back to their origins.
This documentary, is all about creating confusion in the mind of fellow Nigerians/Africans:it is all about divide to rule rules. Otherwise, Africa is making her way back to rule the world as she has been. May our ancestors bless Our motherland...!!!!
Kayode Abidemi they are the decendants of Africa that went to Brazil now they really feel more Brazilian than African. They miss Brazil. There have a problem of identity
@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn they don't miss Brazil, they have never lived there. I have no problem embracing one's history, especially the painful chapters. But embracing and worshipping the image of one's enslaver when one has every opportunity and the freedom to reconnect with their pre-enslavement identity is baffling to me.
@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn True. When the forefathers returned, they were not treated like average Nigerians, they were treated as aristocrats because they came with this foreign culture. This status quo stuck with them for generations. Now its a problem.
Stephano Ngueuko sur Africa is back to rule the world.I never, hear, , study. You are delusional! The Roman, Persian, British and Spaniards were greater and their empires. These Brazilian because that what they are, Brazilian is their country, their ancestors came to Brazil from Africa and they do not known nothing more. Their souls are Brazilians who trying to molded to their ancestors land. Their mind, spirit is Brazilian they are attached to the country that their born. People who came to Latin America’s from Spain and others from Africa and others from Asia are Latin America’s including Brazil who is Latin America when they need to others countries USA Canada and to Europe mostly go to Spain Germany, a lot of them going to others countries like Italy yes because millions of European came to Latin America. They keep their traditions language others no but they are what they are. Sorry 😐 is simple their ancestors came from Africa but Brazil is their country. They are trying to blend but is not easy. Think about mixed with portugués and European with corean etc. This is the problem.
Perhaps someone needs to revise parts of this documentary. Those who returned didn't just do so because they were allowed, they revolted, in a very popular unrest that threatened the Portuguese government. They won their freedoms. I should know, my great & grandfather were part of the group that orchestrated the revolution. Unfortunately, my great grandfather returned to Brazil, leaving my grandfather and his grandchildren in Lagos.
Wow! I'm from the Caribbean islands. I didn't know anything about these great Afro-Brazilians or their truly great Afro-Brazilian revolt. Learn about the Haitian Revolution. Learn about the Berbice Rebellion too. Thank you for sharing. Your great grandfather probably couldn't deal with Lagos and had to return to the Brazil he knew as home. I live in America and sometimes I want to return home to Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹.
*Mostly of the returnees were already wealthy in Brazil...and wished to live in Africa...nothing to do with any revolution...they were already freed...*
I remember back then. I was born and brought up in Lagos highland campus district. Most of my school mate back then has surnames like. Santos, Fernandez, cadozo, Robinho,,Wellington and Hernandez's, but I never knew they was afro Brazilian but african dicendant.
These people are not Brazilians. They were taken captive to Brazil. They came back to Nigeria, the land of their ancestors. Brazil is the land of their captivity. Nigeria is their home.
The vast majority of the comments on this video are really sad. Culture and identity is complicated. First you all say that these people should accept a Nigerian identity. Do you not realize that Nigerian as an identity is a colonial construct. Before the British m the folk were Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Ibo, etc. The Brazilian Nigerians now speak English which means they have simply ex changed one colonial European language for another. The returnees were also most certainly a mixture of various African tribes. That is the reality of the Afro population in the Americas. They chose Nigeria for reasons that aren’t entirely explained in the film but either way it’s very normal to want to hold on to something that makes you distinct when you are surrounded by a majority culture. You all didn’t pay much attention to the video, I think. Food, Catholicism, Carnival, architecture are the things that make them distinct and theirs nothing wrong with trying to preserve that. None of us can change the past that slavery wrought. The new cultures that formed in the Americas by black people are no less authentic and valuable than the colonized cultures that now infect Africa. Speak the truth, we’ve all been impacted by the European and just excising it is nearly impossible at this point in history.
Good comment. They chose Yoruba land in Nigeria because they are Yoruba slaves that were taken to Brazil. They have them in Cuba and many central American countries. Yoruba culture is very strong in these countries. Their middle names are Yoruba. They simply returned home. But I completely agree with the preservation of history..
Yorubas are the vast majority sold off by their then Fulani masters, and their Yoruba people, even in Brazil today Yoruba is still spoken. Hence, when Nigerians says the Yarriba (as their Fulani masters call them) are educated, that claims is related to the fact that Yarribas were abroad to study after they were emancipated, that's a positive of what they gained through slavery, EDUCATION. At the same time, Yorubas are the most CONFUSED people in Nigeria, they have NO origin.
Despite the challenges they faced, the amaros/aguda (bantu FOR akuda, OR black people, NOT catholic) have left A LASTING LEGACY in Lagos, Nigeria. Their contributions to culture, architecture, trade, education, and more have enriched the social fabric of the city and continue to be recognized and celebrated today.
The names are common in Lagos especially Lagos Island. Da Costa, Da Silva, Vera-Cruz, Ramos, Fernandez, Soares, Britto, Da Rocha, etc are common on the Island. As a Lagos indigene myself, I grew up eating friujon (feijao) as a kid. Yes they made their mark on the history of Lagos but I don't get wanting to hold on to/cherish a history of slavery in a foreign land when you are back home.
@@jimmysteeve7702 It was their ancestors' reality, cruel as it was. But I don't think it's their own reality now. So they should let go of that reality and fully embrace this one. After all what they have now was their ancestors' first reality.
There was zero repopulating for decades as slaves. It was cheaper to replace them than allow propagation. And thus slaves were worked harshly to death and disposed. Thank you mama Africa and forget? I think not... i think not.
I think its hard to separate our past. Especially black people who are offspring of enslaved Africans. Whether or not we like it, its a part of us. Our ancestors struggled and fought so we could survive in this part of the world; Caribbean, North and Latin America etc. The good and the bad; its a culmination of our histories that make us who we are. Why deny that. For example, a lot of African peoples on the continent and in the diaspora practice religions that are not indigenous to Africa like Islam and Christianity. Do you see we do not have any one identity because of imperialism. For someone born on the mother continent they can identify themselves by their own family names, their tribes, traditions etc. For Africans that were enslaved and brought across the Atlantic; all of that was stripped. At least the Afro- Brazilians against all odds maintained the Yoruba language, which in itself is an incredible feat when speaking anything but the slave master's tongue would be surely punishable by whipping and even death.
I am a proud Brazilian/ American and I am happy to be the perfect mix..Portuguese black and indigenous. This mix made us great human beings. We look like anyone in the world and are able to be happy even when times are hard. The world meet in Brasil.
Wonderful, as a Brazilian I feel connected to these people as my family from overseas, we have the same blood running in our veins, I wish best wishes to everyone, come to Brazil, visit and get to know your beautiful country of origin!
@@emmanuelaliji3497 What do you mean by pure blood? Of course, our cultures are different today, and that doesn't change anything about our origins....
@@smooth_jazz_escolaele é um dispensável deixe-o, muitos destes nigerianos retornaram mestiços (índios,português,africano e etc.,igual a muitos brasileiros) muitos destes sobrenomes tem origem em casamentos no Brasil , O primeiro presidente do Togo 🇹🇬 Silvano Olímpio, era filho destes retornados, o pai nasceu em Salvador capital do estado da Bahia ,só prova ainda mais sua brasilidade
Most of them settled along the west African cost from Nigeria through Benin, Togo and then Ghana...there are lot of them in Ghana too...Known as the Tabon's..
No disrespect meant to the Afro Brazilian, returnees that came back to Lagos, Nigeria. One would think that considering the manner in which your and our ancestors, was dehumanized, subdued, chained, disregarded, and disrespected that they would tell their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and so on to discontinue with all that is linked to their captors. As a matter of fact I reckon is high time they change those slave owners, names to a native ones, we should be proud of being an African, first cause is about the collective representing the green, white, and green to the fullest period.
