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I just stumbled on your channel.Siyabulela/Dankie/Thank yoi for sharing about our beautiful country😊.I am also planning to visit Jamaica and Trinidad&Tobago,God willingly in 2 years time when my bank balance allows.
❤ As a Coloured person (mixed race South African) I love that you highlight the diversity of our country. Loved that you appreciate our love for Peter Tosh and Bob Marley. We have a big Rastafarian community in the Southern Cape living in Knysna forest.
I’ve been to South Africa on a Mission trip and believe me it’s not all like what they show you television you feel like your in Jamaica . We went to the Zulu Museum and when they found out we are originally from Jamaica 🇯🇲 they show so much love to us………they love Jamaican bad !!!
Hi thank you for visiting...one love for Jamaicans. Yes the Zulu people come from KwaZulu-Natal province which is The Zulu Kingdom of The land of the Zulu's. It is where King Shaka ruled ruled had his Zulu warriors. They are the majority black tribe in South Africa. God bless and we need some Jamaican restaurants in S.A 🇿🇦❤🇯🇲✊🌍
We grew up being proud of Jamaican runners especially the late nineties. Jamaica was representing us in olympics. Fast forward, the reggae, ragga & dance hall is my first love.
I met a gentleman yesterday from Zimbabwe he is going to Jamaica on Friday for vacation he is so excited and appreciative of what Bob Marley did for them. By the way I am in Saskatchewan Canada
Good to see the faces of other Jamaicans here in SA. My family and I have been in Cape Town for 10 years and we too love it here. It is far from home but to experience the people, the cultures and the place is priceless and beautifully complex.
Hi Lisa...I am happy that another yardie family is enjoying the Cape. In March we were in Capetown for a week with two Jamaican families visiting from Lusaka and Harare. Earlier this year, a Jamaican doctor friend of mine returned home after completing his specialization in oncology at the University of Capetown.
Hi!! I’m also Jamaican and my friend and I coming to Cape Town in 3 weeks!! Any suggestions for our trip!?! Are there any Jamaican nightlife spots there?
I've never heard a person outside the South African native culture explain Lobola elaborately and with appreciation like the gentleman from Jamaica. I am impressed and highly appreciate it.
Jeff, I find the cultural practice very interest even though we have lost the tradition and I will not be asking for any lobola for my two daughters. It remains my desire to a part of a lobola negotiating team.
As a proudly South African young woman, this interview really warmed my heart 🤗🇿🇦 We love and welcome our brothers and sisters from the diaspora...we even love and welcome our continental neighbours who come with good intentions. Lately we've been overprotective of our country because our Ubuntu has been abused over the years where brothers and sisters in the continent used it to sell drugs to our children and turn them into prostitutes locally and abroad. We're now forced to welcome witchcraft practitioners, scammers, fake pastors, terrorists because if we dare speak out we get labelled "xenophobes". The continent has a lot of introspection and self cleansing to do before we can even dream of African unity. Until then, we will keep on welcoming with warm and open arms those from the diaspora because we've seen that their intentions are always noble 🇿🇦🇯🇲🇺🇲
Thanks Zipporah for welcoming us. We are happy for the welcome we received in SA. It is not our intention to stay permanently but we are enjoying it while we are here. It is my desire to see a unified Africa and while it may not be achieved in my lifetime, I try so sow the idea in the mind of my children with the hope that they will pass it on to their children.
@@gladbar 💔 so heartbroken that you're not planning on staying permanently because we would've loved that. Your family seems to have blended in perfectly in South Africa 🇿🇦🇯🇲
lol jamaicans are indigenous to xamayaca though. They (Jamaicans)look nothing like yall- brown, swarthy, tawny don't mean your lines originate from Africa our( "black" Americans/ Carribeans)features, genetics( overall frames of physicality are different as well). Its all love and respect but many people are highly misinformed.
You have already forgotten that Tanzania , Zambia and other Africa countries helped you a lot during apartheid era , counties like Tanzania and Zambia used their resources even gave South Africans land and everything like Morogoro in Tanzania at mazimbu Solomon Mahlangu freedom fighters camp that’s why Mandela visited Tanzania after he was released from jail . Don’t label all Africans come to your land to sell drugs to your people !
@@kabwelasutiviraka4765 Voetsek wena read my comment with understanding before responding with emotions. Didn't you hear me say "we even welcome continental brothers and sisters who come with good intentions"? See that's the thing with you Africans, you always opt for emotional blackmail to have it your way, that you don't even realise when a simple comment is not against you. That thing right there is annoying. STOP IT‼️
South Africa is incredible! I'd love to visit again. I've been to over sixty countries, and Cape town is one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.
Wowe what a collection of diverse Information, man very much appreciated . Thanks to the family for your time and efforth on shining some light on Africa . Xavier much , much thanks for educating us .All the best 👌
@@abm5707 My mother is from Pietermaritzburg. My parents met in London. The closest to me genetically was a half-Jamaican, half-Zimbabwean lady I met around 20 or so years ago. 😀
@@mandarkastronomonov2962 nice... It's a small world, I grew up in Pietermaritzburg in area called Harewood. Interesting facts, there are Zulu speakers in Zimbabwe. They left in the SA in the 1800s after running away from the famous the King Shaka. Where r u based, at the moment?
