What you're seeing are just "status" games people play, part of human nature. It's an attempt to separate one's self from others who are perceived to be on the low end of the Totem Pole by claiming "well, at least my ancestors weren't slaves". It actually comes off worse because they can't highlight any other achievement, if you can even call that one.
I’m Black American and I agree with this whole dayum video! You nailed it! I’ve been saying the same sh*t forever. I’ll be in Nairobi in a few months when our apartment gets finished. Love it there!
@@natepolitics1490 Exactly. Too many generations of OUR lineage is beneath our feet in OUR land!!! These negros trying to turn our whole community, its successes, inventions, and accomplishments as AMERICANS outweigh anything African, its history, lost cultures and its very backward mindset. They come here callling the people of MLK, Tubman, X, Douglass, Truth, Ali, Washington, Freemen, and millions of us Dumb yet the ignorant Austin will sit there and ass lick. He did the same in SA. He hates himself. Stay that way. Remember Austin, your family and their family is here. Stay in Africa with the backward bushmeat eaters who do the most to undermine FBA!
One fact people fail to acknowledge is that only 4% of African slaves were transported to the United States. This being a fact it is obvious most Black-Americans are not descends of African slaves. The math is not adding up. It is not that FBA want is disconnect we are disconnected this a simple fact. Have you read the book written by Ivan Van Sertima called "They Came Before Columbus" he presented concrete evident that Black people were in the Americas about 800 years before Columbus. Have you heard about the stone heads discovered in the Americas? It is a fact most Black-Americans are natives to the United States much like the Aborigen of Australia. Yes, much like the original Chinese who were Black and the European. You should research Louis Leaky since you are in Kenya I am sure an educated Kenyans will recognize him and his recovery.
Africans also were slaves. As a congolese we were colonized by Belgium and King Leopold. They are pics of congolese in chains. Just like black americans who were picking cottons and were whipped when they didn't meet their quota my ancestors were also whipped or got their hands or feet cut of when they didn't meet the white men quota for rubber.. Worse they would cut off their kids hands or feet if they didn't meet the quota.And my ancestors weren't paid a kopec for everything they
Great points. I’m in Nairobi now and blown away by this city. Been to Ghana two years ago. Black people need to prioritize coming to, spending money in, and loving a land their ancestors once begged, cried, and pleaded to return to. Africa is Black Excellence!
Bravo!! As an older person who tunes in occasionally to your channel you have shown amazing growth in the last 2 years. Thanks for bringing up a subject that needs to be addressed. The Europeans have marketed their brand for the last 600 years and so millions have bought into it. No matter when in the last 2000+ years your ancestors arrived in the Western Hemisphere your roots are African and whether your ancestors never left the continent but were colonized, you still fall under that marketing that you are less than. We all need to accept the fact that we are one people and embrace each other as brothers & equals, stop this self hatred and walk proudly as the people we are ...who excel in everything we do ( unfortunately even self hated).
I agree with most of what you said, and I do agree a lot with what Austin said about the arguing amongst each other. What I don't agree with is when you say black natives are Africans, because I myself am a black Native and my elders have always said our family does not come from Africa and that we originate in the Americas, I can only speak for me and family. There has to be an understanding of that. We all don't have the same story, also more than one thing can be true at the same time. I do agree that we should just suck it up and move forward, because we all are in the same boat no matter how each group looks at it, we are all in the same position and it has to change.
Well said. And even if an AA has Native American ancestry, that would be because of racial mixing along the line, not because they are indigenous to the US because that's not true. The first black people to land in the US landed from ships from Africa in 1619.
Auston i don’t think i’ve ever commented on your videos but honestly this is your most Impactful one proud of you as another black brotha in the diaspora keep spreading truth unapologetically
Damn! He woke up and decided to cook with facts!🔥🔥🔥 This man had became one of the best content creators in this genre for sure! Wow! Nothing but respect with this progress and the actions to back up this growth. Leaders create communities and bring others up he is responsible for many people being able to experience a new life in peace among our own. This was a history lesson and a great way to address a topic that had been bothering me with that division from people that profit from the FBA narrative which seems questionable. This was a banger of a video!🔥
@@AustonHollemanplease don't block me - just a question ⁉️..have you found any blood relatives in Africa?..,how can you be 💯% sure that you are from there other that skin tone and hair textures?..any other similarities that you have/share with Africans?..you feel more comfortable because no one stares at you?.. it's normal in some cultures especially with mixed couples..but what if you were blind? - would you care and would it matter?..I imagine Jesus received a lot of stares also🙏🏾
What kind of question is this? So your telling me you never heard of DNA? Genetics test? Science? You know something that can be proven? @@ehzAxemuzik
That’s a good topic. Quick explanation about FBA delineating. There was a lot of false flagging and diverging interest, particularly around reparations. This is mostly centered around that.
Their no decision. It's just people hating on FBA Americans just because said what our culture was and pushed back from Africans saying we have no culture when they look like some 90s rap group
Sir thank you for using common sense, putting together the unspoken part people like to dance around and play like they don't know. I've said the same thing for years. I went to Ghana and knew my mother's people were from there and verified it genetically. Respect and success.
I think we African back home should be ashamed that our ancestors did not defend their own people so that some of them got deported. We all Africans and African descendants shall get united so that what happened in the past never happen again to our people
@@tony_sosa_4123when you say tribalism mess, you are also referring to the scenario that is being discussed here between Africans in the continent and in the diaspora. You also seem to not know Africa, up close. You only know it from what media tells you. Media sometimes manipulate the narrative. Africa was divided by the Berlin 1884 conference. Now we have artificial bolders that cause problems, divisive problems and to make maters worse, there is someone exploiting the situation as well. So it is not that at the snap of a finger easy. It will have to take addressing all these things that was set in motion by the Berlin 1884 conference. It will practically require for Africa to gain it's sovereignty.
I'm from Kongo, and you are completely right Auston. Black people all over the world have identity problem and they are attached to the European way of life
Excellent video Auston! I am a elder who has been watching your channel for a while. I appreciate your growth and expanding awareness. I grew up near the Brooklyn museum, which has the 3rd largest collection of Egyptian statues and other images in the world. They all look like you and me and others all over the USA, South America and Africa. Your analysis is correct and on point. Let them know!
FBA includes native Americans and descendants of slaves. And we are simply tired of the disrespect. And taking control of our culture. Thats it. No need to complicate this.
It's disheartening to see how some Pan Africanists, like Auston and African Think Tank, criticize Foundational Black Americans (FBA) simply because we choose to focus on our own community. The idea of a united global Black family often feels like an illusion, as the mindset of many Africans differs greatly from ours. While Black Americans long for unity, it's clear that many Africans don't share the same level of concern for our history and struggles. It's painful to acknowledge, but the reality is that most Black Americans who moved to Africa are returning home, and even Africans in the USA are starting to speak out about the truth. Despite the negativity from people like Auston, we recognize that there will always be those who seek to undermine us. However, we are grateful for the few Africans who truly understand and respect the context of Black American history. I appreciate the African content creators who strive to educate both Africans and Black Americans about each other's histories and current events. As FBAs, we are not against Pan Africanism, but we do want to protect our culture. Just as Ghana should have protected Afro beats, we must document and safeguard our cultural heritage to prevent its exploitation.
Excellent observations. I became Black in the 1960's when I was old enough to determine who I will be. When Black people decided we are now African American I refused to call myself African American, until I came to African. I started studying the history, the politics, the people before I got there. After my first visit I am now proud to call myself African American. I also became a resident after one visit. One day I may just call myself, African.
Greetings from Cameroon sir and glad you decided to see things for yourself instead of just swallowing narratives. There's something powerful and liberating about KNOWING yourself. You carry yourself differently.