Kkk idiota kk o mundo é um mosaico ,os moinhos da Holanda foi inventados e colocados por árabes, o sorvete árabes só uma pista para revelar o mosaico mundial
@TagusMan We speak our native languages, but use the enslaver's tongue as a common medium. It would be akin to what you think you are implying if we refuse to speak our native languages.
@@MajorrBison True. But for example there are Americans (by birth) who still identify themselves by their parent's or grandparents birth home. For example saying they will say they are Nigerian- American or Jamaican- American etc.
These are descendants of returned Africans/Nigerians, they are mainly not Portuguese origin in blood, but as everywhere, globally, "Black" people tend to want to cling in the elements that identifies their ddeviation from 'pure' Africaness. In Jamaica they take pride in their Scottish, Indian or Chinese extraction, and even perpetuate standards of physical beauty on features which are least original African. It's all part of the status of being different from the norm.
This is what sad.....A Liberian story.... Foreign blacks come back and are welcomed but want to rule the natives who welcomed them...They feel it's there Right to be superior.... Kinda Palestine Israel story... Saaaaad.so sad.....
This is dissapointing. I knew about the Brazilian/Yoruba returnees to Lagos. I have never heard this side of it. All the culture and traditions that Brazilians created and held on to so they wouldn't lose knowledge of their African roots, these people that are descended of people that were actually transported hold on to those same things as a way of distinguishing themselves as above the other peoples of the land. 'My great great great grandfather was taken and enslaved, managed to return to his home. Now us, his descendants are elites and consider ourselves to be of Brazillian descent'? That's actually loco. They amazingly returned, then formed a community and left descendants that consider themselves above the local community-that they are a part of. I barely even understand why they consider themselves Brazillian when their ancestors returned within the same generation of having been taken and enslaved. That the head of their cultural association is a proud descendant of a slave trader speaks volumes. Afro Brazilians in Brazil practice traditional African religions and a reformulation of those religions through the language and symbols of Catholicism. Yet they returned to their native lands with Portuguese architecture and staunch Catholicism. I'm at a loss.
@@negaosafado You'd think he'd hide. But slavery must have been a descent business back then, like selling yam and banana, or Palm Oil, a lucrative business among many.
Glad I’m not the only one that read between the lines. To say they are “of Brazilian descent” when their ancestor was only separated from Africa for a few decades - is absurd!
I think it's crazy & ridiculous too. But not sure they could have done anything about replicating what the generation already born on Brazilian soil was familiar with. Same with the staunch catholicism. They still practiced catholicism but it incorporated native Yoruba deities.
I quite understand this cause being a slave in Brazil for years and then returning to your original land, you'll probably bring some new stuff with you, new creations as regards food and stuff. It's just history and it should be preserved as well. Yoruba culture is truly unique and strong. It hurts me to see folks that aren't proud of being Yoruba.
Don't you people realize that they are not trying to be Brazilian,they are just celebrating EVERY ASPECT of their heritage. All they are celebrating is THEIR African ancestors work. They are not celebrating anything European. Wouldn't you be proud of what your ancestors accomplished even while being ENSLAVED. wouldn't you want to come back HOME and celebrate it?🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️ You don't expect them to just forget about something like that.
Nothing wrong with celebration. However, why hold onto your enslaver's Portuguese names? Their minds are still enslaved like most of ours are still colonized. Unfortunately 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏿♂️
@@princekalal I we your point but that may be the last and only thing they have from their past and they don't want to let go of something so powerful, which is understandable
@@Daniel-zu4ck it is history of valuing your enslaver's names instead of your African names. We don't need to remember that we were/are slaves. You can look to Portugal and Brazil for that. Break the chains and emancipate your mind. There is nothing beautiful or noteworthy about keeping the enslaver's chains on your neck.
It's a shame to see such beautiful architecture undergo terrible obsolescence. To restore these buildings will cost millions but I'm sure there are rich descendants who can contribute and gradually restore them; it will take time but nothing is impossible.
@@nosaoyemade9618 @Nosa Oyemade nothing wrong with restoring antiques!..but video commentator is not factually correct by saying it's afro-brazilian architecture!..infact, i have never heard of nor seen afro-brazilian architechture.
This is silly, I understand learning your history but why are they proud of being enslaved. My great grand parents where returnees from Bahia Brazil. Many stories were past down from generations but we didn’t think we were Brazilians. We are Africans and Nigerians to be specific.
They’re not proud of being enslaved , if you watched the documentary they fully understand the hardships that their ancestors, but because of the assimilation process they brought Brazilian culture, language, foods and even in some cases children with them so they’re preserving the beauty of the culture their ancestors brought with them , not the enslavement.
As a descent of Brazilian-Nigerian descent; some of the names are missing, ie Late Imam- Lawyer Basil Mohammed Augusto of 21/23 Bamgbose Street, the Gomez, the Lopez, etcetra.
Gomez and Lopez with an Z is spanish, so they probably came from a spanish country, in Brazil these name are Gomes and Lopes, 'cause this is the portuguese way
I don't actually agree with CNN on the terms they used by saying that they are Brazilian defendants. They 100% Africans first and they should not in anyway be referred as Brazilian descendants
A history never to be forgotten. Never again. If not taught in school then the church should teach it. It is a proud that unite all Afro slave decendants all over the world 🇯🇲 TRINIDAD AND 🇹🇹 AND TOBAGO, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿. THIS CARNIVAL SHOULD BE CALLED AFRO DESCENDANTS SLAVE DIASPORA CARIVAL AND BE CELEBRATED ROUUND THE WORLD. FROM JAMAICA 🇯🇲 TRELAWNY A PROUD DESCENDANT OF AFRO SLAVE . I WOULD NEVER GIVE UP MY HISTORY.
@@historyonthegolet them believe whatever they want there are many more people in the diaspora other than African Americans let them believe in being Hebrew copper colored indigenous turtle 🐢 islander moor Egyptians or whatever group they want to appropriate. If it makes them feel good let them be
My best friends were Doregos and Pedro in Lagos. Their fore parents are the Brazilian returnees. One would have thought that the Governors like Tinubu, Fashola who claimed to be educated would have funded the preservation of these JEWELS/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS as they would have generated revenue for the state via tourism. But when the governors think of what they can ONLY steal from a state, what do you expect?
Sadly our poor maintenance culture played a role in the deserpearance of those beautiful Brazilian designs along Alagomeji, Yaba, Obalende, Campus Sq etc. The Brazilian returnees are a people we Lagosian will forever be proud of. They were educated, exposed and they inspired a lot of people to move up. The late Candido da Rocha was his time one of the richest Nigerians, unless you didn't grow up in Lagos in the 60s and 70s will you not hear stories of his wealth.
A lot of people are mixing what we Yorubas call Saros (Sierra Leonians of African Americans and Caribbeans descendants of enslaved people that returned to Lagos and other Yoruba city, Abeokuta with Amaros (Afro Brazilians). The people with English last names were descendants of African Americans/Caribbeans while the ones with Portuguese/Spanish last names were Afro Brazilians and Afro Cubans. Herbert Macaulay was one of African American/Caribbeans that his ancestors came back to Nigeria and so many more. Pedro, Gomez, Fernandez, Candido Da Rocha were Afro Brazilians that returned to Yorubaland and were fully integrated as Yorubas. While Savage, Doherty, Macaulay, Williams, Wellington came from freed enslaved people of Afro Americans in Freetown Sierra Leone to Lagos and Abeokuta and also integrated as Yorubas as well.
"They're children don't seem interested in where they are from" On the contrary their children ae returning to who they really were and are and that's a good thing. It's good that they've come full circle and are taking on the fullness of who they're descendants really were. Leave behind the sadness and disgraceful past and taken on the present reality of purity. We weren't Catholics. That was the slave masters religion that saw slavery as a priviledge for themselves.