@@abm5707 Ha! A friend of mine from Zambia said his family was originally from South Africa but fled because of Shaka. I’m in London, city of my birth.
Xavier I look forward to these weekly trips around the world though our lovely Jamaicans living abroad. Thank you Gladstone, Melissa, son and mom for bringing a piece of South Africa to us.
Xavier, this interview was awesome. I've learnt about the climatic differences there by listening to an African youtube from Zimbabwe and I was shocked because I was of the opinion that Africa was a very hot climate because that's what is portrayed on TV. The African youtubers have really changed my views about the continent. Very well done Melissa and family. Xavier I really look forward to your interviews on a Sunday evening after church and dinner. Enjoyed every moment it was long, but not boring 😊🇯🇲🇺🇲👍
@@khayebee Hi Khaye Bee. We haven't done any DNA ancestry testing as yet - but interestingly Xavier was sharing his own story of tracing his roots- and we are now seriously considering it.
Thanks for Biging up Jamaica 🇯🇲.. My Sisters, O"yes we do love our African Bro & Sisters, also Jamaica 🇯🇲 wos among the first places Nelson Mandela visited in his first year in office, and then said at a speech at University Of The West Indies (These are in fact the best days of my life) with tears in his eyes...
The Kid has a South African accent with some traces of a Jamaican accent, I've never heard anything like that before. If I met him in the street I would have assumed he was South African.
Xavier, my hat's off to you for the awesome work you're doing to bring us these notable expats on your weekly program. What a joy it is to listen to this dynamic duo, Melissa and Gladstone. This couple lacks nothing in this interview. They are articulate, cosmopolitan, aware, and forward-thinking. I love the fact that they are not bleeding hearts, mourning the things that they have lost instead of what they have to gain living outside of Jamaica. They readily embrace diversity and change. I would never get tired of listening to them. I wish that this model of interview will be utilized a lot more for your future interviews. They rank A+ in every stratum for which I look in veritable Jamaicans living abroad. To date, they are among my top people for your Jamaican series. Right up there with the esteemed interviewees of Korea, Germany, Vietnam, Newfoundland, United Arab Emirates, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Uzbekistan, Ireland, Morocco, Malta, Rwanda, Japan, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Bahrain, among others. I judge each interview a success by the way how I feel after watching these people talk at length about the points of interest, customs, foodways, respect for the statutes of their host countries, etc. That's the time I'm dripping with awe and gladness to be living vicariously through my own Jamaicans living away from home like myself. My supplication to you now is, PLEASE source people who are aware and who are enjoying their time away from their homeland, Jamaica, before they are vetted for the program. They should enjoy their host country and not enduring their stay. Melancholy and uber grieving of homesickness really put a pall on these interviews. Keep up the good work, showing lively, spirited interviews. Walk good!
As a jamaican coming to SOUTH AFRICA soon ,this interview was alot of help. Hope to link up with you guys. BLESS UP AND TEK CARE!!! LUV FROM BROOKLYN, NYC 💙💙💙
Hi Deloris....thanks for watching the interview. Portland is my favourite parish. I went to college in Portland and really enjoyed its closeness to nature.
I too have a smile 😁 on. Just returned from Johannesburg, yesterday. My first time to Africa. I would go back tomorrow. Very modern, did not have enough time to visit Cape Town but will do my best to visit next time .Great interview!
This was a lovely interview I enjoyed the entire video!! They know so much about our South African customs and way of living. Very well spoken couple. 👏
This was a very informative interview I was on the edge of my seat thinking you were going to come to an end before I wanted it to end...Thank God you didn't. I worked with South African Airways out of Mimai and my Manager was encouraging me to go visit but because the flights were so long I didn't go now I'm so sorry I didn't...My manager use to say"" You can't sell something that you don't know " he was so right....Anyway I really enjoyed this one very much 👍
I'm one of the few privileged to have made a Jamaican family 😁. Very nice people, they listen to good music and are equipped with very powerful cooking skills, me I tell ✊ Shout out to my Jamaican family 🇯🇲😁 #onelove
Yet another awesome interview. She's so correct, Capetown is everything. I visited all those places she mentioned about 3 years ago. And I am happy to say that I will be visiting again next month. In all my travels I tend not to visit places twice as there is so much to see. However, CPT, Havana and Amsterdam has been my 3 cities that I have broken that rule for.
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this conversation 🙏🏾: lovely well-informed family, shed really good introductory insights on life in South Africa 👌🏾...
Great couple, well informed and so culturally aware! Hopefully some folk can invite Gladstone to join in & observe different lobola ceremonies as done by different tribes/nations. You are right Melissa the South Atlantic Ocean is cold, that said the coastline of South Africa has both South Atlantic Ocean to the west up to Namibia and Indian Ocean to the east up to Mozambique. The two oceans meet at Cape Agulhas, although the waters start warming up from Cape Point (Cape of Good Hope). Indian Ocean I think has the longest coastline and is the warmest ocean in the world so you have plenty of choice in the Western Cape and KZN coastlines.