I’ve never heard a Black American parent tell a black American not to hang or have a child with an African or Caribbean but I’ve heard Caribbean and Africans be told not to hang with us or have a relationship with us! So once we advocated for y’all to come to the states y’all started shttn on us, we were the main ones advocating for unity y’all didn’t want to do that, so now that we’re unifying with ours selves were looked at as the bad guys.
Exactly. The animosity came from them first. We've just matched their energy since then and a lot of them tried to play the victim when we returned the hatred. But yeah, it's all real dumb. Most likely they're being educated by White Supremacist propaganda that makes them resent us as if we didn't make it possible for them to come make money in the States. A real selfish and short-sighted bunch. Very hateful and ungrateful. I'm only speaking on a vocal chunk of international black folks though. Not all of them.
Idk about this Advocacy as you all state Africans were already in the americas. Also currently I’m seeing the whites write laws and regulations about this migrant issue. I just find it difficult to see how FBA helped . Especially since you guys show you don’t like my people
Did you watch the video? 😂 He said there’s dummies on both sides. Furthermore he said he doesn’t get the same attention he does when traveling to other parts of the world like staring etc because everyone there are just different shades of black from dark to mocha and some mixed people from colonization and more recent times.
I'm black British and have heard similar things here in the UK. Have heard some Jamaican born get angry if someone calls them African and have heard some African born boasting saying that they dont have no slavery in their blood like if they are any better than the rest of us.
Yet, the UK, and the US, are the first places they FLEE to… if they have a problem Black British, or Black Americans, why TF do they keep breaking their necks trying to get to the countries where we are? This is that "Tethering” shit that I don’t like!!
Preach Auston!! Ur 100% spot on. This is🔥🔥🔥🔥. I think u should do a live stream call in and let's all have a discussion. I'd really like to hear more on this topic
@@-Tijani- Was it not Africans in the United States started this division the moment they arrived on the shores of the United States? You are willfully ignorant of the facts.
@@jackblack5833 No, it wasn't Africans who did that. it was African Americans who did that because slaves were groomed to hate each other; and African Americans proudly carry on that tradition into hating each other and Africans too.
Thank you for talking about this ❤️💚🖤the ignorance amongst the entire African diaspora needs to be left in 2024. The conversation and arguments are tired..it’s not elevating any of us at all.
Peace from Bamenda bro. They taught us about the slave market in Bimbia but they sanitized it too much and we never thought of the pain those ancestors went through or how slavery continues to affect us.
Ain’t gon lie coming from a black American I’m genuinely asking what do we share in common with Africans besides our ancestry??? If anything I feel like we more closer to carribeans history and up bringing wise .
@@JbTrenchestwerking, playing drums, black eyed peas , greens, rice & beans, cornrows, okra, gumbo, jambalaya & that’s just a few things it’s a lot more
ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE AFRICANS. We should embrace this statement first in order to dismantle the platform which accomodates different labels of us AFRICANS i.e African -Americans etc. In life you will encounter different levels of understanding thus different outbursts or opinions. You are in Nairobi, Kenya and you love it because of who the people are. There are differences whithin any collective, should it be tribes, races, color of the skin etc. Jails are big business to some people who profit from the outcome of legal sentencing of us AFRICANS. I am an AFRICAN and have experienced discrimination from all persuations. Let us first embrace our AFRICANESS so we stand shoulder to shoulder in respect of each other.
Nah that’s not true not all black people are Africans, we definitely may likely be related , however we are native to all lands , claiming one land mass is Darwinism
Your people are African and my people are American Indians. We are two different people and Africa is your motherland, and America is mine. There is nothing wrong with that. There are black people all around the globe and not all of them come from Africa. I don't have any issues with Africans or African descent, however when I tell you I'm not African you have to respect that. My ancestors and elders do not claim to be from there and we look at Africans like they are our cousins. We don't look down on anyone either. We want the same respect you want. Also understand that my people don't have a connection to Africa. We want our land back in America, we also had our people go through the slave trade and many were also free people. Had to clear that up, because many of our people also were reclassified to colored or black and they lost their identity, and that is why our population declined. Our people went through the same things that African descent went through.
@otieno4054 please stop bullying people - that's not nice...please respect other person's right to be whomever or whatever as long as they are not harming you or anybody 😊...just fight for what you are.. Thank you!
One of the things I hate about this whole conversation is that people group Africans into one box when it’s a continent filled with many countries, ethnicities, and cultures. When I hear Black Americans saying Africans have animosity for Black Americans they usually bring up talking points made by snobby upper class or higher education Nigerians & a few Ghanians. Imagine if a White American said the Europeans hate white Americans and only used snarky comments made by upper class Frenchmen and British people. It’s sounds dumb and ignorant. The internet makes people think that one person’s ignorant opinions that gets a lot of views and attention can speak for an entire nation or demographic of people.
Actually there are European identified Europeans that do hate "white" Americans..but somehow they don't bring that hatred or division with them when they move to the states - unlike a lot of foreign blacks do!
Best comment ever. I am Cameroonian and this has always been so annoying. Nigerians because of their sheer numbers and influence tend to be the ones whose views are presented as "Africa's" view though that's not how all Africans think. Thanks for clarifying this.
Most assume Nigerians and Ghanians represents africans since they are more visible in US in their interactions. I saw a girl i worked with give attitude at my zambian friend because an african (nigerian) she used to date cheated on her and was married back in Nigeria.like....🥺
How did Nigerians come into this? Nigerians are free spirited people who embrace all black people as their brothers and sisters. Nigerians address people of African descent as their brothers and sisters . What exactly do you know about Nigerians? Africans need to start doing the uniting in the continent by CUTTING OFF ENVY AND JEALOUSY OF NIGERIANS 🇳🇬 Did you just spew unnecessary hatred and overgeneralization of a country of 250 million?
Education!! Education!! It’s very easy to convince humans of stupidity when they are not well educated. They don’t even know their own stories. I’m proud to be a descendants of slaves from Haiti. I know my story, there is no body I would let disrespect me, i’am well educated, i’am a successful physician in the US and I know the story of humanity as a whole , nobody can fool me even when it comes to God and religion. I’am well aware of all the manipulation tactics western countries used throughout history to exploit black peoples. I think the biggest origin of racism is this false idea of misleading people to believe god is white and force them to accept it while the same people are telling you that god is invisible and has no physical body but how can god be white? This idea create a sense of inferiority to any black child growing up and this the same pretense that was use to enslave black peoples. Peoples are so indoctrinated they stop thinking, they will ignore reality to continue to believe what they want to be believe, I can’t change the world but I will not contribute or support any racist society.
You really have an excellent grasp of this topic. You are obviously more intelligent than I thought. I have learnt something new from your analysis here. Keep it up bro.
Im 🇬🇦 and 🇲🇱 raised in charlotte nc living in houston texas and i still speak french fluently trust ive been through this with my people a trillion times
Hahaha….Someone finally tell the truth. I never understand why some blacks put other blacks down because of geography. Black Americans are some of the finest people on earth….so is some Africans.
Slavery was as traumatizing to African families who lost their loved ones to the atrocity as it was to the slaves themselves. Only variation of the trauma is because of duration of separation. Of course the present generations of Africans are 400 hundred years away in the darkness of feeling it. With our AA counterparts, however have always lived amongst their oppressors which makes the memories & wounds of slavery hard to fizzle away. Colonial vestiges still exist big time in many African nations. Colonization robbed away a significant part of who we originally were before encounter with Europeans.
Bullshit. Africans can’t even identify the tribes they sold into slavery. No one stole their history, no one told them they couldn’t speak on it… they chose
@@kingjoeblack5 Dude, you need to do some research, no family would be stupid & crazy to sell their own siblings into slavery. That is just commonsense
Auston your brilliant man, I am a Black West Indian living in the U.S. for 40 years and I have never witnessed the division among Black people till now.