SAD STORY...this shows the maintenance culture of Nigeria in all areas of life. It is a shame that the buildings are not preserved, those buildings tells alot of the history of the slavery period.
Muitos destes afro brasileiros retornaram ja mestiço geralmente filho homens brancos dentre muitos eram reconhecidos como filhos dai a origem do sobrenome de família, eu tenho parentes ancestral retornados lagos
I am just wondering why anyone will want to be identified or be proud of the culture of his/her slave master!! These people were forced out of their will and sold like commodities. They were also given the worst treatment ever in the history of humanity yet you still choose to be identified with the culture of the same people who did all these evil to your forefathers. I dont get it pls🤔.
Iam Jamaican son of enslave African and i want to return to west africa too. We also have Cuba beside us who have a strong Youruba tribe who came here through slave trade
Forgive me if I'm wrong but is there a degree of cognitive dissonance going on here? Your grandparents were captured, sold and enslaved on foreign Brazilian soil. They then returned home to Lagos against all odds within the generation. But you are claiming to be of Brazilian descent? I can understand maybe identifying as an Afro/Brazilian nationality if nationality had been conceptulised back then. But surely your heritage is actually still Yoruba? Sure, often black people have had to assimilate into all the corners of the earth that people forced us into so it's understandable to take on some of the traditions of the environment you're in. But as I understand enslavement, it wasn't a holiday where people who ended up abroad were blessed as if on a journey of enlightenment where they could return home and boast of their privileged opportunity as the elite class. Enslavement was a violent uprooting from your ancestral home. Also, why is the President of the Union's family history as slave merchants one to be celebrated? My African ancestors have been in the UK for a long time. Later down the line I think it was my great great grandfather who was a caucasian Englishman. Though I identify as a British national I still understand my ethnicity and heritage to be of Nigerian and Cameroonian descent. Maybe it's just me approaching identity differently I guess. Of course everyone can identify as they wish. It's not my intention to offend anyone, I'm just confused by the message of this video. Interesting watch nonetheless, I had never heard of this aspect of Lagosian history before.
Waoh. Your take on this and your ancestry is interesting. I largely agree with you on this & I think it's ridiculous myself. My ancestors (Saro/Yoruba) were recaptives dropped off in Sierra Leone after British navy intercepted Portuguese slave ships most likely headed for Brazil/south America most likely in the mid 19th century. Many in their generation formed the early middle class due to their bilingual & western educated privilege. But they re-embraced their heritage.
Exactly my thought, This documentary doesn't make sense... if Brazil is still there heritage they should just move back then,,,, why did great great grandfather even come back and now their a great great grandchildren still celebrate they're coloniser culture... this is just stupidness
@@morrmorr2303 I agree but also remember that Brazil was also colonised.... So even there is not pure colonisation... I find strange they haven't incorporated their yoruba deities in their afro Brazilian religious practices... Look up candomble and macumba... Its more african than Nigeria... Lol
From the look of things these folks never really intergrated fully into their host communities. I hope Mr Martins can look himself in the mirror and realize that he's African/Nigerian first before Brazilian. All the best to this community, looking forward to how they continue to evolve in the Nigerian space.
That is wrong even though it was not stated in this video we are proudly Yoruba, and very aware of our ancestral heritage being of Yoruba decent, we just cannot entirely throw away our history, our ancestors developed a cross culture of African and Brazilian mix, we cannot just throw that away and that doesn't make us any less Yoruba!
@@keo872 They did not choose the God that they are worshipping because they don't know their history. Our fore fathers got torture and even burnt to death because they knew that the Catholic God was the Devil and now there Children are there Worshipping Him That don't make sense. Catholicism Was forced on many people all over the world because they did not have a Choice . Read the history of this Church and you will see that what I am saying is the truth It is the Church of the Antichrist
I'm brazilian ,half portuguese and my dad's family is black with nigerian background. I'm very surprised to see that there's a part of Brazil in Nigeria,that's beautiful. And I promisse to myself that I'm visiting Nigeria one day to get closer to my black heritage and to the Youruba gods that I worship . May Osun and Ologunede Bless you all!
Just so you know there is only one God and those yoruba gods are fake and nonsense.
Ase
May osun guide your feets from danger
@@Jerryijebor1600 Asé!
Neither did I there are less positive storie around about African heritage.
I love Salvador Bahia! I was fascinated by the Preservation of the African heritage of Angola and Nigeria. This documentary is inspirational!
I'm looking forward to visiting Nigeria in November. I'm a descendant of the Gullah Gheecie/Igbo of South Carolina.
You should visit Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 if you haven’t
The video is supposed to strike an emotional chord but the truth is that the Brazilian returnees(Amaros and Saros) in Nigeria are the most integrated returnees in Africa. They and their children basically helped build Lagos, founded and energized the Nigerian nationalism. They consider themselves Nigerians and Yoruba first and then descendants of former Brazilian next.
Not only in Nigeria but in Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Two countries where descendants of slaves initiated and influenced independence movements.
@@katchikali9573 and Liberia
@@leof.n.abrahams8260 in Liberia the descendants of former slaves almost did ( for 100 years) to the locals, what the white people did to them. Americo-liberians were full of themselves with a nasty superiority complex over the locals.
@@MarcAlain261 good point. The black Americans were almost as bad as the white colonialists in Liberia.
@@Sabundy Liberia was a white American colonization project. Those "black americans" were not slaves, and may not have been "west african" (moors, black europeans).
They were Yorùbá, taken to Brazil, and returned home.
We love you.
No , they didn't selected some of them my be Angolan , Congo mozambique and etc.
People are NOT slaves CNN, its called enslaved!
@MkE @
C Will i agrée! Even better why not call them captives or prisoners of war. After all they were prisoners of a war waged against Africans that is still in progress!
This world system always tells on itself even when it’s trying to do something Honorable , yes you are right
@MkE Very true I totally agree with you
Enslaved is an adjective, slave is a noun
To all those saying this story is weird because the returnees still identify with their Brazilian roots: I am a Lagosian and I used to live in that area of Lagos. What this story didn’t tell you is that these people are also fiercely proud of their Yoruba heritage. All the first and middle names of all those introduced in this video are Yoruba names. These people would also tell you if you run into them in Lagos that they are Yorubas first and foremost. They are proudly Yoruba Nigerian with a unique Brazilian background and that’s as far as it goes.
Stop bein sucha xenophobic afrocentric dude, dude!
If they are descendants of returned slaves, how can they claim to be Yoruba when their blood may have been mixed with that of enslaved people from other ethnic groups from Africa?
Thank you 😊
@@kyrianuwandu1162 because many of their ancestors came back within their lifetime (ie they were enslaved as children and teens and came back to Africa as adults) so they retained their original identity and that's why many returned to Nigeria because they knew exactly where they came from but preferred to live in Lagos rather than going back to their village for fear of being re-enslaved
Sorry they CAN'T be Yoruba 1st with a slave master's name hanging round theor neck.
My people are runaway slaves from Brasil. They settled in Surinam and named our village Dahomey, after Dahomey from Africa! We also have people from Ghana. We have 5 different tribe. But the people from Dahomey, everybody knows our background is Yuroba!
Please dear Africans, let's preserve our history. We are nothing without it, our roots are so important. This is just incredible. I had no idea about these Afro Brazilians of Lagos.
Afro Brazilian is not an African culture
@@adafoe7350 No one asked you and it is. I am from Lagos so just keep shut.
@@eluemina2366 Are you one?
we need to connect. be one again
Now we know why Nigerian dominate soccer that's the secret. On a serious not investing in the preservation of that area can bring in lots of tourists.
It's a sad history, nothing to rejoice over,except that you came back to Africa.