I came across this video by accident and I have to tell you I thoroughly enjoyed it! I could not find anything to watch on TV at home. I saw a programme called Coastal Africa I turned on and it was a wildlife programme I vex until! The only representation on main stream or rather fail stream TV of Africa is wildlife, war extreme poverty and crime so watching this video was so refreshing! Thank you thank you and than you again 🇬🇧🇻🇨 👏🏾
South Africans love Haitians, Jamaicans, West Indies, and African Americans because of the common history of liberation and respect for one another. We understand one another. Music and entertainment also made us unite. There is just so much cross culture exchanges.
Another great interview. Sir Bradley mek mi haffi buss a laaf. That’s what I always say too, keep it to myself. A few words/meanings here and there is ok. The less you know is best for me. Real talk.
I had to listen to this interview more than once, because it sound so relaxing to listen to this family with a whole host of incredible information. More blessings to the family . Xavier last but not least , you are a star , keep shining and keep us informed . More blessings to u.
This was so informative and interesting. I will definitely put South Africa on my list of countries to visit. I was always interested in visiting Western Africa, especially Ghana. Great interview!
Lovely couple and like how they’re well informed, I,ve learnt so much in such a short time. I,m wondering if Gladstone and my brother were classmate. One of best interview so far
@Cecelia. We eat pumpkin leaves a lot now- and the taste is even more refined than callaloo! Just that you have to use the younger leaves which are softer, rather than the more mature ones.
Wow channel is informative and content is fire. Thank you for the interview and thank the beautiful family for living in my country South Africa 🇿🇦. I was smiling and laughing as well. We need more Jamaicans 🇯🇲 to visit South Africa 🇿🇦. Yes the three main cities in S.A is -JOHANNESBURG -DURBAN -CAPE TOWN English is the inter- communication between any person in South Africa. We have the following race groups: •80% Black South Africans •9% Coloured(unique mixed heritage consisting of french,English,Dutch,Jewish,Brazilian,Portuguese decent)South Africans •8% White South Africans •2% Asian( Indians, Chinese, Japanese)South Africans •1% other(muslim etc) South Africans. We have 11 Official Languages...English is spoken here. SOUTH AFRICA IS DIVIDED INTO 9 PROVINCES(STATES) -KwaZulu-Natal (Durban...surrounded by beaches on East Coast,Largest Aquariumand Waterpark in Africa,safari..luxury ) -Gauteng (Johannesburg..city life..HUB of S.A..luxury..safari) -Western Cape( Cape Town..tourist ..beach..mountains) -Eastern Cape(Beach life and peaceful..serenity) -Northern Cape(karoo...landscapes..mountains and plants) -North West -Limpopo -Mpumalanga -Free State
The is no Brazilian mix with coloured folks but Angolan, Gulf of Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Asia(Malay, Java, Indonesia) . And the Portuguese mix are Mozambicans.
I attended Pembroke Hall Primary School also. Omg!!! I know your mum -Mrs McNeish she also taught me at Pembroke Hall Primary also. Surprisingly I am also visiting South Africa later this year😊❤. This was a great video and very informative ❤
@36:40 Cape Town is where the 2 oceans meet, Atlantic & Indian. Along the South East right up the East Coast is the Indian ocean. Qqeberha, East London & Durban are in Indian ocean and the water is warm.
Just found this channel an mi love it, love seeing Jamaicans living in countries that not di norm. Mi guh check out a ticket fi Cape Town, or which is best to visit Cape Town or Johannesburg?
Thank family for the great insight into, the great south Africa, don't want the enlightenment to end. It is the greatest thing when you are able to travel. Jamaicans people get on those planes and go somewhere.
Thanks Thandi...Jamaica has always supported SA, in 1979 as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council we moved a motion at the UN in support of the liberation movement and against the apartheid regime. We also supported Cuba's military intervention.
Khaye, I receive the love from Florida. I lived in Tallahassee for more than 2 years in the early 1990s while attending Florida A&M Univ. and it was enjoyable.
Whoaw. I am a black south African. What a wonderful program. It really brought me to tears hearing my distant cousins talking about South Africa. I can quote what Peter Tosh sang and he said " Remember where you come from, as long as long as you are a black man, you are an African " Again as they talk like my favourite musician Peter Tosh. I am very happy to see them back to their motherland. We love you from the deepest of our hearts. Enjoy South Africa. Thank you for the program.
I first came across this channel when you interviewed the family in Botswana and I have been waiting for a South African one, they did not disappoint. I'm very much glad that South Africa has been good to them. I'm really impressed with Gladstone's indulgence with the culture of our country. I think if they can travel more or interact with people from the rural areas they will get to know the authentic South African traditions and culture. But nonetheless they really have immersed themselves in to South Africa as time is a factor. Love you the Barrett family I'm in Mahikeng the capital of the North West province.