You are obviously naive or ignorant. The Nigerians started this division as soon as their feet touch down on the United States shores. Fact not my opinion. I guess you just want to ignore what transpired in the 1970s.
Respect to you young sir. This was a satisfactory perspective. Not too many ppl in this space monologue this topic with an intellectually-honest racially-secure, “pro-“Black point of view.
auston stepping his game up with this kind of video. next thing we know, he will have a kenyan name. as it should be. america might be home, but it is not our homeland. our ancestors are proud of you for setting the example. you honor them with what you are doing and saying. auston, i salute you. and i still owe you that drink.
Speaking as an african I can say that litered people in africa see colonialim and slavery as the worse thing that happen to black men, and when I say black men I am refering to africans and their descendent. Till today slavery and colonialism affect black' man perspective and expectation
Auston, i think there is more love for African Americans from Africans than people realize. Africans regard African Americans as Africans in the diaspora. As you said there is identity crisis. I saw one black American guy in Europe claiming his origin isn't Africa. We are the same people, we may be mixed, we love what you do and we regard you as one of our own. I have lived in United States for 20yrs i have been called "African" as a demeaning word by some black Americans some make fun of Africans and also think they are above Africans this feeling is both ways. But overall there are many black folks who are proud of Africa and regard me as one of their own. Yes you are right Slavery and Colonization messed the Blackman big time. The only difference is that Africans kept their countries and rule themselves, they elect their leaders. Civil rights movement by African Americans created opportunities for people from African to enjoy the freedoms in the US. We need to embrace our heritage.
Yes black Americans are a slightly diluted form of African and they try to separate themselves from their heritage because of that. No clue why but they’ve been on that
Black Americans do not know anything about Africa. I can tell you that as a black American with roots from the south my bloodline has been diluted mentally, physically, and spiritually. They do not know anything about the lands as it’s normal when you have two choices 1. know Africa and be killed, or 2. Be a property and identify as what we label you as and maybe live to see freedom. Some people died, some people lived and fought for freedom. My grandparents on my mom side are mixed they have a whole new genome 🧬. On my dad side we are mainly black and Choctaw. Still black but no knowledge of Africa. No one in my family down to my great great great parents hundreds of years have knowledge of Africa. The Carolinas have some knowledge of Africa and have preserved as much as they could (Gullah Geeche) but that’s about it.
@@AustonHolleman You look exactly like my Nephew. Born, raised and still living in Nigeria 🇳🇬 I wish I can share his picture here. Wow! Great content well done 👏
Because they see Africa as a poor place 😟. Same reason why pple always try to cling themselves to anything successful. Same reason why western prefers to show poor inages of Africa to keep every black race to not be proud of where they originate from.
Perfectly put, drawing the parallels between enslavement and colonization, the undeniable origins of all black people and ultimately the need for Unity of continental, diasporic and American Africans 👏🏾👏🏾. Thank you!
My man, Auston, I do not know where to begin. And I'm scared that if I start composing the comment that I want it will take up the whole screen for I'll not know where to stop. I'll keep it very short. First, I agree with you 100%. What you've said in 13 minutes is precisely why I was very excited to see you arrive in Africa and, specifically, Kenya. You may not realize it but the awareness you have is that same one that Richard Pryor got when he arrived in Kenya and dropped the usage of the N word when he got back to the United States. It's also the same awareness that James Baldwin had. You are therefore following in a rich tradition. I'm especially impressed that you know of the horrors of King Leopold in the Congo. But you're to be commended more due to your young age. What you know takes some people well into their elderly years to realize. I can only hope that more Africans and Black Americans can see the light. Whether we're in the United States or Africa, we do not need to look down at each other. Just do your thing and truly respect each other. Stay well.
Thank you auston holleman for this truth and we all resonates and stands with you and just like our great Bob marley states that africa is the heaven for all black africans race. Peace and love
Well said, brother! This is one of your best videos. I can't stand it when people try to deny who they are or think they're better than other black people. We need to be proud of our rich African ancestry. I need to reach out when I head to Kenya.
Young brother, you are 1000% right. I am a Haytien man in my mid-40s, living in the US. I have been here for almost 30 years. Naturally, we Haytiens have a very profound level of love for Africans because we know we ourselves are Africans. The evil colonial/ imperial system of the West had done a very good job on us, unfortunately. They had very successfully programmed our brains to hate one another when, in reality, we are the same people. As you rightly said, it is something they have done and are doing all over the world up until today to conquer and maintain their dominance over the people. It is a must that we research, read, and study. We must do whatever we need to do to decolonize our minds and wake up because we must not fall for the devil's game.
This is your best video brother I love this, also now that you have made such a great video speaking the truth, be careful the enemy and devil will definitely try to destroy you because your speaking the truth that revolutionary speak!
I know exactly what you mean about people in Africa looking like every black person we have ever known in America. Like you, all I kept repeating was "Wow, he looks just like so and so." All day. Every day.
To all my african America brothers and sisters, the best thing we can learn about and know is God. That's better than anything. Africans as well. And I love africa and plan to get in touch with Auston in a couple years. I plan to move/visit Kenya. Keep up the great content.
FBA only says we don’t have African heritage our heritage is American they don’t say they aren’t black , you are fully aware no matter how long you live in Kenya you are not a Kenyan but you will be respected because of your American status.
He might be American but he is not a MZUNGU that is why Kenyans speak Kiswahili or native language to him like their own when they meet him untill he declares I don't understand.
@ if you believe he is treated the same as a local you haven’t traveled or lived enough places. Sometimes American privilege works in your favor and other times it works against you Kenya the people are very kind compared to other places
@@ReydeBahia When he walks into a room in Kenya or anywhere in Africa no one will call or see him as MZUNGU.He is an African decent from the diaspora who is RIGHTFULLY roaming Africa
@ just because a person doesn’t say your a Mzungu does not mean your paying or treated as a local seems you haven’t traveled around East Africa if you believe that he is treated the same as a local with money lol 😂
@@ReydeBahia Why do Americans overcharge Africans for University fees and Non refunded VISA fees ? Inculding TOFEL exams and the "aka official over charging scum" list is endless
I swear to god, I was just debating with someone about this whole “we were already here” debate….as if their ancestors still didn’t migrate from Africa 🤦🏽♀️ To me it’s just another agenda to keep blacks and Africans separated. U speaking a lot of facts tho 💯🔥
No you’re just not as educated as you think😂. Jamaicans, Haitians and Africans are all different 🤦🏿♂️ Asians share the same lineage but Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are all different 😂 same thing with us
@@sackperry3939 But they are all Asiand and phenotypically you can't tell them apart. It's like saying Kenyans, Ugandans and Tanzanians are different and yes they are only because of their nationalities but they are all black and culturally similar in many respects. Clearly, you don't understand the subject at hand. We are talking races here not nationalities.
@@alexchui3511 You don’t know an African alone doesn’t create a Jamaican? And Africans alone doesn’t create a Haitian? An African alone can’t create a Puerto Rican Same thing applies to Black Americans😂😂 an African alone cannot create a Black American🤦🏿♂️ u need other ingredients silly 😂
The sane level headed Black Americans...just dont agree with the disrespectful behavior and lying some native Africans do. Especially the native Africans in America. Thats it. If they disrepectful they gonna get push back. We just are not tolerating it anymore. I personally never ever had an issue but listening to some podcasts....there are some disrespectful talk towards FBA going on.