I am of Congolese descent. I implore, if you have not visited yet, you to go and see Salvador de Bahia.. In the quest to connect with my ancestors, heritage, and Brazilian familia, my 13 year old daughter and I travelled to see the ports where our love ones disembarked from slave ships.. Joyful emotions and welcoming arms embraced us!
I’m AA & planning my trip to Bahia/Salvador for next year as we speak! It’s been on my agenda for quite some time so I finally get to travel there. Looking forward to the rich history there!
There's some in Ghana too. DaCosta, De Sousa, Da Rocha, des Borges, Nelson, Wellington, Almeida, d'Almeida, Nuno, Braga.
WOWWWW I'm Nigerian, born,raised and living and I NEVER heard about this ‼️‼️‼️
DaCosta, Marinho, Samuel, DaSouza, Joses,Da Rochas (Da Rothchild slave retunees), Fernando, Pereira, Thomas Anjous etc
@@antoniovieira8531 You are totally wrong. Most of the German and Italian immigrants who colonized southern Brazil came in the 19th century. Cities like Blumenau, Joinville, Gramado, Brusque, São Leopoldo and so on, were all founded in the XIX century. So don't spread fake news. By the way, in São Paulo, most are descendants of Italians and Portuguese too, who came in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Rio de Janeiro, despite having a large black population, also has a large population descended from Portuguese settlers and more recent Portuguese immigrants. So your data is wrong.
@@antoniovieira8531 South Africa is the most divided on earth my guy.I not making it sound good but just telling you the real fact .
I don't understand why everyone's saying they should let go of their Brazilian heritage. It's clearly a part of their family history and can never ever be erased. They have taken ownership of that chapter of their history by preserving the few good things they took out of the slave experience. Trying to erase it would be trying to pretend that slavery never happened. Black Americans for example, don't try to hide aspects of their culture that were originally means of survival during slavery. They've owned it and are proud of it. Jamaican ó tails are a celebrated meal today, but in the past used to be food for slaves because nobody else wanted to eat the tails. Please, let them keep and be proud of their Brazilian heritage. It is a part of their identity now and they have every right to be proud of it.
Am a pround decendant of a returnee. Unfortunately most St of our heritage is lost. God bless everyone that put this together. Long live our Brizilan heritage.
For how will you guys hold on to the slavish past..Brazilian heritage ko ..
@@oniakintunde8883 smh it’s their heritage not yours stop it
@@Goldenxbih it isn’t theirs in the first place .. u can’t lose what’s not urs.. that’s my point
@@oniakintunde8883 400 years of history cannot simply be ignored or undermined. Their ancestors helped build that country and influenced its culture, and fight for independence. Their legacy in Brazil will forever be a part of their identity. They probably still have many friends and family in Brazil too.
@@user-vw6bk4pb4l I’m Brazilian and you said it best.
Different from Americans we keep our African roots down here.
I enjoyed this video. I learned a lot about the Afro Brazilianz in Nigeria. Thank you for sharing this video.
Well done! I am Belizean, a country with its own colonial past of enslaved people. I had absolutely no idea that there were Brazilian returnees to Nigeria. I must continue to study our collective history. On my list to do is trace my family history to my people somewhere on the continent. I have strong (at least that's what I think) West African features. Beautifully done piece. Thank you.
African Ancestry will hook you right up with your origins.
Please stop using "strong" when describing African features. Leave that self hating expression for the AAs.
@@lynnharr3911 95% Of all Brazilians descendent of African; are from Angola; 4% from Mozambique and the rest 1% from around mother Africa; Nigeria, Ghana and the rest.
Same my mom afro brazilian I grew up in America like who am i
@@asanwa3126 not all uses that term..lol
You can call them Afro Brazilians, but they are our brothers and sisters before they were enslaved. They were lucky to return. They are part of us.
The enslaved mind is the hardest thing to change.
It’s only hard if you have adopted the oppressors form of religion and that’s the point I’m making I’m glad they are returning to the motherland but they have to let go of that form of Christianity that was the same form upon which they enslaved us on for white Jesus is a lie. Christ Jesus never said he was God anywhere in the Bible. Easter is another man-made holiday there’s nowhere in the Bible we have to evolve from this and true liberation will come.
Just like Christians, its hard to free your self from colonial religion both Islam and Christians because of the heavy indoctrination through Western education and churches.
@@Katlady001 people know the truth but stigmatization wouldn't let people free themselves from western religion's york place on them many have talk and ask many questions before even know that I have decolonize my self for decades now and I free from worshipping western god.
I find it so strange that they cling to the Brazil that enslaved them, when they were able to accomplish what so much of the diaspora has not been able to do: come home to Africa in large quantities.
Thought about it a little more... Maybe when they returned, there was some tensions or resentments that engendered a sense of separation.... just guessing, really. It’d be interesting to hear the actual people’s thoughts on this.
They can rebuild those structures if they have pictures of them. We, Africans, just disregard our past. Yet, every community on this earth do so at its own peril.
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This people totally refused to be free from slavery
What do you mean? No one can erase that part of their history. I was born and raised in the Brazilian Quarters. Though not a descendant.
@@ADE-of-LAGOS didn't you hear the last guy that said we are Brazilian morover from what i saw these people are proud of brazil hoping to be elite in the society.
Really🤣
Demolishing History is Idiotic itself!
@delonix regia this is disturbing & pathetic at the same time, so let's say I get stolen from my country to another country & I have an opportunity to return back home, and now I claim my heritage belongs to the stolen country, it's absurd to say the least. I would do anything to liberate myself.
Sou brasileira descendentes de japoneses e no Brasil preservamos nossa cultura. Os japoneses descendentes de brasileiros que voltaram para o Japão também preservam a cultura brasileira na comida, música e idiomas brasileiro. 🇯🇵 + 🇧🇷 , parabéns aos irmãos da Nigéria 🇳🇬 ❤🎉
Oi Sabrina, tudo bem?
De fato para descendentes de japoneses foi mais fácil a preservação de sua cultura pois quando migraram para o Brasil, apesar das dificuldades enfrentadas quando chegaram aqui, puderam exercer em comunidade suas tradições, o que ajudou muito em transmitir isso através das gerações.
No caso dos escravos trazidos da África, suas origens e mesmo seus nomes eram apagados mas em suas memórias as tradições estavam tão vivas que eram passadas de geração em geração, seja via música, culinária, religião é afins. Me entristece que muitos em nosso país ao invés de valorizar isso façam de tudo para apagar de suas vidas.
Foi mal o textão, tava com tempo livre
This is twisted. You returned to Africa because it's your ancestral home but now claiming Brazil as your ancestral home.
That is the enslave mind
From the video I understand that the 'Returnees' were highly respected because they came from foreign land, and they had wealth. But, their descendants are not as popular. So its like these descendants want to maintain status quo. It's quite absurd.
It’s kind of ironic because i can only assume that their ancestors returned to live as Nigerians again and not to create an exclusively Afro-Brazilian enclave. I can understand not wanting to forget ones history, but it seems like they’re doing it in a harmful way and forgetting what difficulties and sacrifices their ancestors probably had to make to even return to Africa.
Rome the vatican influence. Catholic religion is not biblical. The church looks european.
I thought I was the only one confused.
This town needs to have exchange trips set up with Salvador di Bahia in Brazil. I'd love to see that happen!!
I remember my late mum used to tell of this account. Her maiden name was George. She used to mention those Brazilian names back then we didn't pay attention to. It breaks my heart to hear about the threat to that history. It brings tears to my eyes recalling my late mum and how she tried to pass the history on, but couldn't.😢🥺
While the time spent in brazil is an important part of the history of these families, we should emphasize more on the fact that before brazil they were Yoruba. And they returned home. The brazil experience should not supersede what came before it
The time spent in Brazil is 500 years! These people weren't Yoruba their ancestors were so no that doesn't come first for them. Like it or not that 500 years makes them who they are now.