Loved how they addressed the disparity. As Jamaicans we must be aware of the similarities with our land being controlled by a few and not replicate the apartheid system within Jamaica. Love your interviews.
Thanks for watching! Are you ready to visit South Africa after watching this video? If you are an expat living in South Africa what's been your experience there? Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a video in the “Jamaicans to the World” series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP
I just stumbled on your channel.Siyabulela/Dankie/Thank yoi for sharing about our beautiful country😊.I am also planning to visit Jamaica and Trinidad&Tobago,God willingly in 2 years time when my bank balance allows.
@@LadyT06 i watching i wealy would like visit south afrian
@@gladysclarke7733 do come and visit us😊!
@@LadyT06 okay i wll
❤ As a Coloured person (mixed race South African) I love that you highlight the diversity of our country.
Loved that you appreciate our love for Peter Tosh and Bob Marley. We have a big Rastafarian community in the Southern Cape living in Knysna forest.
I’ve been to South Africa on a Mission trip and believe me it’s not all like what they show you television you feel like your in Jamaica . We went to the Zulu Museum and when they found out we are originally from Jamaica 🇯🇲 they show so much love to us………they love Jamaican bad !!!
Hi thank you for visiting...one love for Jamaicans.
Yes the Zulu people come from KwaZulu-Natal province which is The Zulu Kingdom of The land of the Zulu's.
It is where King Shaka ruled ruled had his Zulu warriors. They are the majority black tribe in South Africa.
God bless and we need some Jamaican restaurants in S.A 🇿🇦❤🇯🇲✊🌍
Jamaicans r loved much in all African countries coz we know who Jamaicans r an y they r there. One love from MALAWI
We grew up being proud of Jamaican runners especially the late nineties. Jamaica was representing us in olympics. Fast forward, the reggae, ragga & dance hall is my first love.
@@jumahadj9524 love your response, jah bless.
@@mixedtraveler3585 kk
I'm planning to relocate to *SA🇿🇦* so seeing my fellow Jamaicans🇯🇲 residing there it's giving me an extra motivation...🤔
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Come and i promise you will never regret it. There's a reason why black South African dont migrate!
Video it
DONT COME TO SA WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH OF UNSKILLED POOR BROKE UNEDUCAYTED FOREIGNERS AND WE EVEN THINKING OF DEPORTING THEM BACK HOME
Pull up, best decision you'll ever make🇿🇦🥳😉
I met a gentleman yesterday from Zimbabwe he is going to Jamaica on Friday for vacation he is so excited and appreciative of what Bob Marley did for them. By the way I am in Saskatchewan Canada
Good to see the faces of other Jamaicans here in SA. My family and I have been in Cape Town for 10 years and we too love it here. It is far from home but to experience the people, the cultures and the place is priceless and beautifully complex.
Hi Lisa...I am happy that another yardie family is enjoying the Cape. In March we were in Capetown for a week with two Jamaican families visiting from Lusaka and Harare. Earlier this year, a Jamaican doctor friend of mine returned home after completing his specialization in oncology at the University of Capetown.
@@gladbar that's great. I met and interacted with a few of the doctors who came here in the last 3 years. They have been blessings to my soul.
I want to visit one day. I'm happy for you guys
Hi!! I’m also Jamaican and my friend and I coming to Cape Town in 3 weeks!! Any suggestions for our trip!?! Are there any Jamaican nightlife spots there?
@@lisawilson5646 Thank you!
I've never heard a person outside the South African native culture explain Lobola elaborately and with appreciation like the gentleman from Jamaica. I am impressed and highly appreciate it.
Jeff, I find the cultural practice very interest even though we have lost the tradition and I will not be asking for any lobola for my two daughters. It remains my desire to a part of a lobola negotiating team.
As a proudly South African young woman, this interview really warmed my heart 🤗🇿🇦
We love and welcome our brothers and sisters from the diaspora...we even love and welcome our continental neighbours who come with good intentions. Lately we've been overprotective of our country because our Ubuntu has been abused over the years where brothers and sisters in the continent used it to sell drugs to our children and turn them into prostitutes locally and abroad. We're now forced to welcome witchcraft practitioners, scammers, fake pastors, terrorists because if we dare speak out we get labelled "xenophobes". The continent has a lot of introspection and self cleansing to do before we can even dream of African unity.
Until then, we will keep on welcoming with warm and open arms those from the diaspora because we've seen that their intentions are always noble 🇿🇦🇯🇲🇺🇲
Thanks Zipporah for welcoming us. We are happy for the welcome we received in SA. It is not our intention to stay permanently but we are enjoying it while we are here. It is my desire to see a unified Africa and while it may not be achieved in my lifetime, I try so sow the idea in the mind of my children with the hope that they will pass it on to their children.
@@gladbar 💔 so heartbroken that you're not planning on staying permanently because we would've loved that. Your family seems to have blended in perfectly in South Africa 🇿🇦🇯🇲
lol jamaicans are indigenous to xamayaca though. They (Jamaicans)look nothing like yall- brown, swarthy, tawny don't mean your lines originate from Africa our( "black" Americans/ Carribeans)features, genetics( overall frames of physicality are different as well). Its all love and respect but many people are highly misinformed.