💯 facts. Travel and knowledge is such an important part of growth for our young brothers. I’ve been watching your journey, don’t usually comment but the growth and maturity are plain to see. Well done, keep up the good work; a lot of young brothers could learn a lot from you and your channel. Appreciate you..👊🏾✊🏾
It's jealousy, Black Americans overcame slavery and are stronger than ever. Black American live and thrive and are citizens of the most developed and wealthiest country in the world while they try and imigrate to the US hoping to become citizens. As the africans that stayed home are living in a far less desirable situation in underdevoled countries. In the US I sense the jealousy when attempting to offer the kind gesture of a smile and I can't help but wonder if it was the same jealousy that motivated those who sold us into slavery. When we could do so much together.
Excuse us please. Shame on you for spreading lies from white supremacists. You are saying we live in less desirable situation in underdeveloped countries? That's nonsense in 2025😂 Even the middle class and the super rich in Africa are being judged because of their skin color? Take your ignorance away. It's nauseating.
If you honestly looking at black Americans culture and think they are Flourishing,, then you really have problem. Nothing about black Americans screams wealth or development.
Please hurry up and let nice Black Americans step to the forefront. FBA, those that belong to the cult are awful, they are xenophobic, toxic, insulting and nasty. I have met many Black Americans and they were nice but you lot online are beyond the pale so please separate I am begging.
ONLY humans ever created are BLACK AFRICANS and they traveled the world and settled on EVERY CONTINTINENT and established civilizations before anyone else EVEN EXISTED think about that!!! Lemme guess!!! but your LATE COMER to humanity black ARSE randomly fell from Mars right😀🤣😂
This is a conversation that needed to be had. Africans that thinks they’re too good and so called FBA that are truly messed up in the head with the chief grifter Tariq. No matter where I’m at in the world and I see a black person I always feel relieved until they show me I shouldn’t be. We’re stronger together but we have idiots that that profit from disunity.
FBAs never raised our kids to not play or marry Africans. FBAs don’t go around saying Africans don’t have a culture despite many of their countries recently created and named by white people. FBAs are not actively siding with white people in their homelands on benefits and policies that they are fighting for. That was not us sir. Enough is enough.
This video deserves five stars. I have been seeing a lot of FBAS talking shit about Africans claiming they don't look like us and are descendants of native indians
All of these stems from pride from both sides, nobody wants to be looked downnon especially by another African. Also People say those things to hurt or reduce the egos of others to bring them to their level.
There is only one problem with your comment; it is Black-Americans were always accepted other Black people from around the global. It is Africans who introduced Black American to tribalism it was not in our history. Fact!!
Please allow me to make a correction. Being an FBA is not saying you’re not from Africa or your lineage is not from Africa. Is simply saying that they are the foundation of the US through the lineage from Africa. It’s not so much to say it’s a separation. It’s more to bring awareness to whom you are dealing with. Such as pertaining to reparations and stuff like that. FBA it’s not a group. It’s not an organization. It’s just a lineage. There is no leader or anything like that.
preach ma bratha I Was born in Africa grew up in America, u can only know what's really going on if you've been to Both continent an I'm happy ur exposing the bullshit. its sad to see we are the only race on the planet that can't come together.
I respect what Auston is doing but be real bro the local Africans hate on American niggas because our culture,It’s like moving to Atlanta thinkin it’ll be better because we’re all black
@@tony_sosa_4123 That's just misinformation that has become an overused sound bite as a defensive comeback punchline. Ask Auston if he's heard anything like that on the continent.
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So to You Africans, Jamaicans and Hatians are all the same??
This video is 💯 as a black American who travel internationally
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So you do all that traveling and still can’t understand simple concepts? Are Jamaicans, Haitians and Africans the same?
What you're seeing are just "status" games people play, part of human nature. It's an attempt to separate one's self from others who are perceived to be on the low end of the Totem Pole by claiming "well, at least my ancestors weren't slaves". It actually comes off worse because they can't highlight any other achievement, if you can even call that one.
Ignorance is not meant to be understood........it's meant to be ignored.
the man is getting wiser
I agree. He's an intelligent young brotha. I'm proud of him 🦁
Auston. The bottom line is that many afrivlcan and black americans have to realize that our past and future are dependent on each other.
How?
Kingtut, your comment creates division, ALL Black people in the diaspora are of African Ancestry/Africans. NOT black Americans.
@Mianzi-bloom how are we dependent?
@mysticakhenaton1701 agree. Some african americans prefer black american. My main thing is that we all are interdepend
No we are not. We African Americans have a totally different culture and a lot of times we don’t even look the same.
I’m Black American and I agree with this whole dayum video! You nailed it! I’ve been saying the same sh*t forever. I’ll be in Nairobi in a few months when our apartment gets finished. Love it there!
Where your grandparents from?
@@natepolitics1490 Exactly. Too many generations of OUR lineage is beneath our feet in OUR land!!! These negros trying to turn our whole community, its successes, inventions, and accomplishments as AMERICANS outweigh anything African, its history, lost cultures and its very backward mindset. They come here callling the people of MLK, Tubman, X, Douglass, Truth, Ali, Washington, Freemen, and millions of us Dumb yet the ignorant Austin will sit there and ass lick. He did the same in SA. He hates himself. Stay that way. Remember Austin, your family and their family is here. Stay in Africa with the backward bushmeat eaters who do the most to undermine FBA!
One fact people fail to acknowledge is that only 4% of African slaves were transported to the United States. This being a fact it is obvious most Black-Americans are not descends of African slaves. The math is not adding up. It is not that FBA want is disconnect we are disconnected this a simple fact. Have you read the book written by Ivan Van Sertima called "They Came Before Columbus" he presented concrete evident that Black people were in the Americas about 800 years before Columbus. Have you heard about the stone heads discovered in the Americas? It is a fact most Black-Americans are natives to the United States much like the Aborigen of Australia. Yes, much like the original Chinese who were Black and the European. You should research Louis Leaky since you are in Kenya I am sure an educated Kenyans will recognize him and his recovery.
Africans also were slaves. As a congolese we were colonized by Belgium and King Leopold. They are pics of congolese in chains. Just like black americans who were picking cottons and were whipped when they didn't meet their quota my ancestors were also whipped or got their hands or feet cut of when they didn't meet the white men quota for rubber.. Worse they would cut off their kids hands or feet if they didn't meet the quota.And my ancestors weren't paid a kopec for everything they
@@natepolitics1490my ancestral grandparents, or the ones I personally knew?
Great points. I’m in Nairobi now and blown away by this city. Been to Ghana two years ago. Black people need to prioritize coming to, spending money in, and loving a land their ancestors once begged, cried, and pleaded to return to. Africa is Black Excellence!
'Pleaded to return to....' yoh this part hit me!! Karibu Nairobi. Enjoy.
Yes the place that sold our ppl into slavery .
Black excellence is a black American culture verbage just fyi
word is bond.
And Africans on the continent need to embrace it.
Bravo!! As an older person who tunes in occasionally to your channel you have shown amazing growth in the last 2 years. Thanks for bringing up a subject that needs to be addressed. The Europeans have marketed their brand for the last 600 years and so millions have bought into it. No matter when in the last 2000+ years your ancestors arrived in the Western Hemisphere your roots are African and whether your ancestors never left the continent but were colonized, you still fall under that marketing that you are less than.
We all need to accept the fact that we are one people and embrace each other as brothers & equals, stop this self hatred and walk proudly as the people we are ...who excel in everything we do ( unfortunately even self hated).
I agree with most of what you said, and I do agree a lot with what Austin said about the arguing amongst each other. What I don't agree with is when you say black natives are Africans, because I myself am a black Native and my elders have always said our family does not come from Africa and that we originate in the Americas, I can only speak for me and family. There has to be an understanding of that. We all don't have the same story, also more than one thing can be true at the same time. I do agree that we should just suck it up and move forward, because we all are in the same boat no matter how each group looks at it, we are all in the same position and it has to change.
Well said. And even if an AA has Native American ancestry, that would be because of racial mixing along the line, not because they are indigenous to the US because that's not true. The first black people to land in the US landed from ships from Africa in 1619.