Mia Danielle makes no sense... you throw a piece of wood in the ocean no matter how long its there it will never become a fish! No matter how long we AFRICANS are in the diaspora we going to ALWAYS be AFRICANS! therefore THEY ARE STILL YORUBA NO MATTER WHAT!
@@MissMeMe343 actually yorubas who were taken to be slaves in the americas were within the last century especially the last few decades of the slave trade. So no, they were not in Brazil for 500 years...100 years at best. Even the video says it they were enslaved in the 18th century and returned in the 19th and 20th century
Some of the returnees were themselves born in Yorùbáland
@@JayPeaa It makes perfect sense. They are no longer yoruba and have a new identity and cant nobody tell someone how to identify after 500 years! I am not an African, I'm Black American first before anything.
@@MissMeMe343 smh. Ma'am try not to discuss on topics you don't know about.
I am Yoruba and a historian at that, I no, yorubas were not known to have been amongst those enslaved in the early periods of the slave trade... We only fell victims at the later centuries
That is why it is the Yoruba that made up most of those "recaptives" who never made it to the americas but were resettled all over British West Africa but majorly places like Gambia and Sierra Leone in the 19th century
The last slave to the US was also Yoruba.. You are black American you should know him, his name was Cudjoe Lewis (born Kodjo Oluale Kossola)
We were late victims and many of our people could still trace their lineages to particular individuals not just towns and cities.
So when those Yoruba who had been transported to brazil regained freedom at the abolition of slavery in Brazil, they still knew where they came from and simply returned.. Many returnees were even born in Yorùbáland and returned to have children in Yorùbáland
I love this so much cause i am a Brazilian descendent too
Are you in Nigeria or Brazil now ?
@@gregory5261 outside Nigeria
@@osifesoabosedejanet9714 oh I see, am glad you have your Nigeria name . We all one big family no matter were we all
@@gregory5261 yes
@@gregory5261 my real name is Abiodun
It’s so sad that we don’t preserve history ! This buildings are a remainder of the past,thank you for this 🎉
This was misleading. These are not current Afrobrazilians, but the descendants of the 19th century returnees. In graduate school thirty years ago I studied about those Brazilian returnees. Many came back to Africa, and then returned again to BRAZIL! Some traveled several times because they did not feel comfortable in either society. These histories really must be appreciated and maintained.
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Very interesting
Growing up in Nigeria. I always wondered why some of my friends have Anglo last names like Martins and Brown. They never told us who they were though ( descendants of slaves), but they had assimilated really thoroughly and were Nigerians.
Yeah me too
I remember a government teacher saying to someone who's last name was Brown "your surname is a slave name"
It was actually so funny when he said it because of his personality. I'm like whattt???😂
@@abigailmarughu3403 omg !! Kinda wish i knew though back then. I guess they didn't want to stick out and possibly ridiculed.
@@abigailmarughu3403 The Brown name is English-sounding so do you have any idea how they got English names if they came from Brazil, or did the 'Browns' come from somewhere else e.g. The Carribbean?
"Martins" is not Anglo. It's a last name of Portuguese origin that is common here in Brazil.
Martins is luso
It must have been difficult for the first families to return to their country of origin, not knowing if they would be well received, due to the circumstances of their departure.... and to come back and bring so much baggage of knowledge and form such a solid community.. .
Wasn't really their country of origin but they were accepted regardless
@@lolaadesina5362I don't know what you meant by it wasn't really their country of origin it was their country of origin they were stolen and held in bondage and enslave they resisted rebelled and made their way back home not many of us African-Americans or African Latinos can say that they made a vital attempt that was so successful to make it back home this is a heroic story it is also a story that needs to be told
The popular Nigerian musician Banky Wellington, is also a descendant of the afro brazillian.
Femi Pedro is also one
Yes
Fela Ransome-Kuti was a descendant of slave returnees too.
No not really. A lot of people are mixing what we Yorubas call Saros (Sierra Leonians of African Americans and Caribbeans descendants of enslaved that returned to Lagos and other Yoruba city, Abeokuta with Amaros, Afro Brazilians. The people with English last names were descendants of African Americans/Caribbeans while the ones with Portuguese/Spanish last names were Afro Brazilians and Afro Cubans
Welcome back home brother's and sister and his pleasure have you back and God bless you all Ameen
Jerusalem is our mother land and not Africa reason Fulanis are terrorising our people because Buhari already know that we not of same people.
Jacob Johnson Lol
You say welcome as if they just arrived..
@@jacobjohnson1850 Stop your nonsense. How Jerusalem could be our home when we originated in Africa.
@@shelbourneking7068the true hebrews are black and jerusalem is North East Africa.
I and my spouse grew up in the Brazilian Quarters. We have neighbours with surname like Dacosta, Pereira, Santos, Domingo and so on. It's sad many of those building are not preserved. In fact one of the very elite elementary private school (ADRAO, Victoria Island) I was privileged to attend was founded by Mrs Omololu DaRocha, a descendant of a Brazilian returnee.
Still, it doesn't make any sense why they still embrace the culture of their slave masters. It's very disturbing
Im Nigerian and never knew we had returnees. I always why some of my friends had anglo last names.
@@gigibigh5057 It reflect our lack.of sense of history. If we didn't live in that neighborhood, I wouldn't know either.
@@kayn2756 Can you change history? Or can you change the fact? Without the names, you cannot differentiate them from other Nigerians. If the people who were enslaved were able to leave a part of their culture in the new world, then I do not find it surprising that those who returned would also bring something back home. It's the mind that matters.
@@ADE-of-LAGOS pay attention to the divisive language used in the interview. That one lady and one man weren't happy that other tribes were infiltrating their neighborhood. It's as though the other people are not part of them. These were Nigerians enslaved in Brazil and chose to return. CALLING themselves Brazilian is amazing to me. Even after so many generations.
American here. I see people there who resemble members of both sides of my family.
Brazilian culture was heavily influenced by the enslaved Africans who were brought there.
They were from a mix of countries. It's great that this community made it back to their origins.
According to history you are descendant from West African west coast .Liberia,Sierra Leone,Guinea,Senegal,The Gambia,Guinea Bissau.
@@leof.n.abrahams8260 you forgot benin.togo and Naija..because my family descend from those areas
@@leof.n.abrahams8260 A recent genetic study of African Americans (in the USA) found that many of them have ancestors from in and around Nigeria.
@@leof.n.abrahams8260you forgot Congo/Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Benin Togo etc
How are they a Brazilian descendants, if they were initially from Nigeria before finding their way back. I do not understand that part .
This documentary, is all about creating confusion in the mind of fellow Nigerians/Africans:it is all about divide to rule rules.
Otherwise, Africa is making her way back to rule the world as she has been.
May our ancestors bless Our motherland...!!!!
Kayode Abidemi they are the decendants of Africa that went to Brazil now they really feel more Brazilian than African. They miss Brazil. There have a problem of identity
@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn they don't miss Brazil, they have never lived there. I have no problem embracing one's history, especially the painful chapters. But embracing and worshipping the image of one's enslaver when one has every opportunity and the freedom to reconnect with their pre-enslavement identity is baffling to me.
@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn True. When the forefathers returned, they were not treated like average Nigerians, they were treated as aristocrats because they came with this foreign culture. This status quo stuck with them for generations. Now its a problem.
Stephano Ngueuko sur Africa is back to rule the world.I never, hear, , study. You are delusional! The Roman, Persian, British and Spaniards were greater and their empires. These Brazilian because that what they are, Brazilian is their country, their ancestors came to Brazil from Africa and they do not known nothing more. Their souls are Brazilians who trying to molded to their ancestors land. Their mind, spirit is Brazilian they are attached to the country that their born. People who came to Latin America’s from Spain and others from Africa and others from Asia are Latin America’s including Brazil who is Latin America when they need to others countries USA Canada and to Europe mostly go to Spain Germany, a lot of them going to others countries like Italy yes because millions of European came to Latin America. They keep their traditions language others no but they are what they are. Sorry 😐 is simple their ancestors came from Africa but Brazil is their country. They are trying to blend but is not easy. Think about mixed with portugués and European with corean etc. This is the problem.