You have already forgotten that Tanzania , Zambia and other Africa countries helped you a lot during apartheid era , counties like Tanzania and Zambia used their resources even gave South Africans land and everything like Morogoro in Tanzania at mazimbu Solomon Mahlangu freedom fighters camp that’s why Mandela visited Tanzania after he was released from jail . Don’t label all Africans come to your land to sell drugs to your people !
@@kabwelasutiviraka4765 Voetsek wena read my comment with understanding before responding with emotions. Didn't you hear me say "we even welcome continental brothers and sisters who come with good intentions"?
See that's the thing with you Africans, you always opt for emotional blackmail to have it your way, that you don't even realise when a simple comment is not against you. That thing right there is annoying. STOP IT‼️
Welcome home the contribution in our struggle by Jamaican Reggae musicians is well known in South Africa . We appreciate & respect Jamaicans.
Thanks Samuel. Respect!
South Africa is incredible! I'd love to visit again. I've been to over sixty countries, and Cape town is one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.
I want to visit South Africa real bad.
I am South African and also want to visit Cape town
Wowe what a collection of diverse Information, man very much appreciated . Thanks to the family for your time and efforth on shining some light on Africa . Xavier much , much thanks for educating us .All the best 👌
South Africa is my favorite country to visit so far. Can't wait to go back ans see more of it
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Come hun,we shall be waiting for you
I'm impressed with this family... they are well informed and well spoken!!! They really know Africa
Thanks Benji...
If i can come back after death I want to come back as a happy wealthy South African. Other than Ghana, Kenya...South Africa is one place I'll live
When are you visiting??
As a half-Jamaican, half-South African, I'm glad to see this.
Thanks Madark!
Wow, as a South African, I have never met a Jamaican, in person.
It's nice and interesting to hear about your origin.
@@abm5707 My mother is from Pietermaritzburg. My parents met in London. The closest to me genetically was a half-Jamaican, half-Zimbabwean lady I met around 20 or so years ago. 😀
@@mandarkastronomonov2962 nice...
It's a small world, I grew up in Pietermaritzburg in area called Harewood.
Interesting facts, there are Zulu speakers in Zimbabwe. They left in the SA in the 1800s after running away from the famous the King Shaka.
Where r u based, at the moment?
@@abm5707 Ha! A friend of mine from Zambia said his family was originally from South Africa but fled because of Shaka. I’m in London, city of my birth.
Very nice to hear the family talking in south Africa 🇿🇦
Xavier I look forward to these weekly trips around the world though our lovely Jamaicans living abroad. Thank you Gladstone, Melissa, son and mom for bringing a piece of South Africa to us.
You are welcome Coreen....I am happy you enjoyed the interview.
Xavier, this interview was awesome. I've learnt about the climatic differences there by listening to an African youtube from Zimbabwe and I was shocked because I was of the opinion that Africa was a very hot climate because that's what is portrayed on TV. The African youtubers have really changed my views about the continent. Very well done Melissa and family. Xavier I really look forward to your interviews on a Sunday evening after church and dinner. Enjoyed every moment it was long, but not boring 😊🇯🇲🇺🇲👍
EXCELLENT Interview
Eloquent Family.
I felt as though I have visited South Africa already, the strength of the interview.
My friend JZ...thanks for watching and positive feedback. How things in St. Thomas?
One of the most interesting interviews. Interviewees were very knowledgeable and articulate. Thank you..
Thanks Juliana. Appreciate the feedback.
@@melissabarrett8051 Did you or any of your family members do a DNA to find out which country or countries you/they have ties to?
@@khayebee Hi Khaye Bee. We haven't done any DNA ancestry testing as yet - but interestingly Xavier was sharing his own story of tracing his roots- and we are now seriously considering it.
Thanks Juliana for your positive feedback.
Wow, this was lovely. ❤ Our Jamaican brothers and sisters are more than welcome to join us here in South Africa, this is your home too.
Thanks Hope....you are also welcome to visit Jamaica 🇯🇲.
Is there a big jamaican population there in south Africa?
This was an awesome video. South Africa was my dream destination and it didn't disappoint.
Xavier, this was another informative interview with your guests. Continued success on your channel.
I've never been out of the country, & I can tell you that the 1st place I have always wanted to visit outside of Africa is Jamaica.
Thando...you are welcome to Jamaica.
I love Jamaicans, cool runnings was my big brothers favorite movie, he loves Jamaican peeps very much. Much love from South Africa
Peace and love Thando....I hope your brother continues to have good Jamaicans friends, who knows, we may meet one day.
Thanks for Biging up Jamaica 🇯🇲.. My Sisters, O"yes we do love our African Bro & Sisters, also Jamaica 🇯🇲 wos among the first places Nelson Mandela visited in his first year in office, and then said at a speech at University Of The West Indies (These are in fact the best days of my life) with tears in his eyes...