Based on your reasoning and logic the Europeans are Africans as well. Why don't you accept them as your brother?
Auston i don’t think i’ve ever commented on your videos but honestly this is your most Impactful one proud of you as
another black brotha in the diaspora keep spreading truth unapologetically
Damn! He woke up and decided to cook with facts!🔥🔥🔥 This man had became one of the best content creators in this genre for sure! Wow! Nothing but respect with this progress and the actions to back up this growth. Leaders create communities and bring others up he is responsible for many people being able to experience a new life in peace among our own. This was a history lesson and a great way to address a topic that had been bothering me with that division from people that profit from the FBA narrative which seems questionable. This was a banger of a video!🔥
Yes...he has finally grown up!!!
Thanks! I’ve been waiting on this one
@@AustonHollemanplease don't block me - just a question ⁉️..have you found any blood relatives in Africa?..,how can you be 💯% sure that you are from there other that skin tone and hair textures?..any other similarities that you have/share with Africans?..you feel more comfortable because no one stares at you?.. it's normal in some cultures especially with mixed couples..but what if you were blind? - would you care and would it matter?..I imagine Jesus received a lot of stares also🙏🏾
What kind of question is this? So your telling me you never heard of DNA? Genetics test? Science? You know something that can be proven? @@ehzAxemuzik
Dude you are africsn descent. Dont fight it. @@ehzAxemuzik
Our insecurities is having a psychological effect on us.
same can be said for any person in this world, it doesn't only happen within one group of people
The topic is for black people, though, not other people.
I’m west African from Sénégal 🇸🇳 and I approve everything he said !!! Let’s go. !!!
For real
Waouw, baxna! Degela!
That’s a good topic. Quick explanation about FBA delineating. There was a lot of false flagging and diverging interest, particularly around reparations. This is mostly centered around that.
Because of you Kenya is definitely on my bucket list & is on my list potential new homes.
Come running. Remember you're just coming back home.You won't regret.
I'm glad you recognize the division going on.
Their no decision. It's just people hating on FBA Americans just because said what our culture was and pushed back from Africans saying we have no culture when they look like some 90s rap group
@@natepolitics1490auston doesn't call himself fba
This is why auston is winning. He doesn’t miss his target great video
Sir thank you for using common sense, putting together the unspoken part people like to dance around and play like they don't know. I've said the same thing for years. I went to Ghana and knew my mother's people were from there and verified it genetically. Respect and success.
I think we African back home should be ashamed that our ancestors did not defend their own people so that some of them got deported. We all Africans and African descendants shall get united so that what happened in the past never happen again to our people
They say their ancestors never came from Africa. Stop forcing issues!😮
@@sylvainbodji1124 I’m with you on that but Africans need to stop that tribalism mess and unite in their homelands and get it popping there.
@@bellaolum9768 not necessarily. We all come from Africa but many FBAs’ ancestors haven’t been in Africa for many centuries.
What if the entire continent of Africa became united. That would be amazing
@@tony_sosa_4123when you say tribalism mess, you are also referring to the scenario that is being discussed here between Africans in the continent and in the diaspora. You also seem to not know Africa, up close. You only know it from what media tells you. Media sometimes manipulate the narrative. Africa was divided by the Berlin 1884 conference. Now we have artificial bolders that cause problems, divisive problems and to make maters worse, there is someone exploiting the situation as well. So it is not that at the snap of a finger easy. It will have to take addressing all these things that was set in motion by the Berlin 1884 conference. It will practically require for Africa to gain it's sovereignty.
I'm from Kongo, and you are completely right Auston. Black people all over the world have identity problem and they are attached to the European way of life
Tu attends quoi pour aller vivre au village ? Les pygmées sont à l'aise en forêt et t'aideront si les sorciers te dérangent.
Is the European not responsible for the African entity as it applies to current world narrative?
Excellent video Auston! I am a elder who has been watching your channel for a while. I appreciate your growth and expanding awareness. I grew up near the Brooklyn museum, which has the 3rd largest collection of Egyptian statues and other images in the world. They all look like you and me and others all over the USA, South America and Africa. Your analysis is correct and on point. Let them know!
FBA includes native Americans and descendants of slaves. And we are simply tired of the disrespect. And taking control of our culture. Thats it. No need to complicate this.
😅😅😅😅Tariq cult member
It's disheartening to see how some Pan Africanists, like Auston and African Think Tank, criticize Foundational Black Americans (FBA) simply because we choose to focus on our own community. The idea of a united global Black family often feels like an illusion, as the mindset of many Africans differs greatly from ours. While Black Americans long for unity, it's clear that many Africans don't share the same level of concern for our history and struggles. It's painful to acknowledge, but the reality is that most Black Americans who moved to Africa are returning home, and even Africans in the USA are starting to speak out about the truth. Despite the negativity from people like Auston, we recognize that there will always be those who seek to undermine us. However, we are grateful for the few Africans who truly understand and respect the context of Black American history. I appreciate the African content creators who strive to educate both Africans and Black Americans about each other's histories and current events. As FBAs, we are not against Pan Africanism, but we do want to protect our culture. Just as Ghana should have protected Afro beats, we must document and safeguard our cultural heritage to prevent its exploitation.
FBA is a segregationist cult of uneducated beings descended from Africa who desperately want to be Native American.
Great . You can do so without calling us names. Just delineate and do your stuff already . Exhausting
@@stillirise7813bro you doing the same thing the brother said not to do. You a hater bro.
Hardcore facts, Auston. Tell them how it is! Congrats on your new life in Nairobi. All the very best to you.
Excellent observations. I became Black in the 1960's when I was old enough to determine who I will be. When Black people decided we are now African American I refused to call myself African American, until I came to African. I started studying the history, the politics, the people before I got there. After my first visit I am now proud to call myself African American. I also became a resident after one visit. One day I may just call myself, African.
you sound like educated and wise
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My exact experience.
I'd say you're already (and have always been) African ethnically. The "american" part is the nationality.
Greetings from Cameroon sir and glad you decided to see things for yourself instead of just swallowing narratives. There's something powerful and liberating about KNOWING yourself. You carry yourself differently.
well put. and what will your name be when that happens ?
This identity crisis thing is so true and I'm from the UK.
100% facts as a Rwandans and Hatian ....
I’ve never heard a Black American parent tell a black American not to hang or have a child with an African or Caribbean but I’ve heard Caribbean and Africans be told not to hang with us or have a relationship with us! So once we advocated for y’all to come to the states y’all started shttn on us, we were the main ones advocating for unity y’all didn’t want to do that, so now that we’re unifying with ours selves were looked at as the bad guys.
Exactly. The animosity came from them first. We've just matched their energy since then and a lot of them tried to play the victim when we returned the hatred. But yeah, it's all real dumb. Most likely they're being educated by White Supremacist propaganda that makes them resent us as if we didn't make it possible for them to come make money in the States. A real selfish and short-sighted bunch. Very hateful and ungrateful. I'm only speaking on a vocal chunk of international black folks though. Not all of them.
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Yeah? Where did you hear that at?
Idk about this Advocacy as you all state Africans were already in the americas. Also currently I’m seeing the whites write laws and regulations about this migrant issue. I just find it difficult to see how FBA helped . Especially since you guys show you don’t like my people
Did you watch the video? 😂 He said there’s dummies on both sides. Furthermore he said he doesn’t get the same attention he does when traveling to other parts of the world like staring etc because everyone there are just different shades of black from dark to mocha and some mixed people from colonization and more recent times.
Great message.Black people need to unite as one.Build the black community to a super power.
Best believe the colonizer is working hard against that
Thank you! More to come!
I'm black British and have heard similar things here in the UK. Have heard some Jamaican born get angry if someone calls them African and have heard some African born boasting saying that they dont have no slavery in their blood like if they are any better than the rest of us.