Perhaps someone needs to revise parts of this documentary. Those who returned didn't just do so because they were allowed, they revolted, in a very popular unrest that threatened the Portuguese government. They won their freedoms.
I should know, my great & grandfather were part of the group that orchestrated the revolution. Unfortunately, my great grandfather returned to Brazil, leaving my grandfather and his grandchildren in Lagos.
Wow! I'm from the Caribbean islands. I didn't know anything about these great Afro-Brazilians or their truly great Afro-Brazilian revolt. Learn about the Haitian Revolution. Learn about the Berbice Rebellion too. Thank you for sharing. Your great grandfather probably couldn't deal with Lagos and had to return to the Brazil he knew as home. I live in America and sometimes I want to return home to Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹.
This is so interesting. Thank you for sharing
Provavelmente revolta dos Malês ,que se deu em Salvador Bahia
*Mostly of the returnees were already wealthy in Brazil...and wished to live in Africa...nothing to do with any revolution...they were already freed...*
I remember back then. I was born and brought up in Lagos highland campus district. Most of my school mate back then has surnames like. Santos, Fernandez, cadozo, Robinho,,Wellington and Hernandez's, but I never knew they was afro Brazilian but african dicendant.
I’m Fernandes and I’m from Brazil.
That’s cool ... 😃
@@DizzyMakavelli oh really 🧐
Thanks for the history lesson, good to know where one is coming from to be able to know where one is heading to
I think you really meant to say"The ways that africa/ Lagos influence Brazil".
True.
That’s why there are Yoruba people in Nigeria with last names like Lopez, Da Rocha, Fernandez, Pedro and Santos
These people are not Brazilians. They were taken captive to Brazil. They came back to Nigeria, the land of their ancestors. Brazil is the land of their captivity. Nigeria is their home.
The portugueses.
Brazil and brazil ..
A cultura brasileira é toda da África.
Proudly Yoruba 🇳🇬✊🏾
The vast majority of the comments on this video are really sad. Culture and identity is complicated. First you all say that these people should accept a Nigerian identity. Do you not realize that Nigerian as an identity is a colonial construct. Before the British m the folk were Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Ibo, etc. The Brazilian Nigerians now speak English which means they have simply ex changed one colonial European language for another. The returnees were also most certainly a mixture of various African tribes. That is the reality of the Afro population in the Americas. They chose Nigeria for reasons that aren’t entirely explained in the film but either way it’s very normal to want to hold on to something that makes you distinct when you are surrounded by a majority culture. You all didn’t pay much attention to the video, I think. Food, Catholicism, Carnival, architecture are the things that make them distinct and theirs nothing wrong with trying to preserve that. None of us can change the past that slavery wrought. The new cultures that formed in the Americas by black people are no less authentic and valuable than the colonized cultures that now infect Africa. Speak the truth, we’ve all been impacted by the European and just excising it is nearly impossible at this point in history.
Great comment. Very nuanced😌👌🏿
Good comment. They chose Yoruba land in Nigeria because they are Yoruba slaves that were taken to Brazil. They have them in Cuba and many central American countries. Yoruba culture is very strong in these countries. Their middle names are Yoruba. They simply returned home. But I completely agree with the preservation of history..
Yorubas are the vast majority sold off by their then Fulani masters, and their Yoruba people, even in Brazil today Yoruba is still spoken. Hence, when Nigerians says the Yarriba (as their Fulani masters call them) are educated, that claims is related to the fact that Yarribas were abroad to study after they were emancipated, that's a positive of what they gained through slavery, EDUCATION. At the same time, Yorubas are the most CONFUSED people in Nigeria, they have NO origin.
Despite the challenges they faced, the amaros/aguda (bantu FOR akuda, OR black people, NOT catholic) have left A LASTING LEGACY in Lagos, Nigeria. Their contributions to culture, architecture, trade, education, and more have enriched the social fabric of the city and continue to be recognized and celebrated today.
16:25 "well look we don't have many more years left"
I can't phatom how it feels to know this
this is beautiful❤
The names are common in Lagos especially Lagos Island. Da Costa, Da Silva, Vera-Cruz, Ramos, Fernandez, Soares, Britto, Da Rocha, etc are common on the Island. As a Lagos indigene myself, I grew up eating friujon (feijao) as a kid. Yes they made their mark on the history of Lagos but I don't get wanting to hold on to/cherish a history of slavery in a foreign land when you are back home.
I understand your point, but there's nothing wrong with holding on to it it's was part of their history you can't erase that from their history
@@jimmysteeve7702 It was their ancestors' reality, cruel as it was. But I don't think it's their own reality now. So they should let go of that reality and fully embrace this one. After all what they have now was their ancestors' first reality.
Because... you are to forgive but NEVER FORGET.
There was zero repopulating for decades as slaves. It was cheaper to replace them than allow propagation. And thus slaves were worked harshly to death and disposed. Thank you mama Africa and forget? I think not... i think not.
I think its hard to separate our past. Especially black people who are offspring of enslaved Africans. Whether or not we like it, its a part of us. Our ancestors struggled and fought so we could survive in this part of the world; Caribbean, North and Latin America etc. The good and the bad; its a culmination of our histories that make us who we are. Why deny that. For example, a lot of African peoples on the continent and in the diaspora practice religions that are not indigenous to Africa like Islam and Christianity. Do you see we do not have any one identity because of imperialism. For someone born on the mother continent they can identify themselves by their own family names, their tribes, traditions etc. For Africans that were enslaved and brought across the Atlantic; all of that was stripped. At least the Afro- Brazilians against all odds maintained the Yoruba language, which in itself is an incredible feat when speaking anything but the slave master's tongue would be surely punishable by whipping and even death.
I am a proud Brazilian/ American and I am happy to be the perfect mix..Portuguese black and indigenous. This mix made us great human beings. We look like anyone in the world and are able to be happy even when times are hard. The world meet in Brasil.
That's odd, Brazilians, don't acknowledge any indigenous cultures, also for your knowledge, Africans are not native to the American contiente
I am also really pleased that they are really a very influential and very progressive people who have contributed greatly to Nigeria.
Wonderful, as a Brazilian I feel connected to these people as my family from overseas, we have the same blood running in our veins, I wish best wishes to everyone, come to Brazil, visit and get to know your beautiful country of origin!
Foolish, you are referring to full blooded Yoruba men
@@emmanuelaliji3497 What do you mean by pure blood? Of course, our cultures are different today, and that doesn't change anything about our origins....
@@smooth_jazz_escolaele é um dispensável deixe-o, muitos destes nigerianos retornaram mestiços (índios,português,africano e etc.,igual a muitos brasileiros) muitos destes sobrenomes tem origem em casamentos no Brasil , O primeiro presidente do Togo 🇹🇬
Silvano Olímpio, era filho destes retornados, o pai nasceu em Salvador capital do estado da Bahia ,só prova ainda mais sua brasilidade
@@emmanuelaliji3497 why the insult?
Oh no
Most of them settled along the west African cost from Nigeria through Benin, Togo and then Ghana...there are lot of them in Ghana too...Known as the Tabon's..
You said the truth I'm one of them,in Benin we call us "Agudas" and we are mix with Yoruba too
@@barbenoir3 *I believe ~Agudas~ is a Hebrew word for returnee...*
@@TheYah00netstar No sorry Mate,but my people has nothing to do with some Hebrew community.
Most of us are descendant of Ancient Slaves that's it.