The Kid has a South African accent with some traces of a Jamaican accent, I've never heard anything like that before. If I met him in the street I would have assumed he was South African.
i just hear jamaican, probably only Jamaican ears can hear it, but ive been searching for a Jamaican-South African Accent
@@monkeypie8701 fascinating. 😅😅
Great interview with Gladstone and Melissa also Melissa’s mom and their son. Great 👍 family and best wishes to them.
Many thanks Merlene! Appreciated
Xavier, my hat's off to you for the awesome work you're doing to bring us these notable expats on your weekly program. What a joy it is to listen to this dynamic duo, Melissa and Gladstone. This couple lacks nothing in this interview. They are articulate, cosmopolitan, aware, and forward-thinking. I love the fact that they are not bleeding hearts, mourning the things that they have lost instead of what they have to gain living outside of Jamaica. They readily embrace diversity and change. I would never get tired of listening to them. I wish that this model of interview will be utilized a lot more for your future interviews. They rank A+ in every stratum for which I look in veritable Jamaicans living abroad. To date, they are among my top people for your Jamaican series. Right up there with the esteemed interviewees of Korea, Germany, Vietnam, Newfoundland, United Arab Emirates, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Uzbekistan, Ireland, Morocco, Malta, Rwanda, Japan, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Bahrain, among others. I judge each interview a success by the way how I feel after watching these people talk at length about the points of interest, customs, foodways, respect for the statutes of their host countries, etc. That's the time I'm dripping with awe and gladness to be living vicariously through my own Jamaicans living away from home like myself. My supplication to you now is, PLEASE source people who are aware and who are enjoying their time away from their homeland, Jamaica, before they are vetted for the program. They should enjoy their host country and not enduring their stay. Melancholy and uber grieving of homesickness really put a pall on these interviews. Keep up the good work, showing lively, spirited interviews. Walk good!
Thank you Nandel! Blessings.
Greetings Nandel, I really appreciate your comprehensive and analytical feedback. Blessings...
I love you Jamaican people... I'm from South Africa
Thanks for the love. We do love our Mzansi brothers and sisters.
They don't know how much we South Africans love them, their accent is fire, we never had them here.
As a jamaican coming to SOUTH AFRICA soon ,this interview was alot of help. Hope to link up with you guys. BLESS UP AND TEK CARE!!! LUV FROM BROOKLYN, NYC 💙💙💙
We welcome you...Hope you have a good time.
David- I have no doubt you will enjoy your time in SA!
Make it happen soon we welcome you in anticipation please keep that accent when you get here. 😂
Cape Town is gorgeous I spent two weeks there! Another Very good interview 👏
Hi everyone ☺️ Portlander in London inna the house. Only on the catching up today. Another great interview 👏
Hi Deloris....thanks for watching the interview. Portland is my favourite parish. I went to college in Portland and really enjoyed its closeness to nature.
Wonderful interview
A smile was on my face from beginning to end.🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thanks Claudette, peace and love.
I too have a smile 😁 on. Just returned from Johannesburg, yesterday. My first time to Africa. I would go back tomorrow. Very modern, did not have enough time to visit Cape Town but will do my best to visit next time .Great interview!
I'm so happy that I came across this article. I've learned so much, very informative. South Africa has now been added to my bucket list.
That's awesome Jacqueline! I am sure you will enjoy SA.
Brilliant interview... Learnt so much. Thank you guys. Much success to you and yiur beautiful family.
Have been watching your show for the past month - very educational. New York City resident.
When are you visiting South Africa brother?
Peter Tosh was also in eSwatini / Swaziland 🇸🇿 and he was a sympathiser with the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
This was a lovely interview I enjoyed the entire video!! They know so much about our South African customs and way of living. Very well spoken couple. 👏
Thanks for the feedback Getty...
This interview was very informative… especially the music! Wow, this was great and I love it!
Love your program Jamaica to the World 🌎🌍
This was a very informative interview I was on the edge of my seat thinking you were going to come to an end before I wanted it to end...Thank God you didn't. I worked with South African Airways out of Mimai and my Manager was encouraging me to go visit but because the flights were so long I didn't go now I'm so sorry I didn't...My manager use to say"" You can't sell something that you don't know " he was so right....Anyway I really enjoyed this one very much 👍
Hi Lily....i am glad you enjoyed the interview.
I'm one of the few privileged to have made a Jamaican family 😁. Very nice people, they listen to good music and are equipped with very powerful cooking skills, me I tell ✊ Shout out to my Jamaican family 🇯🇲😁 #onelove
Phaki...thanks for watching the interview and articulating your kind remarks.
Yet another awesome interview. She's so correct, Capetown is everything. I visited all those places she mentioned about 3 years ago. And I am happy to say that I will be visiting again next month. In all my travels I tend not to visit places twice as there is so much to see. However, CPT, Havana and Amsterdam has been my 3 cities that I have broken that rule for.
I thoroughly enjoyed the interview Melissa and Gladstone. I can’t wait to explore South Africa for myself!
Thank you Stephanie! You should definitely take the trip
We will welcome you with open arms
What an interview?! I thoroughly enjoy it!