Yet, the UK, and the US, are the first places they FLEE to… if they have a problem Black British, or Black Americans, why TF do they keep breaking their necks trying to get to the countries where we are? This is that "Tethering” shit that I don’t like!!
Bro! Watching you from Zambia! You are a very smart Brother! I love your Vlogs
Preach Auston!! Ur 100% spot on. This is🔥🔥🔥🔥. I think u should do a live stream call in and let's all have a discussion. I'd really like to hear more on this topic
Thank you Auston for speaking the truth!!...increase the volume please!!..you're unapologetically authentic!!💯❤️❤️
Oh my gosh, Auston, the quality of this video is very professional. The definition and lighting is so crisp and clear. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Great message.We are so divided it’s unreal.
"FBA" is just another method of division.
The world is...why do people think others are? Pull the layers back, and you will see similar in fighting
not that divided in realty but just an attempt to seriously bring the division in.
@@-Tijani- Was it not Africans in the United States started this division the moment they arrived on the shores of the United States? You are willfully ignorant of the facts.
@@jackblack5833 No, it wasn't Africans who did that. it was African Americans who did that because slaves were groomed to hate each other; and African Americans proudly carry on that tradition into hating each other and Africans too.
All black people don't know what to do with ourselves so we pick at each other. Grow up and just be pleasant in every interaction.
This is very good deductive reasoning and critical thinking. ✅
Im proud of auston for this video. Spittin fire 🔥🔥🔥 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for talking about this ❤️💚🖤the ignorance amongst the entire African diaspora needs to be left in 2024. The conversation and arguments are tired..it’s not elevating any of us at all.
I just like the way you talk. You got good one liners.
Thanks haha
As a cameroonian. You are speaking the truth brother. 🗣️..
Peace from Bamenda bro. They taught us about the slave market in Bimbia but they sanitized it too much and we never thought of the pain those ancestors went through or how slavery continues to affect us.
We all have so much in common, but some of us try so hard not to being in common.
Exactly
Ain’t gon lie coming from a black American I’m genuinely asking what do we share in common with Africans besides our ancestry??? If anything I feel like we more closer to carribeans history and up bringing wise .
@@JbTrenchesyour right . I’m sure natives see you as their family . 👍🏾
@@JbTrenchestwerking, playing drums, black eyed peas , greens, rice & beans, cornrows, okra, gumbo, jambalaya & that’s just a few things it’s a lot more
@@JbTrenchescarabeans are very much more like africans.
ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE AFRICANS. We should embrace this statement first in order to dismantle the platform which accomodates different labels of us AFRICANS i.e African -Americans etc. In life you will encounter different levels of understanding thus different outbursts or opinions. You are in Nairobi, Kenya and you love it because of who the people are. There are differences whithin any collective, should it be tribes, races, color of the skin etc. Jails are big business to some people who profit from the outcome of legal sentencing of us AFRICANS. I am an AFRICAN and have experienced discrimination from all persuations. Let us first embrace our AFRICANESS so we stand shoulder to shoulder in respect of each other.
Nah that’s not true not all black people are Africans, we definitely may likely be related , however we are native to all lands , claiming one land mass is Darwinism
Your people are African and my people are American Indians. We are two different people and Africa is your motherland, and America is mine. There is nothing wrong with that. There are black people all around the globe and not all of them come from Africa. I don't have any issues with Africans or African descent, however when I tell you I'm not African you have to respect that. My ancestors and elders do not claim to be from there and we look at Africans like they are our cousins. We don't look down on anyone either. We want the same respect you want. Also understand that my people don't have a connection to Africa. We want our land back in America, we also had our people go through the slave trade and many were also free people. Had to clear that up, because many of our people also were reclassified to colored or black and they lost their identity, and that is why our population declined. Our people went through the same things that African descent went through.
@otieno4054 please stop bullying people - that's not nice...please respect other person's right to be whomever or whatever as long as they are not harming you or anybody 😊...just fight for what you are.. Thank you!
@@progressthruprocess1125 LOL And you are why he made that statement. You are African but a self-hating African.
@@progressthruprocess1125 Please educate me on black people who are not of African descent.
One of the things I hate about this whole conversation is that people group Africans into one box when it’s a continent filled with many countries, ethnicities, and cultures. When I hear Black Americans saying Africans have animosity for Black Americans they usually bring up talking points made by snobby upper class or higher education Nigerians & a few Ghanians. Imagine if a White American said the Europeans hate white Americans and only used snarky comments made by upper class Frenchmen and British people. It’s sounds dumb and ignorant. The internet makes people think that one person’s ignorant opinions that gets a lot of views and attention can speak for an entire nation or demographic of people.
Actually there are European identified Europeans that do hate "white" Americans..but somehow they don't bring that hatred or division with them when they move to the states - unlike a lot of foreign blacks do!
Best comment ever. I am Cameroonian and this has always been so annoying. Nigerians because of their sheer numbers and influence tend to be the ones whose views are presented as "Africa's" view though that's not how all Africans think. Thanks for clarifying this.
Most assume Nigerians and Ghanians represents africans since they are more visible in US in their interactions. I saw a girl i worked with give attitude at my zambian friend because an african (nigerian) she used to date cheated on her and was married back in Nigeria.like....🥺
How did Nigerians come into this?
Nigerians are free spirited people who embrace all black people as their brothers and sisters.
Nigerians address people of African descent as their brothers and sisters . What exactly do you know about Nigerians?
Africans need to start doing the uniting in the continent by CUTTING OFF ENVY AND JEALOUSY OF NIGERIANS 🇳🇬
Did you just spew unnecessary hatred and overgeneralization of a country of 250 million?
@@afrikanheritage99 nothing to envy about zoogeria..250m cramped in a country size of tanzania without much going on..
nairobi has totaly changed your skin
It looks healthy, he must be living and eating good !
That’s what I think non GMO food does to the body?
Africa changed his skin with real organic foods .
yes the chemicals from the food in the us deposit in your skin over time and makes it ugly!
Education!! Education!! It’s very easy to convince humans of stupidity when they are not well educated. They don’t even know their own stories. I’m proud to be a descendants of slaves from Haiti. I know my story, there is no body I would let disrespect me, i’am well educated, i’am a successful physician in the US and I know the story of humanity as a whole , nobody can fool me even when it comes to God and religion. I’am well aware of all the manipulation tactics western countries used throughout history to exploit black peoples. I think the biggest origin of racism is this false idea of misleading people to believe god is white and force them to accept it while the same people are telling you that god is invisible and has no physical body but how can god be white? This idea create a sense of inferiority to any black child growing up and this the same pretense that was use to enslave black peoples. Peoples are so indoctrinated they stop thinking, they will ignore reality to continue to believe what they want to be believe, I can’t change the world but I will not contribute or support any racist society.
Africa needs you Austin, You are so special. May God Bless you
I don’t need to go to school anymore, all the knowledge I get from TH-cam.
You really have an excellent grasp of this topic. You are obviously more intelligent than I thought. I have learnt something new from your analysis here. Keep it up bro.
Excellent video! People are dumb! 🤣😂
Im 🇬🇦 and 🇲🇱 raised in charlotte nc living in houston texas and i still speak french fluently trust ive been through this with my people a trillion times
Hahaha….Someone finally tell the truth. I never understand why some blacks put other blacks down because of geography. Black Americans are some of the finest people on earth….so is some Africans.
Thank you for your honesty. I definitely agree. We will meet soon.
You are a truth speaker my brother. Keep spitting the truth.
Slavery was as traumatizing to African families who lost their loved ones to the atrocity as it was to the slaves themselves. Only variation of the trauma is because of duration of separation. Of course the present generations of Africans are 400 hundred years away in the darkness of feeling it. With our AA counterparts, however have always lived amongst their oppressors which makes the memories & wounds of slavery hard to fizzle away.