Wow this amazing and both complicated
No disrespect meant to the Afro Brazilian, returnees that came back to Lagos, Nigeria. One would think that considering the manner in which your and our ancestors, was dehumanized, subdued, chained, disregarded, and disrespected that they would tell their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and so on to discontinue with all that is linked to their captors. As a matter of fact I reckon is high time they change those slave owners, names to a native ones, we should be proud of being an African, first cause is about the collective representing the green, white, and green to the fullest period.
Agreed. So why are you using English, the colonizers language?
Kkkkk 😅
Kkk idiota kk o mundo é um mosaico ,os moinhos da Holanda foi inventados e colocados por árabes, o sorvete árabes só uma pista para revelar o mosaico mundial
@TagusMan We speak our native languages, but use the enslaver's tongue as a common medium. It would be akin to what you think you are implying if we refuse to speak our native languages.
Why do Muslim "Nigerians" think they're Arabs? @@TagusMan
I'm glad to see them
1dream, 1desire, 1land, 1 people, 1goal, 1God, 1love, One World Africa ! For the world wide diaspora !
Welcome back home my brothers and sisters
Wow I just found out that I'm a descendant of a returnee on my dad's mother's side but with real indigenous brazilian blood running through my veins.
History is history and should be preserved. Either good or bad, we like it or not.
Hidtory is written by winners
@@tartvtheafricanrepublic7825 but in this case, they are telling it with their own mouth. Nobody is telling it on their behave.
Interesting. Wish they vould ve shown us pictures of their grand grand grandfsthers/mothers etc. X for sharing
Glad to have known this 💟🇳🇬🙏
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very proud being brazilian one day i want to know lagos .
There's something very very disturbing about this historical report....
I think for me its the reference to these people as 'Afro-Brazillians '
@@MsDaideyMaingimost of these people have never been to brazil.
@@MajorrBison True. But for example there are Americans (by birth) who still identify themselves by their parent's or grandparents birth home. For example saying they will say they are Nigerian- American or Jamaican- American etc.
These are descendants of returned Africans/Nigerians, they are mainly not Portuguese origin in blood, but as everywhere, globally, "Black" people tend to want to cling in the elements that identifies their ddeviation from 'pure' Africaness. In Jamaica they take pride in their Scottish, Indian or Chinese extraction, and even perpetuate standards of physical beauty on features which are least original African. It's all part of the status of being different from the norm.
This is what sad.....A Liberian story.... Foreign blacks come back and are welcomed but want to rule the natives who welcomed them...They feel it's there Right to be superior.... Kinda Palestine Israel story... Saaaaad.so sad.....
Very interesting documentary
This is dissapointing. I knew about the Brazilian/Yoruba returnees to Lagos. I have never heard this side of it. All the culture and traditions that Brazilians created and held on to so they wouldn't lose knowledge of their African roots, these people that are descended of people that were actually transported hold on to those same things as a way of distinguishing themselves as above the other peoples of the land. 'My great great great grandfather was taken and enslaved, managed to return to his home. Now us, his descendants are elites and consider ourselves to be of Brazillian descent'? That's actually loco. They amazingly returned, then formed a community and left descendants that consider themselves above the local community-that they are a part of. I barely even understand why they consider themselves Brazillian when their ancestors returned within the same generation of having been taken and enslaved. That the head of their cultural association is a proud descendant of a slave trader speaks volumes. Afro Brazilians in Brazil practice traditional African religions and a reformulation of those religions through the language and symbols of Catholicism. Yet they returned to their native lands with Portuguese architecture and staunch Catholicism. I'm at a loss.
Fully agree. Especially about the head of the Cultural Association.
@@negaosafado You'd think he'd hide. But slavery must have been a descent business back then, like selling yam and banana, or Palm Oil, a lucrative business among many.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Glad I’m not the only one that read between the lines. To say they are “of Brazilian descent” when their ancestor was only separated from Africa for a few decades - is absurd!
I think it's crazy & ridiculous too. But not sure they could have done anything about replicating what the generation already born on Brazilian soil was familiar with. Same with the staunch catholicism. They still practiced catholicism but it incorporated native Yoruba deities.
I quite understand this cause being a slave in Brazil for years and then returning to your original land, you'll probably bring some new stuff with you, new creations as regards food and stuff. It's just history and it should be preserved as well. Yoruba culture is truly unique and strong. It hurts me to see folks that aren't proud of being Yoruba.
I remember my friend Bastos Kayode,,,his grandparents taught his father Spanish and even him can speak a little bit of Spanish
Don't you people realize that they are not trying to be Brazilian,they are just celebrating EVERY ASPECT of their heritage.
All they are celebrating is THEIR African ancestors work. They are not celebrating anything European.
Wouldn't you be proud of what your ancestors accomplished even while being ENSLAVED. wouldn't you want to come back HOME and celebrate it?🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️
You don't expect them to just forget about something like that.
Nothing wrong with celebration. However, why hold onto your enslaver's Portuguese names? Their minds are still enslaved like most of ours are still colonized. Unfortunately 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏿♂️
@@princekalal I see your point 🤷🏿♀️
@@princekalal I we your point but that may be the last and only thing they have from their past and they don't want to let go of something so powerful, which is understandable
@@princekalalwhy should they abandoned it the history is gonna be lost 💀
@@Daniel-zu4ck it is history of valuing your enslaver's names instead of your African names. We don't need to remember that we were/are slaves. You can look to Portugal and Brazil for that. Break the chains and emancipate your mind. There is nothing beautiful or noteworthy about keeping the enslaver's chains on your neck.
Fascinating
I am very surprised ... Brazilian culture that was assimilated together with African culture, back where it all started!
Africa is undergoing cultural and customary reconstruction. Now we get to tell our own history.
Herdamos a Arquitetura Colonial dos Portugueses e levamos para a Nigéria 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
*They should make a documentary about the thousands of Africans(including Nigerians)settling in Brazil for the last 25 years...*
@Yasmine Isaac - I know!But they are immigrating for more opportunities!
I strongly concur!
It's a shame to see such beautiful architecture undergo terrible obsolescence. To restore these buildings will cost millions but I'm sure there are rich descendants who can contribute and gradually restore them; it will take time but nothing is impossible.
this is Portugues architecture built by afro-brazilians returned from Brasil
@@ehzAxemuzik So? I know that, I’m from Nigeria. My comment has to do with restoration, there are very good architects in Lagos that can help.
@@nosaoyemade9618 @Nosa Oyemade nothing wrong with restoring antiques!..but video commentator is not factually correct by saying it's afro-brazilian architecture!..infact, i have never heard of nor seen afro-brazilian architechture.
This is silly, I understand learning your history but why are they proud of being enslaved.
My great grand parents where returnees from Bahia Brazil. Many stories were past down from generations but we didn’t think we were Brazilians. We are Africans and Nigerians to be specific.
I'm wondering why they don't practice afro Brazilian religion which has influences from Nigeria or speak yoruba language...
They’re not proud of being enslaved , if you watched the documentary they fully understand the hardships that their ancestors, but because of the assimilation process they brought Brazilian culture, language, foods and even in some cases children with them so they’re preserving the beauty of the culture their ancestors brought with them , not the enslavement.
Some afribrazilians retourned to Benin in the 18century in town like porto novo
As a descent of Brazilian-Nigerian descent; some of the names are missing, ie Late Imam- Lawyer Basil Mohammed Augusto of 21/23 Bamgbose Street, the Gomez, the Lopez, etcetra.
Gomez and Lopez with an Z is spanish, so they probably came from a spanish country, in Brazil these name are Gomes and Lopes, 'cause this is the portuguese way
@@marcoslemonade Afro Cubans also came to Lagos Nigeria.
I don't actually agree with CNN on the terms they used by saying that they are Brazilian defendants. They 100% Africans first and they should not in anyway be referred as Brazilian descendants
Exactly!!