Thanks for watching Delroy...we are happy you enjoyed it.
These people are so informed of the place
Loved this interview with Gladstone, Melissa and their family! It was informative and interesting.
Thank you Sherene! 👍
@@melissabarrett8051 ❤❤❤
I love these interviews Mr Xavier.I've learned so much.Keep up the good work.
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this conversation 🙏🏾: lovely well-informed family, shed really good introductory insights on life in South Africa 👌🏾...
Fantastic interview I appreciate it bro Great information
Amazing family living in fabulous South Africa. I will love visit one day.
Such a cute well informed and respectful family
I have to make it to South Africa! I must!! Loved the whole family! ✨❤️ loved this one SO much!! ✨✨🔥🔥🔥🔥✨✨✨🙏🏾
Thanks for watching and the expression of love...we feel the same.
Very interesting interview. In Saint Lucia it is done all the time some people speak English and switch to French creole in that same conversation
A very knowledgeable couple. Great interview
Thanks Janet...peace and love!!
Great couple, well informed and so culturally aware! Hopefully some folk can invite Gladstone to join in & observe different lobola ceremonies as done by different tribes/nations. You are right Melissa the South Atlantic Ocean is cold, that said the coastline of South Africa has both South Atlantic Ocean to the west up to Namibia and Indian Ocean to the east up to Mozambique. The two oceans meet at Cape Agulhas, although the waters start warming up from Cape Point (Cape of Good Hope). Indian Ocean I think has the longest coastline and is the warmest ocean in the world so you have plenty of choice in the Western Cape and KZN coastlines.
Thanks a lot!!
Thanks for information
I came across this video by accident and I have to tell you I thoroughly enjoyed it! I could not find anything to watch on TV at home. I saw a programme called Coastal Africa I turned on and it was a wildlife programme I vex until! The only representation on main stream or rather fail stream TV of Africa is wildlife, war extreme poverty and crime so watching this video was so refreshing! Thank you thank you and than you again 🇬🇧🇻🇨 👏🏾
Thanks for the positive feedback Emily.
South Africans love Haitians, Jamaicans, West Indies, and African Americans because of the common history of liberation and respect for one another. We understand one another. Music and entertainment also made us unite. There is just so much cross culture exchanges.
Thanks Soso...
This is the best interview. Phalaphala fm still playing reggae music every Saturday from 13h00 to 15h00.
Another great interview. Sir Bradley mek mi haffi buss a laaf. That’s what I always say too, keep it to myself. A few words/meanings here and there is ok. The less you know is best for me. Real talk.
Thanks J Lewis. Bradley loves this comment. lol
I had to listen to this interview more than once, because it sound so relaxing to listen to this family with a whole host of incredible information. More blessings to the family . Xavier last but not least , you are a star , keep shining and keep us informed . More blessings to u.
Indeed an incredible interview. A great family who I recently had the pleasure of meeting. Thanks for watching
This was so informative and interesting. I will definitely put South Africa on my list of countries to visit. I was always interested in visiting Western Africa, especially Ghana. Great interview!
Thanks Monica! Indeed SA is worth the visit
Yes!!
Lovely couple and like how they’re well informed, I,ve learnt so much in such a short time. I,m wondering if Gladstone and my brother were classmate. One of best interview so far
This is one of my favorite X. Murphy interviews... listening in Jamaica in 2024. Keep up the excellent work 👌👍
3derful! Big up unusef Xavier Melissa & hubs... very interesting & informative 👍
We don't have enough Jamaicans in South Africa and I love Jamaicans and we need to see more of them here and I'd love to have a friend there
Thank you so much for sharing, this discussion was educating and entertaining. I plan to try the pumpkin leaf stew.
@Cecelia. We eat pumpkin leaves a lot now- and the taste is even more refined than callaloo! Just that you have to use the younger leaves which are softer, rather than the more mature ones.
Welcome to Mzansi, Jamaican family. Please enjoy your new home 🌻
Thank you @Conquest Media. Appreciate it!
Excellent! Very interesting conversation.
Wow channel is informative and content is fire. Thank you for the interview and thank the beautiful family for living in my country South Africa 🇿🇦.
I was smiling and laughing as well.
We need more Jamaicans 🇯🇲 to visit South Africa 🇿🇦.
Yes the three main cities in S.A is -JOHANNESBURG
-DURBAN
-CAPE TOWN
English is the inter- communication between any person in South Africa.
We have the following race groups:
•80% Black South Africans
•9% Coloured(unique mixed heritage consisting of french,English,Dutch,Jewish,Brazilian,Portuguese decent)South Africans
•8% White South Africans
•2% Asian( Indians, Chinese, Japanese)South Africans
•1% other(muslim etc) South Africans.
We have 11 Official Languages...English is spoken here.