Colonial vestiges still exist big time in many African nations. Colonization robbed away a significant part of who we originally were before encounter with Europeans.
Bullshit. Africans can’t even identify the tribes they sold into slavery. No one stole their history, no one told them they couldn’t speak on it… they chose
No it wasn’t they was selling them
@ You mean we sold our own immediate family members into slavery?
@@maxwellkariuki2930 who DID y’all sell?
@@kingjoeblack5 Dude, you need to do some research, no family would be stupid & crazy to sell their own siblings into slavery. That is just commonsense
Auston your brilliant man, I am a Black West Indian living in the U.S. for 40 years and I have never witnessed the division among Black people till now.
Indians have the caste system that goes back thousands of yre ....caste system is worse
Some online opinions are paid for, or pushed for the purpose of making money through views.
100% correct. We hate each other. It’s a total mess.
You are obviously naive or ignorant. The Nigerians started this division as soon as their feet touch down on the United States shores. Fact not my opinion. I guess you just want to ignore what transpired in the 1970s.
Thank you for this, my brother, We have to bridge the Gap and come together. We Can be Powerful ❤❤❤
Respect to you young sir. This was a satisfactory perspective. Not too many ppl in this space monologue this topic with an intellectually-honest racially-secure, “pro-“Black point of view.
auston stepping his game up with this kind of video. next thing we know, he will have a kenyan name. as it should be. america might be home, but it is not our homeland. our ancestors are proud of you for setting the example. you honor them with what you are doing and saying. auston, i salute you. and i still owe you that drink.
Speaking as an african I can say that litered people in africa see colonialim and slavery as the worse thing that happen to black men, and when I say black men I am refering to africans and their descendent. Till today slavery and colonialism affect black' man perspective and expectation
Auston, i think there is more love for African Americans from Africans than people realize. Africans regard African Americans as Africans in the diaspora. As you said there is identity crisis. I saw one black American guy in Europe claiming his origin isn't Africa. We are the same people, we may be mixed, we love what you do and we regard you as one of our own. I have lived in United States for 20yrs i have been called "African" as a demeaning word by some black Americans some make fun of Africans and also think they are above Africans this feeling is both ways. But overall there are many black folks who are proud of Africa and regard me as one of their own. Yes you are right Slavery and Colonization messed the Blackman big time. The only difference is that Africans kept their countries and rule themselves, they elect their leaders. Civil rights movement by African Americans created opportunities for people from African to enjoy the freedoms in the US. We need to embrace our heritage.
Africans didn’t KEEP their countries, whites CREATED those countries!
Yes black Americans are a slightly diluted form of African and they try to separate themselves from their heritage because of that. No clue why but they’ve been on that
Black Americans do not know anything about Africa. I can tell you that as a black American with roots from the south my bloodline has been diluted mentally, physically, and spiritually. They do not know anything about the lands as it’s normal when you have two choices 1. know Africa and be killed, or 2. Be a property and identify as what we label you as and maybe live to see freedom. Some people died, some people lived and fought for freedom. My grandparents on my mom side are mixed they have a whole new genome 🧬. On my dad side we are mainly black and Choctaw. Still black but no knowledge of Africa. No one in my family down to my great great great parents hundreds of years have knowledge of Africa. The Carolinas have some knowledge of Africa and have preserved as much as they could (Gullah Geeche) but that’s about it.
@@AustonHolleman
You look exactly like my Nephew. Born, raised and still living in Nigeria 🇳🇬 I wish I can share his picture here. Wow!
Great content well done 👏
Because they see Africa as a poor place 😟. Same reason why pple always try to cling themselves to anything successful. Same reason why western prefers to show poor inages of Africa to keep every black race to not be proud of where they originate from.
Finally someone that’s level headed and not emotional or ignorant. Great convo.
Perfectly put, drawing the parallels between enslavement and colonization, the undeniable origins of all black people and ultimately the need for Unity of continental, diasporic and American Africans 👏🏾👏🏾. Thank you!
Auston...you're a lot brighter than I judged. Mad respect.
What a shady comment. Just say he delivered a smart message period!
Your comment is passively aggressively disrespectful 😡
@@afrikanheritage99 yeah. to you too.
My man, Auston, I do not know where to begin. And I'm scared that if I start composing the comment that I want it will take up the whole screen for I'll not know where to stop. I'll keep it very short. First, I agree with you 100%. What you've said in 13 minutes is precisely why I was very excited to see you arrive in Africa and, specifically, Kenya. You may not realize it but the awareness you have is that same one that Richard Pryor got when he arrived in Kenya and dropped the usage of the N word when he got back to the United States. It's also the same awareness that James Baldwin had. You are therefore following in a rich tradition. I'm especially impressed that you know of the horrors of King Leopold in the Congo. But you're to be commended more due to your young age. What you know takes some people well into their elderly years to realize. I can only hope that more Africans and Black Americans can see the light. Whether we're in the United States or Africa, we do not need to look down at each other. Just do your thing and truly respect each other. Stay well.
Thank you auston holleman for this truth and we all resonates and stands with you and just like our great Bob marley states that africa is the heaven for all black africans race. Peace and love
Wow look who has grown up very profound, i was on your case two years ago but well done Austin .
Well said, brother! This is one of your best videos. I can't stand it when people try to deny who they are or think they're better than other black people. We need to be proud of our rich African ancestry. I need to reach out when I head to Kenya.
Okay... I think Auston just started transitioning to become a historian! Daaaaaamn... Great Video...
Young brother, you are 1000% right. I am a Haytien man in my mid-40s, living in the US. I have been here for almost 30 years. Naturally, we Haytiens have a very profound level of love for Africans because we know we ourselves are Africans.
The evil colonial/ imperial system of the West had done a very good job on us, unfortunately. They had very successfully programmed our brains to hate one another when, in reality, we are the same people. As you rightly said, it is something they have done and are doing all over the world up until today to conquer and maintain their dominance over the people.
It is a must that we research, read, and study. We must do whatever we need to do to decolonize our minds and wake up because we must not fall for the devil's game.
There's a billion languages in the Universe and you chose to speak in facts 💪🏿
This is your best video brother I love this, also now that you have made such a great video speaking the truth, be careful the enemy and devil will definitely try to destroy you because your speaking the truth that revolutionary speak!
Well said my brother, well said✊🏾✊🏾👊🏾
I know exactly what you mean about people in Africa looking like every black person we have ever known in America. Like you, all I kept repeating was "Wow, he looks just like so and so." All day. Every day.
There is no diaspora. FBA, we are on our own.
Austin is part of The Pan African occult now,he is a puppet!
Go away
@@shabaka100 You first
@ nah we trying to build up Black people you trying to tear down go away brah black people dont need that energy
Foh weirdos. Keep the same energy in the future
Well put Auston! Thank you!
Thanks!!!
That’s your own personal opinion
Auston, I'm proud of you. First time commenting on any of your videos. This is the awakening we all need.
To all my african America brothers and sisters, the best thing we can learn about and know is God. That's better than anything. Africans as well. And I love africa and plan to get in touch with Auston in a couple years. I plan to move/visit Kenya. Keep up the great content.
Yes God is everything we have. God has also given us the power to work and decide what we want to do and be.
In the end it comes back to us
This Video brings me back to loving this channel. This video and Diddy renewed my hunger to return to Africa.
Your best video yet. The obvious frustration is kinda hilarious 😂
FBA only says we don’t have African heritage our heritage is American they don’t say they aren’t black , you are fully aware no matter how long you live in Kenya you are not a Kenyan but you will be respected because of your American status.
He might be American but he is not a MZUNGU that is why Kenyans speak Kiswahili or native language to him like their own when they meet him untill he declares I don't understand.