You need to realize Brazilian is not a white country ,it makes part of their history they're are Africans just like they're Brazilian descendents
A history never to be forgotten. Never again. If not taught in school then the church should teach it. It is a proud that unite all Afro slave decendants all over the world 🇯🇲 TRINIDAD AND 🇹🇹 AND TOBAGO, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿. THIS CARNIVAL SHOULD BE CALLED AFRO DESCENDANTS SLAVE DIASPORA CARIVAL AND BE CELEBRATED ROUUND THE WORLD.
FROM JAMAICA 🇯🇲 TRELAWNY A PROUD DESCENDANT OF AFRO SLAVE . I WOULD NEVER GIVE UP MY HISTORY.
This is interesting I am an African-American who is looking to return I think it’s great they blend both of their cultures together
Please tell your African American brothers and sisters they are African descendants not Native American..
@@historyonthegolet them believe whatever they want there are many more people in the diaspora other than African Americans let them believe in being Hebrew copper colored indigenous turtle 🐢 islander moor Egyptians or whatever group they want to appropriate. If it makes them feel good let them be
But all of you are my brothers and sisters from southeastern Nigeria
Always claiming people
Venham todos pro Brasil 😊
What a beautifull story.
My best friends were Doregos and Pedro in Lagos. Their fore parents are the Brazilian returnees.
One would have thought that the Governors like Tinubu, Fashola who claimed to be educated would have funded the preservation of these JEWELS/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS as they would have generated revenue for the state via tourism. But when the governors think of what they can ONLY steal from a state, what do you expect?
Something is not right
Sadly our poor maintenance culture played a role in the deserpearance of those beautiful Brazilian designs along Alagomeji, Yaba, Obalende, Campus Sq etc. The Brazilian returnees are a people we Lagosian will forever be proud of. They were educated, exposed and they inspired a lot of people to move up. The late Candido da Rocha was his time one of the richest Nigerians, unless you didn't grow up in Lagos in the 60s and 70s will you not hear stories of his wealth.
this should not be Brazilian descendant rather African Brazilian returnee ..
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Shut up
A lot of people are mixing what we Yorubas call Saros (Sierra Leonians of African Americans and Caribbeans descendants of enslaved people that returned to Lagos and other Yoruba city, Abeokuta with Amaros (Afro Brazilians). The people with English last names were descendants of African Americans/Caribbeans while the ones with Portuguese/Spanish last names were Afro Brazilians and Afro Cubans. Herbert Macaulay was one of African American/Caribbeans that his ancestors came back to Nigeria and so many more. Pedro, Gomez, Fernandez, Candido Da Rocha were Afro Brazilians that returned to Yorubaland and were fully integrated as Yorubas. While Savage, Doherty, Macaulay, Williams, Wellington came from freed enslaved people of Afro Americans in Freetown Sierra Leone to Lagos and Abeokuta and also integrated as Yorubas as well.
"They're children don't seem interested in where they are from" On the contrary their children ae returning to who they really were and are and that's a good thing. It's good that they've come full circle and are taking on the fullness of who they're descendants really were. Leave behind the sadness and disgraceful past and taken on the present reality of purity. We weren't Catholics. That was the slave masters religion that saw slavery as a priviledge for themselves.
Exactly what’s is going to happen to black Americans who come back home 🥰🇳🇬
Este idioma e está escrita também não lhes pertence ,que idiota
Who were these guys rooting for during the Andresanya vs Costa fight?
😂😂😂
SAD STORY...this shows the maintenance culture of Nigeria in all areas of life. It is a shame that the buildings are not preserved, those buildings tells alot of the history of the slavery period.
Muitos destes afro brasileiros retornaram ja mestiço geralmente filho homens brancos dentre muitos eram reconhecidos como filhos dai a origem do sobrenome de família, eu tenho parentes ancestral retornados lagos
I am just wondering why anyone will want to be identified or be proud of the culture of his/her slave master!! These people were forced out of their will and sold like commodities. They were also given the worst treatment ever in the history of humanity yet you still choose to be identified with the culture of the same people who did all these evil to your forefathers. I dont get it pls🤔.
Iam Jamaican son of enslave African and i want to return to west africa too. We also have Cuba beside us who have a strong Youruba tribe who came here through slave trade
I don't get it. Weren't they Nigerians prior to the unfortunate Slavery? So, what exactly is 'Brazilian descendant' or Afro-Brazilian?
Very interesting.
Forgive me if I'm wrong but is there a degree of cognitive dissonance going on here? Your grandparents were captured, sold and enslaved on foreign Brazilian soil. They then returned home to Lagos against all odds within the generation. But you are claiming to be of Brazilian descent? I can understand maybe identifying as an Afro/Brazilian nationality if nationality had been conceptulised back then. But surely your heritage is actually still Yoruba? Sure, often black people have had to assimilate into all the corners of the earth that people forced us into so it's understandable to take on some of the traditions of the environment you're in. But as I understand enslavement, it wasn't a holiday where people who ended up abroad were blessed as if on a journey of enlightenment where they could return home and boast of their privileged opportunity as the elite class. Enslavement was a violent uprooting from your ancestral home. Also, why is the President of the Union's family history as slave merchants one to be celebrated? My African ancestors have been in the UK for a long time. Later down the line I think it was my great great grandfather who was a caucasian Englishman. Though I identify as a British national I still understand my ethnicity and heritage to be of Nigerian and Cameroonian descent. Maybe it's just me approaching identity differently I guess. Of course everyone can identify as they wish. It's not my intention to offend anyone, I'm just confused by the message of this video. Interesting watch nonetheless, I had never heard of this aspect of Lagosian history before.
Waoh. Your take on this and your ancestry is interesting. I largely agree with you on this & I think it's ridiculous myself. My ancestors (Saro/Yoruba) were recaptives dropped off in Sierra Leone after British navy intercepted Portuguese slave ships most likely headed for Brazil/south America most likely in the mid 19th century. Many in their generation formed the early middle class due to their bilingual & western educated privilege. But they re-embraced their heritage.
Exactly my thought, This documentary doesn't make sense... if Brazil is still there heritage they should just move back then,,,, why did great great grandfather even come back and now their a great great grandchildren still celebrate they're coloniser culture... this is just stupidness
@@morrmorr2303 I agree but also remember that Brazil was also colonised.... So even there is not pure colonisation... I find strange they haven't incorporated their yoruba deities in their afro Brazilian religious practices... Look up candomble and macumba... Its more african than Nigeria... Lol
Brazil is all she knows
From the look of things these folks never really intergrated fully into their host communities. I hope Mr Martins can look himself in the mirror and realize that he's African/Nigerian first before Brazilian. All the best to this community, looking forward to how they continue to evolve in the Nigerian space.
That is wrong even though it was not stated in this video we are proudly Yoruba, and very aware of our ancestral heritage being of Yoruba decent, we just cannot entirely throw away our history, our ancestors developed a cross culture of African and Brazilian mix, we cannot just throw that away and that doesn't make us any less Yoruba!
I can understand the old mom Angelica sayin portuguese food names.. god bless...
I knew what it was when I heard the colonizer music coming from the European styled church. They did a real good job of indoctrination on their faith
You sound dumb AF!! Lol. 😂😂😂
Catholism is NOT an African way of life. SMH
And it will never be.
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Nor any of the Abrahamic faiths
Why do you think they can not choose the God they want to pray?
Stop that bullshit, they are free to choose whatever they want.
@@keo872 They did not choose the God that they are worshipping because they don't know their history. Our fore fathers got torture and even burnt to death because they knew that the Catholic God was the Devil and now there Children are there Worshipping Him That don't make sense.
Catholicism Was forced on many people all over the world because they did not have a Choice . Read the history of this Church and you will see that what I am saying is the truth It is the Church of the Antichrist