SOUTH AFRICA IS DIVIDED INTO 9 PROVINCES(STATES)
-KwaZulu-Natal (Durban...surrounded by beaches on East Coast,Largest Aquariumand Waterpark in Africa,safari..luxury )
-Gauteng (Johannesburg..city life..HUB of S.A..luxury..safari)
-Western Cape( Cape Town..tourist ..beach..mountains)
-Eastern Cape(Beach life and peaceful..serenity)
-Northern Cape(karoo...landscapes..mountains and plants)
-North West
-Limpopo
-Mpumalanga
-Free State
@Mixed Traveler..love this! 👍
Thank you mixed traveler , very informative
The is no Brazilian mix with coloured folks but Angolan, Gulf of Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Asia(Malay, Java, Indonesia) . And the Portuguese mix are Mozambicans.
@@mandlenkosingcukayithobi3574 please don't inform me about my people....as you do not know our ancestry.
@@mixedtraveler3585 I know history because I research. I know exactly what I'm talking about.
Great, great interview!!, Very informative
I noticed how Melissa talked about her daughter a little bit. She sounds cute. Lots of love❤
I attended Pembroke Hall Primary School also. Omg!!! I know your mum -Mrs McNeish she also taught me at Pembroke Hall Primary also. Surprisingly I am also visiting South Africa later this year😊❤. This was a great video and very informative ❤
A small world. Thanks for watching.
@36:40 Cape Town is where the 2 oceans meet, Atlantic & Indian. Along the South East right up the East Coast is the Indian ocean. Qqeberha, East London & Durban are in Indian ocean and the water is warm.
They are so informed about the place
This is the first time that a child has been given so much screen time. More, please!
True...and Bradley did a great job and is very well-spoken.
I love the longer interview like this.
Very informative. Very knowledgeable. One of my favorite interview to date. You couldn’t have found a better couple.
Thank you Pat!
Great interview
Just found this channel an mi love it, love seeing Jamaicans living in countries that not di norm. Mi guh check out a ticket fi Cape Town, or which is best to visit Cape Town or Johannesburg?
Mich...I suggest you try both Joburg and Capetown.
Thank family for the great insight into, the great south Africa, don't want the enlightenment to end. It is the greatest thing when you are able to travel. Jamaicans people get on those planes and go somewhere.
Thanks August! Appreciate the comment
At South Africa we love Jamaicans, rastafarians from there andd they are a very loyal people from the policies of our country and very quiet as well
Thandi....even though I am without the locks, I embrace the values of the rastafarians, they are peaceful and loving people.
Thanks Thandi...Jamaica has always supported SA, in 1979 as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council we moved a motion at the UN in support of the liberation movement and against the apartheid regime. We also supported Cuba's military intervention.
One of my favorite interviews. 💕sending love from Florida.
Khaye, I receive the love from Florida. I lived in Tallahassee for more than 2 years in the early 1990s while attending Florida A&M Univ. and it was enjoyable.
@@gladbar you are very welcome. I am very happy to hear that. Hoping when we get to South Africa we will be able to meet you and your wife.
Very interesting. Thanks
One love Sisters, our home 🇯🇲 in the Caribbean is yours just as much as ours..
Enjoyed this...
Very interesting and informative interview. Well done Melissa and Gladstone!
Thank you Heather!
This was very interesting I loved the interview u all Jamaicans are welcomed in SA and I can see u have a good time here
Phila...thanks for the welcome, we are your brother and sister. Peace and love 💘
I love this defo visiting South Africa
Whoaw. I am a black south African. What a wonderful program. It really brought me to tears hearing my distant cousins talking about South Africa.
I can quote what Peter Tosh sang and he said " Remember where you come from, as long as long as you are a black man, you are an African "
Again as they talk like my favourite musician Peter Tosh.
I am very happy to see them back to their motherland. We love you from the deepest of our hearts. Enjoy South Africa. Thank you for the program.
Nice one my brother. Your cultural IQ is high. I love the way you explained the LOBOLA.
Thanks for the feedback Pheello. I would love to be part of a lobola negotiation process.
Just subbed for the love of Jamaicans ✌️one love positive vibrations.
Fun and informative interview.
Xavier second time watching and immediate loving 🥰 your channel 🆙🆙💯💯🇯🇲🇯🇲🍾🍾👀👀
Nando's is in the U.K as well. I ate it when I visited there some yrs ago.
I first came across this channel when you interviewed the family in Botswana and I have been waiting for a South African one, they did not disappoint. I'm very much glad that South Africa has been good to them.
I'm really impressed with Gladstone's indulgence with the culture of our country. I think if they can travel more or interact with people from the rural areas they will get to know the authentic South African traditions and culture. But nonetheless they really have immersed themselves in to South Africa as time is a factor.
Love you the Barrett family I'm in Mahikeng the capital of the North West province.
Thanks Segokgo for watching and appreciating the interview...
Wow I did not know we have Jamaican people here in South Africa.Welcome yah man.
Tanks Phum....we appreciate your welcome!!
Love the work sir X Learn something new today pumpkin leaf stew
New subscriber from South Africa 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
Loved how they addressed the disparity. As Jamaicans we must be aware of the similarities with our land being controlled by a few and not replicate the apartheid system within Jamaica. Love your interviews.
I love SA….so beautiful there!
Indeed Angella. It's a beautiful country.