@ if you believe he is treated the same as a local you haven’t traveled or lived enough places. Sometimes American privilege works in your favor and other times it works against you Kenya the people are very kind compared to other places
@@ReydeBahia When he walks into a room in Kenya or anywhere in Africa no one will call or see him as MZUNGU.He is an African decent from the diaspora who is RIGHTFULLY roaming Africa
@ just because a person doesn’t say your a Mzungu does not mean your paying or treated as a local seems you haven’t traveled around East Africa if you believe that he is treated the same as a local with money lol 😂
@@ReydeBahia Why do Americans overcharge Africans for University fees and Non refunded VISA fees ? Inculding TOFEL exams and the "aka official over charging scum" list is endless
I swear to god, I was just debating with someone about this whole “we were already here” debate….as if their ancestors still didn’t migrate from Africa 🤦🏽♀️ To me it’s just another agenda to keep blacks and Africans separated.
U speaking a lot of facts tho 💯🔥
No you’re just not as educated as you think😂. Jamaicans, Haitians and Africans are all different 🤦🏿♂️
Asians share the same lineage but Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are all different 😂 same thing with us
Who’s acentors didn’t migrate from Africa? Go sell this to the British
@@sackperry3939 But they are all Asiand and phenotypically you can't tell them apart. It's like saying Kenyans, Ugandans and Tanzanians are different and yes they are only because of their nationalities but they are all black and culturally similar in many respects. Clearly, you don't understand the subject at hand. We are talking races here not nationalities.
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Dummy that cause all of them are African 😂😂, Are Jamaicans and Haitian the same as Africans? How are yall this far behind 😂🤦🏿♂️
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You don’t know an African alone doesn’t create a Jamaican? And Africans alone doesn’t create a Haitian? An African alone can’t create a Puerto Rican
Same thing applies to Black Americans😂😂 an African alone cannot create a Black American🤦🏿♂️ u need other ingredients silly 😂
I cant wait to go back home. Love my Nairobi city!! Let me stack up
Leave them alone, I'm ok with whatever they want to be.
Wow!!!!! Best video you ever made young brother. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I would like to shake your hand! I'm coming to East Africa this month
Respect. This is a great soul-searching message. I would love to use it. It needs to go viral.
The sane level headed Black Americans...just dont agree with the disrespectful behavior and lying some native Africans do. Especially the native Africans in America.
Thats it. If they disrepectful they gonna get push back. We just are not tolerating it anymore.
I personally never ever had an issue but listening to some podcasts....there are some disrespectful talk towards FBA going on.
Brother I love you and your content peace❤❤❤
Love❤your honesty.
💯 facts. Travel and knowledge is such an important part of growth for our young brothers. I’ve been watching your journey, don’t usually comment but the growth and maturity are plain to see. Well done, keep up the good work; a lot of young brothers could learn a lot from you and your channel. Appreciate you..👊🏾✊🏾
It's jealousy, Black Americans overcame slavery and are stronger than ever.
Black American live and thrive and are citizens of the most developed and wealthiest country in the world while they try and imigrate to the US hoping to become citizens.
As the africans that stayed home are living in a far less desirable situation in underdevoled countries.
In the US I sense the jealousy when attempting to offer the kind gesture of a smile and I can't help but wonder if it was the same jealousy that motivated those who sold us into slavery. When we could do so much together.
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Excuse us please. Shame on you for spreading lies from white supremacists. You are saying we live in less desirable situation in underdeveloped countries? That's nonsense in 2025😂
Even the middle class and the super rich in Africa are being judged because of their skin color? Take your ignorance away. It's nauseating.
You are just another misinformed African in America.
@@bantuqueen1406Why do you find pleasure in laughing at other black people? Your insecurity is palpable.
If you honestly looking at black Americans culture and think they are Flourishing,, then you really have problem. Nothing about black Americans screams wealth or development.
a man that understands the situation.
Auston with 3 drops so far this year 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
U getting wiser I agree with everything u said 💯🎯
Austin your growth and maturity is impressive. Keep talking to these knuckle heads, hopefully they will eventually get it.
I'm an FBA and i believe we should separate from each other. That doesn't mean i want harm to come to you. We just don't want to deal with you all.
Please hurry up and let nice Black Americans step to the forefront. FBA, those that belong to the cult are awful, they are xenophobic, toxic, insulting and nasty. I have met many Black Americans and they were nice but you lot online are beyond the pale so please separate I am begging.
ONLY humans ever created are BLACK AFRICANS and they traveled the world and settled on EVERY CONTINTINENT and established civilizations before anyone else EVEN EXISTED think about that!!! Lemme guess!!! but your LATE COMER to humanity black ARSE randomly fell from Mars right😀🤣😂
This video is very informative. Excellent presentation Sir!
This is a conversation that needed to be had. Africans that thinks they’re too good and so called FBA that are truly messed up in the head with the chief grifter Tariq. No matter where I’m at in the world and I see a black person I always feel relieved until they show me I shouldn’t be. We’re stronger together but we have idiots that that profit from disunity.
@@JS-to3yj FBAs didn’t delineate first and Tariq speaks facts.
Exactly. They trying to misrepresent purposely what FBA's are and are saying. @tony_sosa_4123
@@tony_sosa_4123Tariq is a dumbass divider. Prove me wrong. What solutions does he bring to the entire situation? I'll wait....
FBAs never raised our kids to not play or marry Africans. FBAs don’t go around saying Africans don’t have a culture despite many of their countries recently created and named by white people. FBAs are not actively siding with white people in their homelands on benefits and policies that they are fighting for. That was not us sir. Enough is enough.
@ he speaks “alternative facts” and is a grifter.
This video deserves five stars. I have been seeing a lot of FBAS talking shit about Africans claiming they don't look like us and are descendants of native indians
All of these stems from pride from both sides, nobody wants to be looked downnon especially by another African. Also People say those things to hurt or reduce the egos of others to bring them to their level.
That's what u have always said. AA are as proud as africans cause we all descend from the same place.
There is only one problem with your comment; it is Black-Americans were always accepted other Black people from around the global. It is Africans who introduced Black American to tribalism it was not in our history. Fact!!
Please allow me to make a correction. Being an FBA is not saying you’re not from Africa or your lineage is not from Africa. Is simply saying that they are the foundation of the US through the lineage from Africa. It’s not so much to say it’s a separation. It’s more to bring awareness to whom you are dealing with. Such as pertaining to reparations and stuff like that. FBA it’s not a group. It’s not an organization. It’s just a lineage. There is no leader or anything like that.
preach ma bratha I Was born in Africa grew up in America, u can only know what's really going on if you've been to Both continent an I'm happy ur exposing the bullshit. its sad to see we are the only race on the planet that can't come together.
So by your definition, you’re not the same as Me. I’m Black American, neither I nor my family was Born in Africa 😂 it’s simple
@@sackperry3939 I don’t think it matters.
Naw what I’m sayin is when u travel u see the bullshit on both sides an u see how similar we really are. We all toke a loss at the end of the day.
@@beach_boy1141
It matters we’re not the Same, why do Africans want to tether to Black Americans so bad
@@blackstar69067
Naw you ain’t learned a thing tether, we’re not the Same
I respect what Auston is doing but be real bro the local Africans hate on American niggas because our culture,It’s like moving to Atlanta thinkin it’ll be better because we’re all black
Africans and Caribbeans delineated first. Why couldn’t Marcus Garvey get the pan Africanism movement started in Jamaica?
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They delineated after the bullying from you guys!
@@azitsallgood2514 “bullying”? You guys were told not to f with us before yall got over here
And the blame starts again
@@tony_sosa_4123 That's just misinformation that has become an overused sound bite as a defensive comeback punchline. Ask Auston if he's heard anything like that on the continent.